Boy in the Cupboard

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Boy in the Cupboard

True stories: general Child welfare and youth services

Author: Shane Dunphy

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Language: English

Published by: Penguin

Published on: 6th November 2008

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9780141903569


Three heart-stopping stories of children trapped by their parents'' pasts ...

Craig, the little boy who can''t speak English, isn''t allowed to use his real name and hides food around his playschool, afraid he''ll be hungry again. His parents are trying to make a fresh start, but their gangland bosses are about to catch up with the family and Craig will pay a terrible price...

Edgar is a twelve-year-old boy who nobody wants, not even the staff at the residential unit where he lives. Just when it seems that there might be a way of getting through to Edgar, his mother reveals a secret that changes everything ...

Vinnie is a teenage boy who knows exactly what his gangster father is capable of, of how he makes problems disappear. He also knows that he had become a very big problem for his father ...

... One man''s fight to give these children the future they deserve.

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