Fighting Back

by Cathy MacPhail

A re-issue of the novel about life in a high-rise tower block.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Catherine MacPhail

Reviews

[Emma (BelleBooks) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book follows Kerry as she moves from her family home into high rise flats with her mother after her parent's relationship ended.
No matter what Kerry and her mother do, nothing seems to be right for them. They get on the wrong side of the Lafferty's from day one, the family who pretty much run the area, everyone is afraid of the Lafferty's. After going through so much already with the breakdown of her marriage, Kerry's mother is not going to take any more, she stands up for herself and her daughter and doesn't back down or give in to the threats.
Which seems to be just what this neighbourhood needs!

We aren't told much about Kerry's life before she moved to the flat which I would have liked to see in order to compare the two different living arrangements. The message in the story is very good, and comes across in a not too in your face kind of way, which I really enjoyed.

I really loved the descriptive way in which this story was told, I grew up in a high rise flat and found this book bringing back all my old memories of living there.
I also found the book really easy to read and managed to get through it in one sitting!

Overall a great book with a brilliant message to share!

[Anita Dent · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young adult fiction book about fear and how this prevents anyone speaking up. Kerry and her mother are new to the estate so don’t know the hold the Lafferty’s have over people. They stand up for their rights and eventually this gives others strength too.

[Eloise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kerry moves in to floor 33 and dosent like it she hates tess and Ming because they are mean and yh

[Feline Veenstra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super leuk boek, tot het einde van het boek bleef het spannend en de manier waarop het is geschreven vind ik ook heel goed.

[Wezi Ngoma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very moving story. Really keeps you on your toes. I recommend.

[Jenna Byers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though it's a book u would read in school, it's very well written, and I was invested. The moral of the story was great and overall was a very interesting wee book.

[Leona Cameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing book

[Kade · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it at all. I had to read it for school and it was boring and pointless the book was called fighting back and they apparently only started fighting back for the past 3 chapters when they were fighting back from the first page.