Daredevil

by Nigel Hinton

When your big brother dares you to do something, you do it, no questions asked. That's Ben's problem. He'd do anything Sam tells him to, even if it's hard, even if it's dangerous, even when he knows it will all go horribly wrong...

A tense teen thriller particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2015

About the author

Nigel Hinton was born and educated in London. After two years in advertising, he worked as an English teacher for nine years. His first novel, Collision Course (winner of the Dutch Silver Pen Award) was written as a result of a challenge from one of his pupils. He began teaching part-time and also worked as a professional actor before concentrating on his writing.

Nigel is the ever-popular author the Beaver Towers series of stories for primary school readers (which has been adapted for TV), and, for secondary school readers, he wrote the Buddy trilogy. His novel The Finders won him the Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award.

Reviews

[Elin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. It is a short and easy to read book about two brothers. I could understand the struggle the younger brother had with trying to be like his brother, but not having the skills to be able to do what his older brother does. The older brother is acting out, he knows he can manipulate people to get his will, and he uses it.
Even though it is a very short book, the pace was never slow. A lot of events took place, but they did not feel rushed.

This is a good book for those who do not read very often and want something exciting and shorter.