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Risks
Two 15-year-old boys split up while hitchhiking on a weekend trip to London in order to facilitate catching rides. One of them never reaches their destination.
91 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 1977
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David Rees
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David Rees was born in London in 1936, but lived most of his adult life in Devon, where for many years he taught English Literature at Exeter University and at California State University, San Jose. In 1984, he took early retirement in order to write full-time. Author of forty-two books, he is best known for his children's novel The Exeter Blitz, which in 1978 was awarded the Carnegie Medal (UK), and The Milkman's On His Way, which, having survived much absurd controversy in Parliament, is now regarded as something of a gay classic. He also won The Other Award (UK) for his historical novel The Green Bough of Liberty. David Rees died in 1993.
David Rees was born in London in 1936, but lived most of his adult life in Devon, where for many years he taught English Literature at Exeter University and at California State University, San Jose. In 1984, he took early retirement in order to write full-time. Author of forty-two books, he is best known for his children's novel The Exeter Blitz, which in 1978 was awarded the Carnegie Medal (UK), and The Milkman's On His Way, which, having survived much absurd controversy in Parliament, is now regarded as something of a gay classic. He also won The Other Award (UK) for his historical novel The Green Bough of Liberty. David Rees died in 1993.
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December 22, 2024
"This is the life," Derek said. He grinned at lan, all his annoyance of a few moments ago now forgotten.
"What?" The roar of the engine made conversation difficult.
"I said, this is the life." He grinned again, for Ian still had not heard. "Oh... forget it!"
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tiny story in a world of stories, life goes on in the end, i wanted a bit more from derek though
"What?" The roar of the engine made conversation difficult.
"I said, this is the life." He grinned again, for Ian still had not heard. "Oh... forget it!"
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tiny story in a world of stories, life goes on in the end, i wanted a bit more from derek though
June 5, 2008
Really a quite moving, quiet account of a fifteen year-old boy's first encounter with personal tragedy. A sequel of sorts to Rees's "The Exeter Blitz" as the main character of "Risks" is the son, some thirty years later, of that book's hero. One of Rees's best coming of age novels.
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