Losing My Identity

Step-Chain #8

by Ann Bryant

This is the eighth book in the Step-Chain series. Other titles One Mum Too Many, You Can't Fancy Your Stepsister, She's No Angel, Too Good To Be True and Get Me Out of Here, Parents Behaving Badly and Don't Tell Mum. Ryan dreads the fortnightly visits from his older stepbrother, Joss. No one else realises what he's like, but Joss is a bully. He's clever too. When Ryan's mum and Joss's dad are around he's super friendly, but he's a horrible wind-up merchant whenever their backs are turned. Then the worst news ever...Joss is moving in, and Ryan fears his life will be made a total misery by all Joss's taunts and tests. The Way Joss is acting, he's going to get them both into big trouble soon. What is his problem? It's impossible to tell, but somehow Ryan has to find the strength to stand up to him.

179 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

An author of series fiction for young readers, Ann Bryant was educated at the Royal College of Music, and worked for a number of years as a music teacher. She has also written for various BBC Schools Radio programmes, and composed the theme and incidental music for BBC TV's Tales of Aesop series.