The Dare

<p>At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But he knows that something terrible has happened when his mother returns home one afternoon with two policemen.</p> <p>There has been an accident. Mrs Delaney has hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up.</p> <p>Danny's mother closes herself off, full of guilt. Danny and his father are left to pick up the pieces of their broken family.</p> <p>John Boyne tells the story from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy.<i>The Dare</i>is about how one moment can change a family forever.</p> <p>www.rbooks.co.uk</p> <p>www.quickreads.org.uk</p> <p>9780552775298</p>