Big Brother

Big Brother

by Tracey Morait

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When his dad leaves for a job in New York Ash is left to cope with his drug-addicted, alcoholic mother Rhonda, who decides to move away from the life she hates in Bristol to her home town of Liverpool, taking Ash away from his school, his mates, and his gran. Not only does Ash have problems at home with a harassing, demanding mother, he becomes the easy target of a gang of bullies at his new school, the Jessop crew, because he talks with a different accent and wears a hearing aid. Then one day Ash meets the mysterious Big Brother, who wants to help Ash seek revenge on the Jessops, but it seems Big Brother has an agenda of his own. Just why is he so keen to help Ash destroy his enemies, and where did he come from? The pair strike up a partnership Ash is very soon desperate to break; the problem is Big Brother refuses to let him go.

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ISBN-13: 9780955855023
Publisher: K&T Mitchell
Publication date: 11/02/2012
Pages: 174
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.37(d)

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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite Big Brother by Tracey Morait is the story of Ash and his mother Rhonda. Ash's life is not that of a normal child. His mother is an alcoholic and also into drugs. He faces many problems after his father moves to New York and his mother takes him and moves to Liverpool, away from his friends and grandmother. His problems don't end at home: in school he is also harassed by a gang of bullies because of his different accent and his hearing aid. The author has handled the themes very boldly. I felt a bit disturbed while reading, which actually applauds the author's skill because that is what the author's intention. The character of Ash is well drawn. His helplessness, his problems in adjusting to the new milieu, and all the upheavals in his life happening at the same time runs through the book. I felt a lot of empathy towards Ash by the time I finished reading the story. When you start feeling Big Brother is slowly taking a turn towards sympathy and helping, it takes a while for the reader to understand that the 'Big Brother' Ash has met is not so ethical and there are some bad motives behind his befriending Ash. Will Ash be able to break away from Big Brother? The book is courageous and some readers will not find it an easy read. There is strong language used which might put off some readers.