Orangeboy: The Award-Winning YA Novel by Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence by Patrice Lawrence

Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Children 2017
Winner of the YA Book Prize 2017
Shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award 2016

Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. I was the kid people looked straight through…

NOT ANY MORE. NOT SINCE MR ORANGE.

Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise – he’ll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far, it’s been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They’re after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they’re going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon’s out of choices – can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves?


PRAISE FOR ORANGEBOY:

A truly brilliant book. ― Malorie Blackman

Incredible book. Thank you Patrice Lawrence for such a fresh and riveting piece of fiction. ― Ben Bailey Smith (Doc Brown)

What a book! Such a gripping, gritty storyline, with such wonderful, believable characters. Loved it. ― Tanya Landman

Pitch-perfect teen voices and a bruising, thrilling pace. ― Metro

Knuckle-in-the-mouth stuff… It’s impossible not to gulp down this wonderful, intense story in one mouthful. ― The Times