2012 Longlist
Luke and Jon
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Luke’s mum is dead. He finds himself in a small, scruffy northern hill town, with a near silent father, who he fears might be trying to drink himself to death. Then he meets Jon. Jon is strange. He wears 1950s clothes, has a side-parting and a twitch. The kids at school call him ‘Slackjaw’. When Luke discovers Jon’s secret, both their lives are changed for good. The winner of the National Book Tokens’ Not-Yet-Published Prize, Luke and Jon is an arresting debut about friendship, grief and how lives can change forever in a single second.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
First-person account for a 14 year old boy’s loss of his mother, his relationship with his grief-stricken father and with his new friend. Convincing language.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Publisher
Faber & Faber
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