Last Lesson

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13 Reasons Why meets The Wasp Factory in this powerful debut novel tackling issues of teen mental health. Last year, Ollie Morcombe was a star pupil, popular and a gifted musician. Then, after the accident, everything changed. Now he's an outcast, a prime target of the school bullies who have made his life a living hell. Today - the last day of the school year - he's brought those bullies a gift. A homemade pipe bomb. What has driven a model student to plan an unspeakable revenge And with the clock ticking down to home time, what can anybody do to stop him

Reviews

'A powerfully charged study in empathy' * Financial Times *
Devastatingly good -- Clare Mackintosh, author of After The End
A sensitive, gripping book about mental health and masculinity -- Samuel Pollen, author of The Year I Didnt Eat
Indelible, urgent, original * Goodreads *
Tackles toxic masculinity in the most unflinching way -- Carlie Sorosiak, author of I, Cosmo

Author Bio

James Goodhand lives in Surrey with his wife and young son. A mechanic by day, much of his work has been written at an oil-stained workbench whilst ignoring a queue of broken cars in need of his attention. James is also a keen musician, regularly gigging as a rhythm and blues pianist.