Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services, his life was never his own. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as 'The Kid'. Yet Kevin survived to make a better life for himself. This international bestseller published in 2003 is his heartbreaking and inspiring story. Written by Mark Th find out more...

A spin-off from the 2006 film 'This Is England', but set three years later, 'This Is England '86' focuses on the mod revival scene rather than the skinhead subculture. Though the mini-series stars much of the same cast as the film Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) plays a less central role and the series's main character is Lol (Vicky McClure). Against the backdrop of the1986 FIFA World Cup and, as he completes his last school exam, Shaun realises he will have to find his way in the world. His friends, wh find out more...

Anne is large, awkward and childish, Floriane good-looking, flirtatious and outwardly confident and Marie, the one we follow, quiet, watchful, small and pretty. These three 15-year-old French girls hang out, talk about boys and sex, feel insecure, go to a swimming pool, where they practice synchronised swimming, meet boys and each other, flirt, fall in love and gradually grow up. A sensitive, fascinating and provocative view of female teenagedom. find out more...

What Richard Did follows Richard Karlsen, golden-boy athlete and undisputed alpha-male of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers, through the summer between the end of school and the beginning of university. The world is bright and everything seems possible, until in one summer night Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him. What Richard Did is a quietly devastating study of a boy confronting the gap between who he thought he was an find out more...

Bliss`s mother would love 17-year-old Bliss to enter the genteel world of beauty pageantry, but Bliss has other ideas...
This is `Bend It Like Beckham` relocated to Austin Texas and football replaced with female only Roller Derby, a full blooded physical contact race round a roller skate track. And it`s in this hardcore arena, in which Bliss has to learn fast, that catalyses her coming of age as revealed in relationships with boyfriend, family etc.
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David Wiseman is a likeable young lad, the son of Jewish refugees, growing up in suburban England during the 1960s, his passion is cricket, a game he loves but is yet to master. When a Jamaican family move in next door and turn their back yard into a batting net David cannot contain his excitement, here are some fellow fans and they can really play. Oblivious to the increasing alienation his new friends are receiving from the rest of his neighbourhood, it is not long before David finds himself f find out more...