![]() ![]() You want to shout “No! Don’t go in there!” like he’s a girl going down to the basement at the beginning of a horror movie, but realistically in his position it is hard to judge his decisions, as bad as most of them are. ![]() There are lots of times during Orangeboy when, as the reader, you want to throw your hands over your eyes, such is the intensity with which Marlon’s life barrels off course. But she did, and he went – how could he not? It all starts with an unlikely date Sonya, cool, worldly and with a pocket full of ecstasy should never have shown up at Marlon’s door. The worst part is, Marlon is an innocent kid, a good boy dragged into somebody else’s mess. ![]() Lawrence’s carefully constructed tale of downfall grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. I finished this book mostly during a train journey (back when we were still allowed to go outside) and clambered out of the carriage with it still stuck to my face, walked down the steps to the station exit and barely closed the book to say hi to my mum, who I was going to visit – to give you some idea of quite how hard it is to put this one down. Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence is a gripping story about gang warfare and revenge. Marlon’s out of choices – can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves? They’re after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they’re going to use Marlon to get to him. So far, it’s been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise – he’ll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. ![]()
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