This third YA novel from Kevin Brooks' is evocative of the best of PBS' Mystery! Series. Moo is befuddled, hurting, and enormously touching as he struggles toward a dimly perceived Right Thing to Do, and misses the mark badly. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. The story emerges through a murky stream of consciousness Moo's working-class British voice swirls past the boulders of plot events. Chicken House, Alienation (Social psychology) - 336 pages. Kevin Brooks again shows the brilliance that won him acclaim for Martyn Pig and Lucas. The secret pressures mount on Moo from all sides-money and gifts, threats and beatings-until he chooses to kiss the RAIN, to take action against his tormentors. If he lies, Vine will take violent revenge. If he tells the truth, Keith Vine, a notorious bad guy, will go free, and Detective Inspector Callan will retaliate by sending Moo's father to jail for welfare fraud. Moo is the only witness, and his story is not what the police want to hear. One day, from his special spot, Moo witnesses a crime that changes his life forever. He's happiest spending time on a secluded bridge above the highway, watching the cars go by. Discover more authors you’ll love listening to on Audible. Overweight and shy, Moo is constantly mocked and bullied by his cruel classmates. Browse Kevin Brooks’s best-selling audiobooks and newest titles.

That is until the day he sees two speeding cars, a crash, a scuffle, and a murder on the bridge. Summary (from Goodreads): Moo Nelson likes to be alone. Because after school there is always the bridge-a place where he can where he can watch the cars go by on the highway and find some shelter from the RAIN. Moo has learned to 'umbrellarize' it, to walk through it with his eyes down. The jokes, the insults, the snide laughter, the beatings-all of it he calls the RAIN. Moo Nelson is fat-pale white blubbery fat-and he gets rained on every day at school for it.

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