They cut their fingers with a rusty old razor blade and let the blood mingle. They are in it together and now they are blood-brothers too.
In the heart of the Liverpool docklands ravaged by bombing, Fergus and me are two kids attending a tough urban school. Having to contend with the school bully is a bad enough prospect, but it’s not just the other kids who are a problem. Some of the teachers are employing the carrot-and-stick method of motivation … without the carrot. And then, there’s Shakespeare – what use is that going to be?
This moving and, at times funny, coming-of-age story set in the 1960s, celebrates the special bond between two best friends – a bond that turns out to be stronger than death itself.