Thirteen-year-old Tom Curdie, the product of a Glasgow slum, is on probation for theft. His teachers admit that he is clever, but only one, Charles Forbes, sees an uncanny warmth in his reticence and in his seemingly insolent smile--so he decides to take Tom on holiday with his own family. This powerful novel explores one of Jenkins's consistent and most fruitful themes--how goodness and innocence are compromised when faced with the pressures of growing up and becoming part of society.
- ISBN10 0753183749
- ISBN13 9780753183748
- Publish Date 1 August 2009 (first published 1 January 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 October 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher ISIS Publishing
- Imprint ISIS Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English