The Edge: Library Edition [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Alan Gibbons (Author), Jerome Pride (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2005

A tense yet thrilling novel from Alan Gibbon that tackles the issues of domestic violence, fear and prejudice with great pace and vitality. Danny is a boy on the edge. A boy teetering on the brink of no return, living in fear. Cathy is his mother; she has been broken by fear. Chris is fear -- and they belong to him...When Danny and Cathy break free of their fear and escape to start a new life, instead of freedom they find danger an prejudice of a different kind. The Edge is a tense and dramatic thriller, the story is incredibly well plotted and paced with excellent characterisation.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-9-From the opening music clip that jangles the nerves, tension runs high in this audio version of the novel by British author Alan Gibbons. Jerome Pride offers a range of convincing British accents and speech patterns that enhance the story of teenage Danny and his mother as they make a frantic escape from Chris, his mother's live-in boyfriend who is a violent abuser. Having left urban London with its cosmopolitan mix, Danny encounters his first dramatic experience with racial and ethnic prejudice in his mother's more rural hometown where his racially mixed parentage is very much an issue both in his grandparents' home and his new school. Central characters alternate telling the story in separate chapters, and Pride does an exceptional job of providing each with a distinct voice. The word edge is a key one in this book, both for abusive Chris Kane's over the edge mental state and the edge of the local imposing cliff overshadowing this fast-paced, dramatic, and danger-filled story. As Kane stalks the two runaways and racist unrest threatens them as well, the disturbing story races on as seen through the eyes of all key players. Pride's additions of verbal tautness and drama will keep listeners on the edge of their seats, and the repetition of that jarring sound clip at the beginning and end of each CD side ratchets up the tension. Three minute tracks help those following along in the text. Public and school libraries serving teens will find this audiobook in demand.-Jane P. Fenn, Corning-Painted Post West High School, NY
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Review

"Alan Gibbons is committed to writing books boys will read...No film or television could compete with the immediacy of this intense plotting." Sunday Herald --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Audio CD
• Publisher: Bolinda Audio; Unabridged edition (December 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740933222
• ISBN-13: 978-1740933223
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,819,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Edge (Paperback)

This book is very rubbish for it is just a boy runnig from a city. P.S i have not just looked at the front cover.