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Patrick Redmond The Wishing Game

The Wishing Game

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Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak. Standing stark against the Norfolk sky, its aim is conformity and control; its rules harsh, its discipline savage. To 14-year-old Jonathan Palmer, it is a prison; a world in which he feels threatened and powerless. When he is offered the chance of escape, in the guise of an unexpected friendship, he accepts it gladly. But all is not as it seems. In combining his frustrations with a nature that is far more intense and destructive than his own, Jonathan is unleashing forces more powerful than he can ever hope to control. In the bleak winter term of 1954, something terrible happened at Kirkston Abbey school for boys. Now, more than forty years later, journalist Tim Webber thinks he's found the key to uncovering the truth. But is he prepared to live with the consequences . . .?

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The Wishing Game, Patrick Redmond

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2003
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This book was a rollercoaster. At first I thought it was a murder mystery, but then nothing happened and I got confused. Then I thought it would be about homosexuality in the 1950s but also no?? Up until page 180 I could not tell what the book was about, but the character of Richard was so well written that I became a fan instantly. The toxic friendship and the need of feeling valued really stuck with me to the very, very unexpected ending. They don't call this a tragedy for nothing.

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English
Released
2003
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Paperback
Pages
416
ISBN13
9780743461443
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Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Young Adult, Thriller, Friendship, Suspense, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Murders, England, Secrets, Psychological Thrillers, Coming Of Age, Mysterious, Mysteries, Teens, Dark, Struggle for Power, Suicide, Accident, Boarding School
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The wishing game
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Kirkston Abbey is no place for the weak. Standing stark against the Norfolk sky, its aim is conformity and control; its rules harsh, its discipline savage. To 14-year-old Jonathan Palmer, it is a prison; a world in which he feels threatened and powerless. When he is offered the chance of escape, in the guise of an unexpected friendship, he accepts it gladly. But all is not as it seems. In combining his frustrations with a nature that is far more intense and destructive than his own, Jonathan is unleashing forces more powerful than he can ever hope to control. In the bleak winter term of 1954, something terrible happened at Kirkston Abbey school for boys. Now, more than forty years later, journalist Tim Webber thinks he's found the key to uncovering the truth. But is he prepared to live with the consequences . . .?