Jack ‘lurves’ Chloe, as his best friend, Cora, puts it. But, as we all know, the course of true love never runs smooth – especially when you’re a teenager! So when Jack plucks up the courage to tell Chloe how he feels,and doesn’t get the response he’s been hoping for, his disappointment gets the better of him, and begins to manifest itself as something darker, leading him down a dangerous path that threatens to ruin everything…

John Hickman is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. In addition to his books for children, John also writes for a number of television series, including EastEnders for BBC One, and The Dumping Ground for CBBC. His children’s television script, The Things, won the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition, and his first book, Freaks United, was shortlisted for the 2017 James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award.