Better Than Lemon Squash You Are!

by Lorraine Clark, Paresh Patel (Illustrator)

“It’s funny how a place changes depending on whom you are with….”Joshua Simmons’ miserable time at Hadrian House is about to end. Running away from the bullies is his only option – and Lulworth Cove is far enough away. There he meets a girl who is about to change his life and rock his 60’s world.***************************************************************************************I was desperate to take a breath, my eyes stinging from the murk in the water. I couldn’t see anything, so I thrashed about wildly, grabbing at anything till my hand found something small and struggling, and I instinctively grabbed whatever I could get a hold of.“I’ve got him!” I gasped as I surfaced, holding a fistful of hair, pulling him up by it. It was a bit brutal, but it’s all I could get a grip on.It wasn’t a little boy though. It was a hairy little white dog. He wasn’t breathing.I closed his nostrils, ignored the filthy smell of his fur and closed my mouth over his and blew, hard. His eyes opened, he choked, making a horrible gagging noise, and vomited a surprising quantity of green slime onto my sleeve.“Blimey!” I exclaimed. I had never felt so much like laughing in my life. ”Ralph! Good boy Ralphie!” The old man said, his voice breaking with relief. Yeah, good boy Ralphie! Washing powder companies need never fear ruin with you around!

123 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 12, 2013