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Fourteen-year-old Sam Watson couldn’t take the bullying anymore. He stood on the edge of the bridge, high above the road and wondered what it would feel like. When he saw a man at the other end it made him pause – he didn’t want any witnesses. Vic was old, tired and ready to join his wife, his beloved Edie who had been gone for ten years. But when Vic saw the young man, he wanted to stop him. Vic and Sam became unlikely friends; Sam stayed at Vic’s house and they talked. Vic told Sam about his w
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“I liked feeling exhausted and I liked punishing my body. I imagined my muscles tearing apart. I wanted to rip myself up from the inside.”
Sam Watson is 14, that tricky age between childhood and later adolescence, which is when many young people begin to feel their power. He's still powerless. The book opens with him telling how he was standing on an overpass in Perth, preparing to jump when he notices an older guy doing the same thing but having a last cigarette. Vic.
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“I liked feeling exhausted and I liked punishing my body. I imagined my muscles tearing apart. I wanted to rip myself up from the inside.”
Sam Watson is 14, that tricky age between childhood and later adolescence, which is when many young people begin to feel their power. He's still powerless. The book opens with him telling how he was standing on an overpass in Perth, preparing to jump when he notices an older guy doing the same thing but having a last cigarette. Vic.
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'Find out who you are, and live that life.'
Honeybee is a tender, poignant, and profound coming of age story from Craig Silvey, author of Jasper Jones.
Poised to jump from an overpass, fourteen year old Sam Watson locks eyes with an elderly man who appears to be contemplating the same fate. When Vic saves Sam’s life, Sam vows to save his in return and an unlikely bond forms between the two. Vic is the first person Sam has met who seems willing to accept him for he he is, even though Sam is not rea ...more
Honeybee is a tender, poignant, and profound coming of age story from Craig Silvey, author of Jasper Jones.
Poised to jump from an overpass, fourteen year old Sam Watson locks eyes with an elderly man who appears to be contemplating the same fate. When Vic saves Sam’s life, Sam vows to save his in return and an unlikely bond forms between the two. Vic is the first person Sam has met who seems willing to accept him for he he is, even though Sam is not rea ...more
Oh wow, this book just grabs you and doesn't let go. I had to put it down a few times as the emotion overwhelmed me. My heart broke for Sam/Victoria, but also for Vic.
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One night two people, a teenager Sam and an old man Vic, meet on a bridge and both are planning to end their lives. The chance meeting sets off a chain of events where both become the saviour of each other and exposes them both to a life of hope.
The central character is Sam a young man with a confused sexual identity, he knows that he is not happy in the body he has but lacks early on any support to reason out his feelings. Further, Sam's ability to realise his true self is severely dampened wi ...more
The central character is Sam a young man with a confused sexual identity, he knows that he is not happy in the body he has but lacks early on any support to reason out his feelings. Further, Sam's ability to realise his true self is severely dampened wi ...more
I was riveted from the very first page. But...I just don't know what to say, how to convey the experience of reading this book.
This stunning book is narrated by a teenager, telling their story at the current time and with plenty of backstory. Sam is having an extremely tough time, with issues around alcohol, drugs, domestic violence and gender identity making their life unpalatable. Sam is so immediately real, and from the beginning your heart just breaks for them over and over.
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This stunning book is narrated by a teenager, telling their story at the current time and with plenty of backstory. Sam is having an extremely tough time, with issues around alcohol, drugs, domestic violence and gender identity making their life unpalatable. Sam is so immediately real, and from the beginning your heart just breaks for them over and over.
I am not in a po ...more
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