When I Was Joe

When Ty witnesses a stabbing, his own life is in danger from the criminals he�� named, and he and his mum have to go into police protection. Ty has a new name, a new look and a cool new image ? life as Joe is good, especially when he gets talent spotted as a potential athletics star, special training from an attractive local celebrity and a lot of female attention. But his mum can�� cope with her new life, and the gangsters will stop at nothing to flush them from hiding. Joe�� cracking under extreme pressure, and then he meets a girl with dark secrets of her own. This wonderfully gripping and intelligent novel depicts Ty/Joe's confused sense of identity in a moving and funny story that teenage boys and girls will identify with - a remarkable debut from a great new writing talent.