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Crossing the Line

By Tia Fisher

‘Do you feel safe?’ A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines.  For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE. Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024.

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Teen
Published: 30/03/2023
ISBN number: 9781471413049
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Hot Key Books
Length: 368 pages
Edition: Hardback
Genre: Coming of age
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Crossing the Line

By Tia Fisher

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Teen
Published: 30/03/2023
ISBN number: 9781471413049
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Hot Key Books
Length: 368 pages
Edition: Hardback
Genre: Coming of age

‘Do you feel safe?’ A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines.  For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE. Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024.

Just wow. Incredible voice, impeccably crafted – so funny, moving and terrifyingly real. A verse novel for our times. I read it, then read it again. So will you.
Finbar Hawkins, author of Stone
Crossing the Line is a fast-paced, highly readable novel in verse. This an exciting and growing sub-genre of YA fiction that tends to particularly appeal to reluctant or disengaged readers. The innovative use of different fonts and layouts in this case is particularly appealing and draws the reader into the narrative. The post-covid setting is very relatable and the murky world of drug dealing makes for addictive reading.
School Reading List
Fisher researched the issue of county lines thoroughly and her book pulls no punches in both educating and warning, helping to raise the profile of this callous exploitation of children
Books For Keeps

SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024.

‘Do you feel safe?’

A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines.

Erik’s life has been falling apart ever since his dad died. Homework and being good at school stop feeling important when you’re the new man of the house. When Erik’s bad behaviour attracts the wrong crowd, he’s sucked into a terrifying new world of drug dealing, trap houses and violence.

Making money feels good but Erik soon learns that a small favour can become a huge debt.

And when his sisters’ lives are threatened, Erik will have to cross one more line to save them.

Written in stunning verse, this is a poignant story about seeking safety and asking for help in times of crisis.

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Tia Fisher

Crossing the Line is Tia Fisher’s debut novel. Tia spent her youth desperate to escape the boredom of a tiny village in Norfolk, reading everything she could lay her hands on. After being expelled from boarding school and dropping out of university, she had a bewildering variety of jobs – from TV presenter to artists’ model – before finding her happy place working in a children’s library in London and writing stories for young people. In her fifties, she went back to university, and is now the proud owner of a master’s degree in writing for young people. Tia writes books for the teenage rebel who still lives inside her.

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