by Kevin Brooks · Chicken House Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9781904442196
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«Kissing the Rain» is the young adult novel by Kevin Brooks, published by Chicken House Ltd in hardback (340 pages, in English).
Moo Nelson, a lonely fifteen-year-old boy bullied at school, takes refuge on a bridge to escape a life that feels like a constant rain of contempt. One night he witnesses a car chase and a possible murder, and must decide whether to tell the truth or stay silent, in a story that mixes crime and personal growth.
Novel aimed at young readers, published in 2004. The cover subtitle presents it as «a story about the truth, or something like it».
Suitable for young readers and for those seeking a realistic and gritty novel about school bullying and loyalty.
Kevin M. Brooks is an English writer. He is best known for young adult novels. His The Bunker Diary, published by Penguin Books in 2013, won the annual Carnegie Medal as the best new book for children or young adults published in the UK. It was a controversial selection by the British librarians.
