Knife That Killed Me, the

Knife That Killed Me, the

Anthony McGowan is the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark.<br /> <br /> He is coming to kill me.<br /> Now would be a good time to run.<br /> I cannot run.<br /> I am too afraid to run.<br /> <br /> Paul Varderman could be at any normal school - bullies, girls and annoying teachers are just a part of life. Unfortunately &#39;normal&#39; doesn&#39;t apply when it comes to the school&#39;s most evil bully, Roth, a twisted and threatening thug with an agenda quite unlike anyone else. When Paul ends up delivering a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a nearby school, it fuels a rivalry with immediate consequences. Paul attempts to distance himself from the feud, but when Roth hands him a knife it both empowers him and scares him at the same time . . .<br /> <br /> This thought-provoking and original novel highlights the terrible consequences of peer pressure and violence, and casts a spotlight on the worrying rise in knife crime among teenagers.