Snigger James On Grey Author:Mark Svendsen Selwyn and Steven are two normal enough 15 year olds. They're best mates at school and they're both keen on the same sheila - Kelly. Kelly's not too sure about either of them. She might just want to be friends! That Saturday Kelly doesn't show up to the pictures as planned. Selwyn and Steven are pretty pissed off, and don't go to the flicks. The... more »y walk into trouble instead. Drug trouble, Kelly trouble, olds trouble, copper trouble. So they lie. To their parents, the police, each other and to themselves. And then they, all three, discover they have started to die. Snigger James is the virtual history of a dying teenager. The Boy discovers his world is changing. The world of his childhood is dying, and he must change or die with it. Or tell lies to protect ... what? What is he trying to hide? What is he trying to live up to? Who is he? Who is he trying to be? What to do about it all? Sit and talk to the past. Tell the air. And then decide and get on with it. Written as a conversation among many voices, Snigger James reflects the babble and confusion of voices whispering in the ear of any contemporary teenager. The choices are diverse, but there can only be one history for the individual, that which is carried within. It is through engaging this unique, personal history that the characters in Snigger chart their unchartable futures.« less