Beth, Millennium RIOT Readers 

Heroic by Phil Earle- review

Beth, Millennium RIOT Readers: 'This was an excellent book and the story was highly-charged, fast-paced and kept you on edge throughout'
  
  


Jammy and Sonny are brothers who are really close and go around in a gang on the "Ghost" estate where they live with their Mother in a tower block flat. Jammy has signed up for the army with Tommy another of the gang, and they are soon posted to Afghanistan while Sonny is left behind to try and keep the gang together.

Jammy and Tommy find it hard to cope in their barracks with the heat and the drugs raids the soldiers are made to go on in the surrounding area, while Sonny is out of his depth on the other side of the world when he starts making mistakes and gets the boys into trouble with a rival gang.

Then Jammy is sent home and he has changed dramatically. Sonny finds it difficult to understand the changes in his brother, doesn't know why he is so distant and distracted. Jammy is overwhelmed by the guilt he feels after the events in Afghanistan and starts spiralling out of control when he fails to cope being at home with his family.

This was an excellent book and the story was highly-charged, fast-paced and kept you on edge throughout. I liked Jammy and Sonny's characters but my favourite had to be Cam as she is often in the background, quietly coping with the awful family life she has and at the same time helping Sonny, trying to keep him calm and out of trouble.

The way this book pulls in the characters and makes you feel different emotions for each one is what makes you want to read the book all in one sitting. There are some horrific scenes in it but the descriptions are amazing and it makes you feel like you are right there with them.

I would recommend this book to any teenager who loves a unique, challenging and engaging read.

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