Quick Reads: My Dad`s a Policeman

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The second novel, and first quick read title, from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass.

My Dad'
s a Policeman is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad'
s a policeman.

Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends, and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his peers that his dad is a policeman. When the police actually turn up on Ryan'
s doorstep, to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles.

It'
s not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile, and sneaking in to his best friend'
s house late a night for shelter, he soon discovers that he'
s not the only one who appears to be stretching the truth about the happiness of his home life.

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