Bill Condon – författare

When families break down, it’s a moment of truth. A compelling new young adult novel from the author of the 2006 CBCA Honour Book NO WORRIES.''I''m an ocean cliff. He''s erosion. I feel a large part of me crumbling into the sea, yet somehow I don''t mind at all.'' Caitlin and David have much in common. They''re the same age, they go to the same school, they''re both in the school play. And each of them is watching their family fall apart. It''s a violent situation, but violence isn''t always physical, and neither are threats. In their own ways, Caitlin and David are in it together, but separate. And somewhere, somehow, inevitably, it all has to come to a head. With GIVE ME TRUTH, Bill Condon has written another powerful, memorable novel for young people, with characters who stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.

It’s 1967. The world is rocking, and Neil is growing up fast. I have this annoying problem that gives me a lot of trouble: a conscience. Neil Bridges attends a Catholic boys’ school in which teachers rule with iron fists and thick leather straps. Some crumble under the pressure but Neil toughs it out, just as his Vietnam-bound older brother has done before him. He has to be a man, after all. But at sixteen, how can he be sure of himself when he’s not sure of anything else? He loses a friend and finds another, falls in love and unwittingly treads a path that leads to revenge and possibly murder . . .