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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Publishers UK

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780099439523

RRP: £6.99

PAGES: 176

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 7, 2002

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Happy

‘Hundreds of people want to be in a band. They all get guitars and they all play gigs and they all write songs, and they still never make it.’ There’s a big difference between being a rock star and a pop idol – Will and Danny know which they’d prefer to be. They form the group Happy and it seems they are on the way to realising their ambitions. But when Happy’s first gig is cut short by a fire at the venue, Will struggles to cope with his bitter disappointment and retreats into his private world, rejecting everyone around him. His girlfriend, Beth turns to Danny for comfort and their friendship soon becomes something more. With nothing left for him at home, Will leaves for London to stay with his session-musician father and to follow his dream.

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"Keith Gray is an outstanding writer for teenagers" — Lindsey Fraser Scottish Booktrust

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Keith Gray

Keith was born and brought up in Grimsby and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer. When he received 0% for his accountancy exams he decided to pursue his dream. Since then, he has gone on to win the Angus Book Award and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize. He has twice been shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teen Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Rave reviews about his writing have appeared in every broadsheet. Keith was a judge for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Bookstrust Teen Prize and reviews regularly for the Guardian. Keith is now a full-time writer living in Edinburgh.