Weve got to go. Now. Its early morning & Dannys mother is at his bedside urging him to get up. Theyre on the run from Chris his mothers boyfriend a violent man who beats them both up & wont let them go. Chris pursues Danny & his mother from London to the north where they take refuge with Dannys grandparents. But even there nothing is safe. Danny is conspicuous as the only mixed-race boy in their small community & with the ever-present threat of discovery he has to learn how to live continually on the edge. A tense & chilling story to which the chase gives terrific drama THE EDGE shows the depth of character & the understanding of the predicaments of children today that gives Alan Gibbons his special quality.