My Dad's A Policeman

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The second novel & first quick read title from Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic & engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely bullied & desperate for a life of happiness & security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman. Fast-paced & compelling this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan a small & lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends & 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 & 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 & 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.