Product Description

'Young adult fiction is going from strength to strength, led by authors like Catherine MacPhail' Bookseller This is another classic Catherine MacPhail title -her second novel after Run Zan Run. Kerry and her mum have recently moved into new council accommodation in a tower block. Kerry's dad has recently left them, and Kerry and her mum are forging a new life together. But Kerry's mum is not the calmest or the most patient of people, particularly when it comes to getting on with the new neighbours. And when Kerry's mum refuses to be intimidated by Ma Lafferty, the local moneylender, Kerry finds out that Ma Lafferty's daughter more than takes after her mother A brilliantly topical story with flashes of humour detailing how a whole community can suffer from a few individuals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58587 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
'Young adult fiction is going from strength to strength, led by authors like Catherine MacPhail... The Bookseller

From the Publisher
An immensely topical novel from the award-winning and ever popular Catherine MacPhail.

About the Author
Catherine MacPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award with her first novel, Run Zan Run, which Bloomsbury has re-issued, and the Scottish Arts Council Award with her second novel Fighting Back, also re-issued by Bloomsbury. Her other books for Bloomsbury include Dark Waters, Another Me and Missing. Catherine MacPhail's work is enormously popular with young teenagers, her trademarks being a mix of humour, with pacy and topical story-lines. Catherine lives in Greenock, Scotland.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant - funny and realistic, children love it
Catherine MacPhail is a brilliant children's writer and this is the story of a girl and her mum moving into a high-rise flat. There's a little snobbery from them, and lot of bullying from Ma lafferty and her sons, who run the high-rise. It is funny and entertaining but has a lot of depth to it as well. Read this and anything else you can get by her! (I am a teacher and my pupils have all really enjoyed this book, and we have got a lot out of it!)

This book is brilliant just read it and see what you think
Fightin back is about a young girl called Kerry who moves to an estate with her mother.The estate is full of bad gangs and drugs.there is one lady who nobody messes with but of course Kerry and her mother don't know that and when kerry's mother gets into trouble bad things happen but in the end something very good happens to the estate read on to find out what!!!.