Helen Falconer

Sky High: a Novel Helen Falconer

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll?London style?in a racy second novel about a teenager's taboo extracurricular activities.

Disenchanted pretty-boy Ferdia is having a hell of a time. His dad has run off with an embarrassing pop star and his mom is shacked up with a local hooligan half her age. Meanwhile, gangs at school want to beat him to a pulp, and he feels increasingly detached from Matt (his pissed-at-the-world best friend) and their post-punk, "Tower block rock" band, Boybits (f.k.a. Coked-up Badgers). So when sexy Cassandra, the young, new English teacher, takes a very pointed interest in his music and wellbeing, Ferdia is thrilled, not to mention smitten. However, this is no ordinary schoolboy crush?the two can't get enough of each other. Ferdia's on cloud nine...until, on a dime, the line between lust and obsession proves razor thin, and a series of mind-blowing events?plus a shocking discovery about Cassandra's past?push him to the brink.

Erotic, provocative, and gripping, Sky High has an intensity and pace that will leave readers breathless.