The Dare

<p>John Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel <i>The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas </i>has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema theatre ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include <i>The Heart's Invisible Furies </i>and<i> A Ladder to the Sky</i>. He has won four Irish Book Awards including Author of the Year in 2022 along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in sixty languages.<br><br><br>Twitter: @JohnBoyneBooks<br>Instagram: @JohnBoyneAuthor</p> <p>At the start of his school holidays Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon flanked by two policemen he knows that something terrible has happened.<br><br>Mrs Delaney has accidentally hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up.<br><br>Consumed by guilt Danny's mother closes herself off while Danny and his father are left to pick up the pieces of their fractured family.<br><br>Told in John Boyne's unique style from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy <i>The Dare</i> is a brilliantly compelling story about how one moment can change a family forever.</p> <p>At the start of his school holidays Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon flanked by two policemen he knows that something terrible has happened.<br><br>Mrs Delaney has accidentally hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up.<br><br>Consumed by guilt Danny's mother closes herself off while Danny and his father are left to pick up the pieces of their fractured family.<br><br>Told in John Boyne's unique style from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy <i>The Dare</i> is a brilliantly compelling story about how one moment can change a family forever.</p>