BONESLAND

Bones Carter is done with Banarang and his backwater existence: the school bully won't give him a break, his family is falling apart and his germ phobia is barely under control. There's not much to do but hang out with his friends, make bad rap music and count down the days until the end of school and the beginning of his new life in the city.

Then Naya comes to town. Brilliant, black and beautiful, she wants to change the world. Maybe she'll start with changing Bones. After all, she thinks he is a well of untapped potential. Bones thinks she's delusional - but she does make him feel more hopeful than he has in a long time.

A wild ride through the small-town agonies of adolescence, Bonesland is an impressive and affecting debut full of oddball humour.