Ged Maybury and Anna Venczel: I am Leather-man

Jake's divorced parents don't notice that things are going wrong for their 12-year-old son. He slips out of all the arrangements being made for him and goes it alone, weaving an ever-more complicated web of lies to keep his newfound and rather dodgy independence.

A smooth, appealing mix of warmth and coolness, vulnerability and street wisdom (this boy knows how to operate on credit), Jake's story is a real page-turner, a wonderfully contemporary drama set in Auckland's familiar urban and social landscape.

Cape Catley

$14.95