Kiss of Death — Bali Rai

I drop my bag of chips and run. I can hear them, shouting after me. Telling me to stop. Four of them â€" all older than me, all of them angry.

Are you wondering who they are, the people chasing me? Easy. They're my girlfriend's brothers …

Joey only wanted a kiss. He'd been seeing Ria â€" the fittest girl in year ten â€" for four months, seeing her in secret because her family wouldn't approve.

When someone sees them together, Joey knows he's in trouble. Big trouble. Soon, a simple trip to the chippy turns into a life and death chase. And that kiss, that one, little peck, might turn out to be the kiss that kills him…

•Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3a to Level 4c in reading.
•Support comprehension with the age-appropriate graphic-novel-style illustrations.
•Encourage shared and guided reading using the ready-made tasks and discussion points on the activity pages at the back of the book.
• Suitable for Key Stage 3 students with a reading age of 9 years and 6 months.