Looking inside, beyond the anger,
all the classes of the secondary school

What happens when you learn, from an early age, to create a vacuum within yourself to protect yourself? That's what Banjo and Finlay, two boys raised in the foster care system, do so well, until their encounter leads them to let down their guard and become, for each other, a chosen family. But something shatters that trust, and the two drift apart for years. Even apart, however, they both face the same challenge: learning to look within themselves, beyond anger and fear, to believe in others again.  Margaret McDonald (Glasgow Boys, Rizzoli) recounts, in an award-winning novel, how difficult and necessary it is to learn to forgive, first and foremost ourselves. She is interviewed by the kids from Semplicemente Lettori, the 14-18 Reading Group at the 0-18 Library.