Paper Planes by Martin Burton

Life as a teenager can be tough, no parents, bullied at school, what could be worse…

All Martin ever wanted was a mother who loved him. At just five-years-old she walked out, leaving Martin to be raised by his grandma and grandad.

Life became a constant battle for him, enduring countless traumatic events with his mother, and Linford, the school bully.

Martin wished for an escape, and that day came when he met Gerald. Together they endured years of mental and physical bullying. Masking their fears with fun, they created a distraction from all the hurt and upset, by mustering up mischievous adventures packed with adrenalin pumped fun and laughter.

However, their fun takes a turn for the worst, and they’re both put face to face with a much greater fear than school bullying, a fear that two thirteen-year-old boys should never have to experience.