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243 pages.
Summary: A powerful contemporary novel tackling teenage mental health in boys. Ibrahim and Dexter are best of friends and spend all their time together, even including entering a local stand-up comedy competition together. Dexter is always confident and encouraging to Ibrahim, but Ibrahim begins to suffer what he slowly realises are panic attacks. How on earth can he ask for help though from his family who simply won't understand, or Dexter who is so confident himself and will think he is weak? Then Ibrahim suffers a panic attack right in the middle of one of his stand-up routines in the competition. He runs blindly off the stage and finds himself in a deserted room. And there he finds Sura. Sura is kind, understanding and helpful. She also has a very special way of showing Ibrahim how to cope and that he is a good person, a good friend and that he makes a difference to the people around him. He can open up to her in a way he's never been able to with Dexter. But there's also something strange about her - how much she knows about Ibrahim, and how she seems to disappear in an instant. Will Ibrahim crumble under the pressure, or will Sura's words be enough to help him? And what will happen when he no longer has her help?