The panther
By: David Owen
Publisher: Corsair
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781472116420; 9780349002743; 9781472116437
Subjects: Mental Depression; Juvenile fiction; Family problems; Family life; Fiction; Overweight teenagers; Sisters; Family relationships; Depressed persons
Description: Life isn't going terribly well for Derrick; he's become severely overweight, his only friend has turned on him, he's hopelessly in love with a girl way out of his league, and it's all because of his sister. Her depression, and its grip on his family, is tearing his life apart. When rumours start to circulate that a panther is roaming wild in his south London suburb, Derrick resolves to turn capture it. Surely if he can find a way to tame this beast, he'll be able to stop everything at home from spiraling towards disaster? Panther is a bold and emotionally powerful novel that deals candidly with the effects of depression on those who suffer from it, and those who suffer alongside them.