John and Dom
By: by Sally Murphy ; illustrated by Rhian Nest James
Contributors: James, Rhian Nest, 1962-
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781406334579
Subjects: Best friends; Juvenile fiction; Cancer in children; Bullying
Description: John considers himself the ordinary one in his group of friends; clever, cool Dom is his best friend and together they make fun of the school bully. But when Dom falls sick with cancer, John's world falls apart. He and his friends are confused and angry. Eventually, though, they find ways to talk to Dom, and use humour to say the things that adults can't; they even find support and understanding from an unlikely source - the school bully.