The tightrope walkers / Almond, David

Coming of age in the shadow of northern England's shipyards, young Dominic is torn between the extremes of his shipbuilder family's lifestyle, a complex bully to whom he finds himself irresistibly drawn, and the tightrope-walking girl he loves.

A coming of age story set in the shipyards of northern England in which Dominic Hall is torn between eccentric artist Holly Stroud and the freedom he feels with her, his love of the tightrope, and being drawn to Vincent McAlinden, a complex bully who brings out his darker desires.

A coming of age story set in the shipyards of northern England in which Dominic Hall is torn between eccentric artist Holly Stroud and the freedom he feels with her, his love of the tightrope, and being drawn to Vincent McAlinden, a complex bully who brings out his darker desires.