When I was Joe by Keren David review

When I was Joe

When Ty witnesses the knife murder of another boy he identifies some very dangerous people and the police put him and his mother into hiding in a witness protection scheme. While they are packing, a petrol bomb is thrown through the front door of their flat, highlighting the extreme danger they face. Over the coming months, Ty becomes Joe, is given a new look and starts at a new school. To his surprise, he finds he is attracting the attention of the girls in his class, and the boys find his need to conceal his real identity cool - being Joe is not so bad. His ability as a runner is spotted and he starts training under a college student, a wheelchair user who is a Paralympics contender, but this special treatment attracts resentment. Somehow Joe keeps drawing attention to himself despite his efforts to remain anonymous. Then his beloved grandmother back in London is badly injured in an attack designed to flush Ty out of hiding and demonstrates the relentless determination to silence him



This isn't my normal type of read so I wasn't sure what to except. The basic plot is at Ty sees a murder and has to go into the witness protection program. He has to change everything about him. His name,his hair and even his eye colour.  Ty is now called Joe and Joe leads an very different life than Ty's. This was an great read. Claire who has an secret of her own is probaly one of my favourite characters. Ellie is training for the paralympics  who is also Claire's sister. I didn't want to put the book down. I had to read chapter after chapter.

5/5 

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