Crossing the Line

‘Do you feel safe?’ A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. For fans of PUNCHING THE AIR and SPLINTERS OF SUNSHINE.

Erik’s mum is juggling the challenge of two small babies, plus the recent death of her husband due to COVID-19. Both these factors affect teenage Erik too, struggling with homework as the babies continually cry or his mum needs help. When the difficulties at home affect Erik’s behaviour at school and he gets in with the wrong crowd, Erik is tempted to earn some easy money. . .

But this kind of money is never truly easy to earn and comes with a terrible cost.

Written in verse, the thoroughly-researched narrative exploring how teenage boys can be drawn into county lines pulls the reader in from the very first page, as Erik makes some good – and some very bad – decisions…

Author Biography

Crossing the Line is Tia Fisher’s debut novel. In her spare time, she works in a children’s library and is also completing an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. She has published poems in The Rialto and been longlisted for the Mslexia Children’s Novel Award. Tia lives in South London with her husband and two teenage children (who wish she’d stop mining them for source material.)