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The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow
Narrated by: Matt Goodfellow
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About this listen

Life can be tough in one's final year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to high school. Nate is ready for it all, knowing his best friend PS is at his side – they have been inseparable since nursery school.

However, when they are placed in two different classes and PS finds a new friend in Turner, the school bully, Nate's world turns upside down. As he struggles to make sense of this and forge new friendships, he is dealt another blow when his youngest brother, Dylan, is rushed to the hospital.

Nate's new teacher, Mr. Joshua, sees a spark inside him that is lit by his love of reading and writing, and shows him how to use this to process what is happening. But with so much working against him, and anger rising within, will this be enough?

©2023 Matt Goodfellow (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction

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Critic reviews

'Powerful, compelling and heartwarming, I can’t recommend it highly enough.' (Irish Independent)
'It is heart-wrenching and heart-warming and I loved it.' (Maz Evans, bestselling author of Who Let the Gods Out series)
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A homage and more to David Almond’s ‘Skellig’. It had me smiling and crying at different moments. I listened to it in one sitting. 6 stars! (Brilliantly read by the author.)

Stunning novel

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Loved everything especially how he cared for his family 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Loved it great amazing ausome cool 😎

The demon inside of him great concept

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