LRC Book Critic Review - The Bomb that brought us Together by Brian Conaghan

The Bomb that brought us Together

This book was written by Brian Conaghad, it was shortlisted for the Costa book award. 

It is about the war and hatred between Small town and Old Country. Small town is home to Charlie; one day, Pavel arrives, he and his family are refuges from Old Country. They become best friends even though Pav is the last person he should be friends with. When the bombs and Old Country troops come, they threaten to overthrow the government using force, their friendship and the survival of Small Town is put to the test. As well as coping with the pressure, Charlie fantasises his relationship with a certain red head, Erin F.

The book cover was very aesthetically pleasing and the book was really interesting to read. My favourite character in the book is Charlie, even though he is bullied into committing a crime, he ends up doing the right thing and saves his friendship with Pav. Plus he was very patient with Pavel when he taught him the Small town language.

This book is available from the LRC.