Malorie Blackman is famous for writing books with hard-hitting themes and realistic situations – she is also famous for battling these issues superbly to make them into brilliant, gripping books. Boys don't cry is certainly no exception.

Dante is 19 years old. One day, the doorbell rings, and the person he would be least likely to suspect is standing right there. It's his ex-girlfriend, Mel. And she's carrying a baby. Dante's baby. Mel claims she needs to go shopping to get the baby it's essentials. It is left, crying in Dante's arms. Mel doesn't come back and Dante is left alone. But what can he do when he knows that boys simply don't cry?

This book is superbly written – teen pregnancy is often publicised and written about, but it is always the mother, cruelly abandoned by her baby's father. This book has turned the situation right around – Dante is left to deal with a baby daughter he never knew existed. The book had more than one narrator – it also has Adam, Dante's younger brother, who is very open about his sexuality. The book explores Adam's story, as well as Dante's, which is very clever.

I enjoyed how you saw Dante get closer and closer to Emma (his baby), and how Adam's relationship was so strong. There is also an element of suspense in the book – there are shocks the whole way through, particularly with Adam's story, but I'll let you read it to find out why.

Although this book should be read by everyone at some point, not until they are in their teens. I would say 14 would be the minimum age as there is violence, the themes are sometimes slightly inappropriate and the language is often foul. This is still an extraordinary book, and truly is Malorie Blackman at her best.

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