Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn is the hugely exciting debut novel from Kevin Lewis - the number one bestselling author of The Kid

Kevin Lewis is the author of The Kid and  The Kid Moves On. He is married with two children and lives in Surrey. This is his third book.

The Wilson family was torn apart the night little Christopher was almost killed ... 
 
Though the two year-old survives the brutal attack by his drunken father, his older sister Kaitlyn is convinced it's all her fault. Christopher is taken into care and never returns to the family home on the notorious Roxford estate in South London. But the bond between the siblings remains strong, and as Kaitlyn gets older she dreams of a new life away from the violence of the estate and her mother's dangerous addictions. But most of all, she dreams of being reunited with her little brother. 
 
Will Kaitlyn's dreams ever come true? 
 
And if they do, could they really turn into a nightmare? 
 
Kaitlyn is the heart-rending story of a family ripped apart by tragedy and reunited by a twist of fate that threatens to destroy all their lives - and of a girl who has to choose between everything she has worked for, and the only family she has every known.

Moving On

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the bestselling phenomenon of 2004.

Kevin Lewis is 32. He is married with two children and lives in Surrey. This is his second book.

A sequel to THE KID, where Kevin Lewis takes us through his journey of writing the novel, securing the book deal with Penguin and facing the enormous press interest. 
 
He also takes us through the reactions of his various family members, most importantly his parents, Gloria and Dennis - both of whom he has meetings in the book. He tells us of the reactions from family, friends, from teachers and foster parents who tried to help him in the past, and who have made contact after reading the book. 
 
And he also touches on his concerns about the welfare system even now, as the 5 children of one of his sister's are taken into care and almost handed straight into the arms of Gloria. 
 
And lastly, he touches on his plans and hopes for the future - his ambitions to move on from his terrible beginnings and really make something of his life.

A True Story

The Kid

The Sunday Times No 1-bestselling true story and major UK movie about the boy who escape a life of violence

Harrowing, chilling ... with passages of heartbreaking frankness. An absorbing, gruesome and salutary tale ... by the end, your heart is overwhelmed

Devastating. I can't think of a story that is more unreadably sad or a story that it feels more essential to go on reading

Kevin Lewis is 32. He is married with two children and lives in Surrey. This is his first book.

Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London, where he was known as 'The Kid'. From the violent anger he suffered at the hands of his mother and father, to the continuous torments at school; from the way in which he coped with rejection from people he trusted, to suffering from bulimia and a wish to take his own life, Kevin succeeded in making a better life for himself. This is his story ..

Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services, his life was never his own. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as 'The Kid'. 
 
Yet Kevin survived to make a better life for himself, and has become a bestselling novelist in his own right. 
 
The Kid and The Kid Moves On, published together for the first time in this film tie-in edition, are his heartbreaking and inspiring true story . . .

Kevin Lewis

Books by Kevin Lewis

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