An extract from Annie Chave’s new book, Cricket Changed My Life
Aloud noise; deafening bang after deafening bang. A piercing sound cuts through the air and fills your ears, replacing the laughter that a moment ago had rung out across the room like music. A dark stream of blood replaces the wide smile that had lit up your friend’s face. He has been shot. Shot in the head. He falls to the ground, one of a growing body count littering the hall.
It’s confusion rather than terror that fills you. Minutes ago, you were standing happily on the stage in your school hall w...
