Summary of the book the Dare by John Boyne, Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica Summary of the book the Dare by John Boyne e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! TITLE: The Dare AUTOR: John Boyne SUMMARY: The story tells about a little boy, named Danny Delaney. He is looking forward to a trouble-free summer, but at the start of his school holidays, something terrible has happened. His mother has had an accident. She has hit a little boy with her car. The boy is in a coma and nobody knows if he will ever wake up. Mrs Delaney struggles to live without the guilt and Danny feels confused and isolated. His father tries desperately to keep the family together, but without much success. One day he noticed that a little girl was beside a tree in front of his house and staring at him. He stared back at her but then he drove away with his bike forgetting about it. Once again a few days later he met her in a park. It wasn’t a coincidence because she was looking for him. She was Sarah, Andy’s sister. Danny and Sarah almost became friends while meeting in secret. She was just curious about how Danny’s mom was like. Not long after he arranged another secret meeting with Sarah: they were going to see her brother together. At the hospital Andy was laying on his bed, unconscious. Suddenly her parents came and caught Danny. But there is a plot twist: Sarah thought that it was her fault that Andy had an accident because they were playing a game in which they dangerously dared each other. Andy just happened to run across the road without looking. Danny confessed everything to his parents but his dad got mad and slapped him for the first time. Danny was confused and frightened,