A real strength in the book is the dialogue. It fizzes with energy, and Quigley rolls out typical teenage banter with a skill that makes it seem effortless. Each chapter bursts with imaginative characters, and draws on the reality of those school days where everyone of note has a nickname, often gleaned from a single event or trait that they will never be allowed to outgrow … The similarities with the banking crisis are more than just plot-related. There is also the attitude of the participants, the greed and the apathy, that sense of forging onward without considering the consequences.

Sheena Wilkinson has been established as one of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers of contemporary realistic fiction for young people. Winner of multiple Children’s Books Ireland awards, a White Raven Award and a place on the IBBY Honour List. She lives in Belfast and is a full time writer.