Needle

A powerful and heart-rending exploration of a teenagers journey through grief, rage and getting caught in the criminal justice system from award-winning author Patrice Lawrence. Charlene is a demon knitter. Its the only thing she enjoys and the only thing she believes shes really good at. So when her foster mums son destroys her latest creation, Charlene loses it and stabs him in the hand with her knitting needle. It damages a nerve and she gets sucked into the criminal justice system for assault. Charlene's not sorry and shes never apologised to anyone in her life. But people keep telling her that if she says sorry, theyll go easier on her. Can she bring herself to say it and not mean it when her freedoms at stake?