"Ambushed" by Fleur BealeSYNOPSIS: Richard is the only one of his family who doesn’t want to leave Cray’s Creek. He and his friends try everything they can think of, to get his parents to change their minds, but to no avail.At his new school in his new town, Richard finds it impossible to make friends. Both his sisters seem to have no trouble at all. He is lonely, bored and very homesick when a group of boys take him under their wings. Unfortunately for them, when they try to bully Richard they find he is not going to become another of their victims. Richard sets out to orchestrate ‘the revenge of the newcomers’ – and there is no shortage of willing accomplices.
QUESTION: Describe the range of emotions Richard would have felt on that Saturday morning? What would be his lasting impression of the events? How well do you think he coped with the events? What would you have done under those circumstances?
