Inventing elliot - Graham Gardner

Gripping in its psychological understanding, this unflinching novel takes readers deep into the mind of a boy who is coming to understand the nature of absolute power and its inevitable casualties, and also finding a bit of his own strength along the way.

When fourteen-year-old Elliot Sutton arrives at HolminsterHigh, he's determined not to stand out.

He simply can't let himself become a target again--not like he was at his last school.

This time, he's a new Elliot.

Tough.

Impenetrable.

But then he meets the Guardians, a group of upperclassmen that secretly rule Holminster with a quiet and anonymous terror.

Obsessed with George Orwell's book 1984, they desire power for the sake of power--and they always get what they want.

Now, they want Elliot.

Not to terrorize .

but to join them.

Can Elliot face his new future, or will he become his own worst nightmare?.