Trigger - Paperback

by C. G. Moore (Author)

An unflinching LGBTQIA+ verse novel about a teenage boy who is sexually assaulted in an attack he struggles to remember.

A Kirkus Best Teen & YA Verse Novel

A Children's Book Council YA Favourite

A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book

Jay wakes in a park, beaten and bruised. He can't remember what happened the night before. But he has suspicions. Jay realises he has been raped -- and that his ex-boyfriend may have been involved. Counselling sessions cause Jay to question everything. His new friend Rain encourages his pursuit of justice. Jay wants answers, but his search will lead him down a perilous path.

Once the trigger is touched you can't tell who to trust.

"So emotional and immersive" Alice Oseman, author of Heartstopper (for Gut Feelings by C.G. Moore)

Author Biography

C. G. Moore (Chris) is passionate about teaching and previously taught on the BA and MA in Publishing programmes at the University of Central Lancashire. His second book, Gut Feelings, was published by UCLan Publishing in 2021. Gut Feelings was nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2022 and won of the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year 2022.