Hold On to Me

Lizza Lapy has only ever known Mike as SlowMike, the infuriating online gamer who steals her loot and laughs about it. Then they meet in real life, and he's taller, kinder and far more confusing than she ever imagined.

When her parents divorce and she moves to a new estate, the boy she can't stand turns out to live round the corner. And when sixth form turns cruel, with whispers, isolation and a teacher who misunderstands her, Mike is the only one who notices that the brightest girl he knows is quietly falling apart.

He makes her a promise: every holiday, every exam, every bad day, he'll be there. But some battles are bigger than one boy's love, and the words Mike has hidden since the very first game may come too late.

A tender, gripping story of first love, silent pain, and the courage it takes to hold on.