Philip Pullman

Rites

Sophie Coulombeau

Winner of the Next Great Novelist Award 2012 ‘When I was fourteen I did something terrible. At least, that’s what some people tell me.’ Four teenagers make a pact to lose their virginity away from the watchful eyes of parents and priest. Fifteen years later, they reflect on the past and unravel how it all went so horribly wrong. What really went on ..