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|title=Dirty Angels

|author=Andrew Clover

|date=August 2007

|isbn=978-0340930977

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Colin Hitchin is - as all good teen narrators should be - way down in the pecking order of his peer group, but way above it in intellectual ability. He's in unrequited love with Polly, whose individuality makes her oblivious to pecking order. He spends a great deal of time being picked on and avoiding being picked on. Colin's father died several years ago and there is some mystery surrounding the circumstances. Colin's mother has a succession of annoying and unsuitable boyfriends. And Colin has anger issues, which he occasionally indulges by lighting the odd fire or two.