Top Girl

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We have , in effect, been ghettoised and isolated to areas which others-read middles class people and above-see as ‘no go’ places to visit.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. I can not praise this enough, and the awareness that Danielle brings, is not only extremely courageous, it is also very admirable. A lack of strong parental role models, outsourced education via social media, opportunities to find and exploit those young people and children to separate them from the herd, make them fall guys, beat them into submission and worse, all of this is like cat nip to career criminals who know exactly how to groom them to a life they would not, given alternatives, have chosen.She has lived, survived, and sets out her experiences without flinching, without pity, just putting it out there which accentuates how courageous she is, to this reader’s mind. I couldn’t put it down, I was eager to get through my jobs so that I could carry on, I was in awe of the sheer honesty of this woman!

That Danielle came through her experiences is testament to her strength of character and her story is full of insight and lessons for not just teenagers, parents and teachers but anyone who that wants to understand why so many young people pursue this path and how we can ever hope to change that. She has since advocated for women in the criminal justice system, speaking to judges and law enforcement about the role of women in gangs.Hard-hitting, addictive, and thought-provoking, I 100% agree with the publishers when they said: "This book should be on the National Curriculum. She takes full responsibility for some of the things that she has done but when you read the unfathomable trauma that she has endured you cannot help but feel a deep level of empathy for her. Danielle is currently in witness protection since she has turned her life around with the help and support of probation services. She has since advocated within the criminal justice system for many women: ‘the hidden victims and participants of organised crime’ – and began her Masters in September 2021. I really couldn’t believe what I was reading - the intensity of the narration and the emotional trauma the author must have suffered made this book a gut wrenching experience.