Interesting thing is: even though the books shows that there is hope, it equally features a rather troubling twist and turns which move people away from popular wordily books which already are in shelves at the moment. These issues collectively make smart a rather interesting book worthy of discussing with grownups. Examples of the issues tackled by smart include issues such as domestic violence, trafficking of drugs, homelessness, autism and bullying just to mention a few. Overall, smart, carefully and thoroughly tackles several issues which are considered to be relevant in the present society.

Kieran however, never imagined that his personal horrible life at home could become entwined to this case involving a homeless man which he choose to pick and follow up. He sketches short note in his note book which he later on uses for reference while piecing together the evidence collected from those he successfully interviewed. Kieran starts off by questioning Colin’s fellow homeless folks focusing on establishing all of the people whom the deceased associated with while still alive. As strange as it may sound, Kieran seems to care about this dead homeless man and adamantly sets out to try and solve the mystery behind his death. Then later on comes to realize that this is the body of a local homeless man named Colin who police had assumed and concluded that he simply fell into the river and drowned yet in real sense they never really cared what had happened to him. It starts after Kieran comes across a dead body by the river. In the past, she has on more than one occasion openly admitted that her favorite spot to write in is in bed and that she would never leave the house without her kindle. In fact her debut novel dubbed smart serves to bring a completely brilliant and unique voice into the world of children’s educative books. Back then she was still self employed while at the same time working tireless to manage education budgets within inner-city schools.Īs strange as it may sound, kim takes her literary inspiration from everyday life. As time went by, she slowly mastered story telling skills after penning macabre tales whose main aim purpose was to scare her younger brother.Īs strange as it may sound, when kin turned 40, she decided to go back to the university and gained a first class honors degree coupled with an MA both in creative writing as well as in English. While growing up, she developed an endless urge to read books especially those written by C.S.

Kim Slater not only lives but also works in Nottingham living with her partner together with their one year old daughter. The Girl She Wanted / Dear Daughter (As:K.L.

Smart by Kim Slater