Kerosene
Cal's got a problem. His crippling shyness means he can hardly talk to his (only) mate, let alone a girl. So when two of the fittest girls in school decide to mess with his head out of a petty desire for revenge, Cal comes close to losing it. The only thing that calms him down is the flickering glow of fire – soothing, cleansing, it helps him forget. But as his obsession spirals out of control Cal finds himself on a downward path that he knows will only end badly. Someone's got to save him, but can he trust the one person who cares enough to try?
Chris Wooding
Chris Wooding grew up in a small town in the Midlands, where nothing very interesting happened. So he started to write. His first book contract was signed at age nineteen. By the time he left university he was working as a full time author and he has been writing professionally all his working life. Only in his early 30s, Chris Wooding is the author of eighteen books that have been translated into twenty languages. His books have won the Nestlé Smarties Silver Award and the Bram Stoker Award, among others, and have been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He also writes for TV and film, and his first graphic novel is being published in 2012.