Meet the characters

Hey, my name’s Jermaine. Just call me Jay though! I work in the local fish and chip shop. I don’t enjoy it, I see myself as the next big basketball player. Watch this space!

I’m single at the moment, not that that’s a regular thing. Its not that I’m bad looking, its just the girls are! I need my own place! I need to be independent!  My main love is going to the local sports centre where I play

Hi, I’m Nicky.  I’m 17 and from Kingsmouth. I’m not a big fan of this place, but it’s not that bad -  it’s OK living near the sea, it’s the people that are the problem.

I’m not tall, not really short. I have long hair and love fashion, but can’t stand the prices. I live on

I hate my name. It’s got nothing to do with me. I call myself Luna, because I like the moon, and Luna is the Italian word for moon. I think my dad was Italian. I’ve got this crescent moon necklace I always wear, my mum gave it to me for my twelfth birthday, just before she threw me out. I suppose I should chuck it in the bin, but it’s the only thing I’ve got that’s about my proper relatives, and maybe one day I could pass it on to my

Hi, my name is Edward. I am 16 years old and I attend Highwood School for Boys, just outside Kingsmouth. It’s a private school, my dad pays my fees as he is a barrister. My mum doesn’t work. The only person I love is Bernard. I know what you are thinking – no, I’m not gay! He’s my dog , a Great Dane.

I really like music,

My mum and dad are from Portugal, we came here six years ago when I was ten, and my little brother Alejandro (the Dork, as I call him) was five. He doesn’t remember coming here, but I do, because Torres Vedras, where we come from, is a beautiful sunny town, lots of old buildings and cafés and blue sea. We arrived in England and it was raining and the houses and the sea were all grey. My dad used to work in the vineyards, but we came here because they

My name’s Harley Daniels. I’m 17 and I’m a football trainee at Kingsmouth FC. I live with my dad as he split up with my mum a while back. I have a brother with special needs. He’s called Jason, I don’t see him that often as he lives with my mum - we don’t really speak and I don’t really speak about him. My dad is a successful businessman (computers) with lots of money.

Jason Daniels is one of my FE students at the Nelson Special School, Kingsmouth. Jason is 16 and has learning difficulties, but is mobile and physically active. He's a cheerful boy, fond of his mum and very proud of his brother Harley, who is a footballer.

Jason uses a computer programme called Widgit - Writing with Symbols, when we do work which involves writing. It is a system that can produce pictures to match the words that a student inputs. This helps students to