Whitney faces the challenges of high school and finds that she has some of the toughest decisions of her life to make. Friendship, peer pressure, self-esteem and popularity – all these topics come into play as her friend Lindiwe gets involved with a boyfriend who introduces her to smoking, drugs, parties and gangs. Whitney has a critical choice to make. Join her friend and go along with the parties and drug scene, or say no and risk losing her best friend and her popularity?

The choice she makes plunges her into an epic adventure and results in a life-or-death chase that will keep teenagers turning the pages to find out what will happen next. Join Whitney as she comes face to face with the ugly underbelly of her neighbourhood – a world of gangs, drug abuse, kidnapping, corruption and murder. The only question is – will she escape?

Published by Voices in Africa, Whitney’s Escape is the second novel in the Whitney series, following on the best-selling first novel, Whitney’s Kiss, by the same author. It is a gripping youth novel that will speak powerfully to those most at risk of getting caught in the terrible trap of drug addiction – our teenagers. Teachers can use Whitney’s Escape to encourage discussion about the consequences of drugs, as part of their efforts to try and prevent drug abuse among young people, and to help those who are already caught in it to escape.