The True Colour of a Little White Lie

bullying, family business, ski resort, first crush, choices, responsibility, the impact of lying, good and bad role models

1. Nelson is publicly humiliated by Dale Dickson, the class bully, who falsely accuses him of "wanking' in class (following an innocent incident where his Skittles fall through a hole in his pants pocket and he is trying to fish them out -- Chapter 2). 2. Language: bloody x 7, pricks x 1 , dickhead x 1. 3. Juliet is jealous and asks Nelson if he is sleeping with the staff girls (he's not!), p193. 4. Juliet doesn't believe Nelson has his own room at the lodge so he takes her there. They kiss before Juliet quickly leaves the room (ch15). 5. Nelson ends up telling Dale Dickson about his love triangle and Dale makes a crass joke that if he "plays his cards right he might end up in a threesome' (chapter 19). 6. Juliet's mum has a drinking problem. 7. Nelson overhears two adult staff members having sex in the shower room (ch17). It's the first time he's been exposed to something like that and it's hard to get it out of his head. 8. Juliet describes to Nelson how awful it is to be treated as some kind of sex object (p314). 9. Nelson looks up to staff member Matt, who is a terrible role model and cheated on his girlfriend with another girl who works at the ski lodge, until he realizes that he does not want to be the kind of man Matt is, and takes responsibility for his own choices.