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This is a difficult book to read. There's no issue with the writing, which is clear, eloquent and engaging; no, what is tough to digest is the message that Jarlath O'Brien has to deliver. Because essentially, it is a bleak indictment of the way our education system currently serves young people with learning difficulties and special educational needs. These are children for whom lifelong outcomes are, statistically, shockingly poor. Children whose entitlement to an education is no less sacrosanct than that of their non-SEN peers. Children who are consistently marginalised, disenfranchised and, ultimately, forgotten. Their progress is rarely discussed, because it's barely understood; and when their behaviour is challenging, they are faced with sanctions and exclusion. Is O'Brien angry about this? Of course - but he's not without practical suggestions for change either. Read it, weep... then become part of making a difference.