The Hate Game: Screaming in the Silence—A Memoir

Silver Medal – 2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award (Non-Fiction: Grief/Hardship)

Winner – 2025 Independent Author Awards (Memoir & Historical Nonfiction)

Runner-Up – 2025 London Book Festival (Memoir)

Winner – 2024 Literary Titan Book Award

“They shoved his head into the toilet — a baptism of dirty water and urine.
They drew a Star of David on his forehead.
And that was just another day at school.”

Set against the bleak corridors of 1970s England, The Hate Screaming in the Silence is a raw, darkly funny memoir of survival, resilience, and reluctant transformation.

Gary Trew didn’t grow up in a warzone—but it sure felt like one. At Knoll Boys School, bullying wasn’t just tolerated—it was institutionalized. Ritualized violence, anti-Semitic torment, and total indifference from teachers left Gary fighting to stay human in a place built to break him.

Yet, beyond the school gates, there was love—chaotic, unconventional, but real. A quirky mother obsessed with scripture. A quiet father with the gentlest heart. A house full of contradictions, awkward laughs, and unexpected warmth.

Told with unflinching honesty and biting humor, The Hate Game is not just about trauma. It’s about coming through the fire scarred, but standing tall.

If you loved Educated, A Boy Called It, Angela’s Ashes, or The Glass Castle, prepare to meet a voice you won’t forget.