Exposure is a sports novel for young adults by English writer Mal Peet, published by Walker Books in 2008.

[2] Inspired by William Shakespeare's Othello, the story follows Otello, a black association football player and his high-profile relationship with Desmerelda, a white celebrity.

[3][4] Walker's North American division Candlewick Press published the first U.S. edition in 2009.

[1] Set in South America, Bush, a car-cleaning boy, greets Paul Faustino when he sees him.

Despite Brabanta's disapproval of their relationship, Otello and Desmeralda live a life under the scrutiny of the media.

In an attempt to stop "wolf men" from looking at Bianca, Bush makes her wear an oversized sweatshirt.

Felicia forces her breasts against him and goes away just immediately, leaving Bush in a state of emotional confusion.

In the aftermath, Desmeralda leaves Otello and employs Felicia to look after her son and Bush to learn from her gardener.

He is an orphaned street kid who tries to make an earning washing the cars to feed his sister and his friend.

He is a journalist who writes articles for La Nación which commends Otello's football games.

He’d been scoring from outside the penalty area, so to speak, and there was a huge media attack on them as a family.

- Mal Peet[5]Josh Lacey from The Guardian compares Exposure to Shakespeare's play Othello with "the novel is divided into five acts.

[6] Amanda Craig from The Times comments that "the ending is not quite like that of the play, and some will find it weaker in its avoidance of total tragedy.

The loss of a sporting career can't be as harrowing as the noble Othello's destruction".

[7] Caroline Sams from TeenToday comments that the novel "reveals the cold, harsh reality of fame, the sensationalist hype of the media and the inevitable jealousy that comes from lambasting such perfection".