The Harder They Fall

Bali Rai (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

120 Seiten

2017
Barrington Stoke Ltd (Verlag)
9781781126820 (ISBN)

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A heart-warming and thought-provoking story of family, friendship and foodbanks, from an award-winning author well-known for his gritty realism for teens.

Cal wants to help new boy Jacob, but Jacob doesn't want anyone's help. Most of all, he doesn't want anyone to know that his whole family needs help – and they're getting it from the local food bank. But Cal and his mum are volunteers there, and so Jacob's secret's out. Cal wouldn't dream of betraying him, but there are others at school who can't pass up the chance to pick on the kid who's different …

Particularly suitable for readers aged 13+ with a reading age of 8.

Bali Rai was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer. He writes the books he would have enjoyed as a teenager and his book Rani and Sukh is a set-text for GCSE English. His novel, Killing Honour, won the North East Teenage Book Award, and was described as “utterly compelling” by The Bookseller.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.05.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Gewicht	210 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
ISBN-13	9781781126820 / 9781781126820
Zustand	Neuware