Guantanamo Boy

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when Western boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him and cannot fail to be a changed young man.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-02-05
Mått:129 x 198 x 21 mm
Vikt:245 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN:9780141326078
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Costa Book Awards (Children's) 2009

Mer om författaren

Anna Perera was born in London to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father. She worked as an English teacher in two secondary schools in London, and later became responsible for a unit for excluded boys. She lives in Hampshire, England. Guantanamo Boy is her first teenage novel.

Recensioner i media

This powerful and humane book shows that hatred is never an answer, and proves the pointlessness of torture and the danger of thinking of anyone as 'other.'