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Cane Warriors
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2020
84 kr
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Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book AwardWinner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris AwardLonglisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is …
East of Acre Lane
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2006
135 kr
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‘Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion’ Steve McQueen, director of Small Axe East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen’s Small Axe It is …
East of Acre Lane
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2012
79 kr
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East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience.When East of Acre Lane was first published in 2001, Alex Wheatle instantly became one of the key commentators on …
Cane Warriors
Av Alex Wheatle
Ljudbok, 2020
128 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and …
Liccle Bit
Book 1: Now a BAFTA Award-winning TV series, as seen on BBC iPlayer!
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2015
45 kr
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What''s worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit''s about to find out... Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire of telling him he has no chance with girls. …
Straight Outta Crongton
Book 3
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN''S FICTION PRIZE 2016 Round these ends, it''s hard to hold on to your dreams Life''s a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum''s boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are fraught with hazards and …
Home Girl
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2019
44 kr
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''Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath. It''s a pity there''s only one of him'' Kit de Waal ''I love Alex and all he stands for in the world of literature'' Kerry Hudson ''Alex Wheatle is an inspirer. …
Crongton Story: A Crongton Christmas Party
Book 5
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2025, 12-15 år
128 kr
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WELCOME TO CRONGTON - where drama will find you around the next kerb ... Boy from the Hills' parents are going away a week before Christmas, so in true Crongton style, McKay and the rest of his friends persuade him to throw a house party. But, Boy from the Hills must keep his dad's precious Aston …
Crongton Story: In The Ends
Book 4
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2023
116 kr
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WELCOME TO CRONGTON - where your loyalties and wits will be tested ...Things have been quiet in South Crongton. It's been an age since anyone last spotted Manjaro, South Crong's most notorious warlord. But there have been murmurs that something is coming.Jonah is the fastest sprinter in South …
In The Ends
Book 4
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2023
45 kr
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WELCOME TO CRONGTON - where your loyalties and wits will be tested ... Things have been quiet in South Crongton. It''s been an age since anyone last spotted Manjaro, South Crong''s most notorious warlord. But there have been murmurs that something is coming. Jonah is the fastest sprinter in South …
Girl with the Red Boots
A powerful story of family, friendship and football
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2025, 12-15 år
128 kr
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A thrilling and heart-warming tale about family, friendship and football from award-winning author, Alex Wheatle.'Alex Wheatle is such a fine writer. This novel is beautifully written, beautifully paced. We're drawn easily into his vivid world and we're rooting for his hero all the way.' - David …
Crongton Story: Liccle Bit
Book 1: Now a BAFTA Award-winning TV series, as seen on BBC iPlayer!
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2023
128 kr
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WELCOME TO CRONGTON, WHERE YOUR LOYALTY AND WITS WILL BE TESTED ...*Now a BAFTA Award-winning TV series, as seen on BBC iPlayer*What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. …
Crongton Story: Crongton Knights
Book 2 - Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2023
128 kr
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Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017WELCOME TO CRONGTON, WHERE YOUR LOYALTY AND WITS WILL BE TESTED ...Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died. His dad has been …
Crongton Story: Straight Outta Crongton
Book 3
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2023
141 kr
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***Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize***WELCOME TO CRONGTON, WHERE YOUR LOYALTY AND WITS WILL BE TESTED ... Round these ends, it's hard to hold on to your dreams.Life's a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum's boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are …
Home Girl
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2023, 12-15 år
128 kr
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'This isn't my home. Haven't had a proper home since ...This is just somewhere I'll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit. This time next year you'll forget who I am. I haven't got a diddly where I'll be by then. But I'm used to it'Naomi has bounced around the care system for far too long. …
Island Songs
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2021
45 kr
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"This novel will be nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in similar circumstances and a breath of fresh Jamaican air for anyone else" The Voice Jenny and Hortense Rodney have always loved and hated one another in the way that only sisters can. From their childhood in Claremont, rural Jamaica, to …
Island Songs
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2022
168 kr
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"This novel will be nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in similar circumstances and a breath of fresh Jamaican air for anyone else" The VoiceJenny and Hortense Rodney have always loved and hated one another in the way that only sisters can. From their childhood in Claremont, rural Jamaica, to …
Sufferah
Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2023
45 kr
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"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news "A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle''s compassion shines through the pain" Observer "Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYE In this breathtaking …
Sufferah
Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2024
155 kr
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"One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYEIn this breathtaking …
Brixton Rock
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2022
145 kr
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"Pacy; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON"Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath" KIT DE WAAL"Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion" STEVE McQUEEN, …
Brenton Brown
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2022
145 kr
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"A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" IndependentSet on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is a fatal love story about a man who never got over his first love, a perfect love with his half-sister …
Home Boys
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2022
145 kr
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'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions' - Steve McQueen Four schoolchildren decide to run away from the the horrors of their everyday lives in a children's home. Seeking asylum in the …
Kerb-Stain Boys
The Crongton Broadway Robbery
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2018, 12-15 år
109 kr
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A sharp, witty and heartfelt tale of the ups and downs of teenage life on one of London's toughest (fictional) estates, from multi-award-winning Alex Wheatle. Life on the Crongton estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother Kingsley …
Humiliations of Welton Blake
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2021, 9-12 år
109 kr
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Hilarity follows disaster in this sharp-witted tale of the trials of pre-teen life, from award-winning and critically acclaimed Crongton author Alex Wheatle. Welton Blake has done it! He’s asked out Carmella McKenzie – the best-looking girl in school – and she’s only gone and said yes!But just as …
Witness
Quick Reads 2022
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2022
16 kr
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To tell the truth? Or protect his family? Cornell is having a bad time. Kicked out of secondary school for a fight he didn''t start, he finds himself in a Pupil Referral Unit. Here he makes friends with one of the Sinclair family. You don''t mess with the Sinclairs, and when Ryan Sinclair demands …
Kemosha of the Caribbean
Av Alex Wheatle
E-bok, 2022
85 kr
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Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing'A vivid and powerful story ... Another tour de force by Alex Wheatle, a truly gifted storyteller' David OlusogaKemosha and her brother have lived their whole lives in slavery. Sold away to work in lawless Port Royal, Kemosha takes her chance to escape …
Cane Warriors
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2021
109 kr
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Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book AwardWinner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris AwardLonglisted for the YA Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is …
Kemosha of the Caribbean
Av Alex Wheatle
Häftad, 2022
109 kr
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Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing'A vivid and powerful story ... Another tour de force by Alex Wheatle, a truly gifted storyteller' David OlusogaKemosha and her brother have lived their whole lives in slavery. Sold away to work in lawless Port Royal, Kemosha takes her chance to escape …
