Pigeon English |
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Author:
| Kelman, Stephen |
ISBN: | 978-1-283-26427-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
Publisher: | House of Anansi Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $35.94 |
Book Description:
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Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri races through his new life in England in his Adidas trainers -- blissfully unaware of the threats around him. With equal fascination for the local gang -- the Dell Farm Crew -- and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of his new home: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. But when a boy is knifed to death, Harri starts a murder...
More DescriptionEleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri races through his new life in England in his Adidas trainers -- blissfully unaware of the threats around him. With equal fascination for the local gang -- the Dell Farm Crew -- and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of his new home: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. But when a boy is knifed to death, Harri starts a murder investigation of his own and endangers the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.
A story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, Pigeon English is a superb portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape who he becomes.