Name: Too Much Trouble von Tom Avery
SKU: 9781847802347
Price: 5.69 EUR
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Too Much Trouble Zusammenfassung

Too Much Trouble Tom Avery

Get out, Emmanuel! growled my uncle. Take your brother and go.

But where can two boys go when they're on their own, on the run, with little money or food? All 12-year-old Emmanuel knows is that he has to look after Prince. They were his father's last words to him.

On the train to London, Em and Prince have no idea where they will end up - but then they meet the mysterious Mr Green and his friends. And that's when things start to spin out of control...

Too Much Trouble Bewertungen

A gripping story - it really draws the reader in and Emmanuel's determination to do the best for his brother makes him a very sympathetic character. A good read for boys - even those who claim not to like books; get them to try it! || 'This prize-winning story will grab readers' attention from the opening moments and hold them spell-bound from then on' and 'Debut novelist Tom Avery shines real insight on how different some children's lives are in this gripping and deeply moving story.' || Recommended summer reading. An original interpretation of the Oliver Twist story reflecting a number of critical and significant contemporary issues. Worthy winner of the 2010 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award. || This is an interesting take on the seedy London underworld of deprivation and illegal immigration. || The novel raises important issues around homelessness and the experiences of children coming to the UK without family support. However, the fast-paced plot takes precedence in the novel, meaning these issues are explored in a way that younger readers can relate to. Complex and challenging themes never overwhelm the story which ends with some resolution and optimism for the futures of the two boys. || This brilliant, shocking story reveals an underworld of all too belieevable horror. Told with simplicity and conviction, the brutality of the boys' ordeal is redeemed by Emmanuel's love for his brother. A wonderful book. || Fast-moving ...shows life on the edge of society.

Über Tom Avery

Tom Avery grew up in Lewisham and trained as a primary teacher at the University of Greenwich. He taught in South London for two years, and then in inner-city Birmingham. He is now co-ordinator of English, Communication and Language at a primary school in Kentish Town, London. He loves working with young people, helping them to develop their interests and encouraging them to think about the world around them. The issues of street crime and unaccompanied refugee children, addressed in Too Much Trouble, affect the lives of many of the children he's met through his work. Tom lives in North London with his wife and young son.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR003537788

ISBN 13

9781847802347

ISBN 10

1847802346

Titel

Too Much Trouble Tom Avery

Autor

Tom Avery

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

Datum

20110602

Anzahl der Seiten

144

Preise

N/A

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