Out of Shadows - Jason Wallace 电子书mobi+epub
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Teens > Historical Fiction > Africa
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Holiday House (January 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823423425
ISBN-13: 978-0823423422
WINNER of the Costa Children’s Book Award, 2010 —Costa Book Award
WINNER of the Branford Boase Award, 2011 --Branford Boase Award
WINNER of the UKLA Children's Book Award, 2011 —UKLA
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, 2011 -- The CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize, 2010 --Booktrust
Out of Shadows (Costa Book Award - Children's Book Award) Hardcover – January 1, 2011
by Jason Wallace (Author)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849390487
Product details
Teens > Historical Fiction > Africa
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Holiday House (January 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823423425
ISBN-13: 978-0823423422
Twelve-year-old Robert Jacklin comes face-to-face with bigotry, racism, and brutality when he is uprooted from England and moves to Zimbabwe with his family. Robert is enrolled in one of the country’s most elite boys’ boarding schools. Newly integrated, the school is a microcosm of the horrible problems faced by the struggling new country in the wake of a bloody civil war. The white boys want their old country back and torment the black Africans. Robert must make careful alliances. His decision to join the ranks of the more powerful white boys has a devastating effect on his
conscience and emerging manhood.
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WINNER of the Costa Children’s Book Award, 2010 —Costa Book Award
WINNER of the Branford Boase Award, 2011 --Branford Boase Award
WINNER of the UKLA Children's Book Award, 2011 —UKLA
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, 2011 -- The CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize, 2010 --Booktrust
'Sometimes a book takes you somewhere and keeps you there. Honest, brave and devastating - Out of Shadows is more than just memorable. It's impossible to look away.' -- Markus Zusak - The author of The Book Thief
'An extraordinary coming-of-age novel . . . a startlingly original debut . . . Charting the change from childhood to adulthood against growing political discord gives the novel a sense of urgency, and the book's intensity, drama and pace leaves a lasting impact.'
-- The Bookseller
Excellent. The latest lacerating addition to the boarding-school-as-living-hell genre...read on if you have the courage. The author attended a similar establishment at the age of 12,and gives every indication of knowing exactly what he is writing about. --Independent on Sunday, Nick Tucker
(Out of Shadows is) a provocative story, powerfully written. Some may find the themes difficult, the climax shocking, but Wallace has produced a first novel where all the heat and intensity of an African nation in flux burns on every page. He's a definitely a writer to watch in the future. --The Scotsman, Keith Gray
A novel to recommend to older readers, particularly those studying Golding for GCSE.
--The School Librarian
"Terrific debut novel." --The Independent on Sunday
"A memorable, moving and disturbing coming-of-age story." -- Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids
"Beautifully written." --Ruth Swindon, Independent on Sunday - Hit List
"Out of Shadows is one of the best debut novels I've ever read . . . At times chilling and dark, yet strangely hopeful, Out of Shadows is one of those books that I know I'll revisit in the future . . . I can't recommend it highly enough." -- Jenny Davies, wondrousreads.com
Book Description
Brand new edition of the multi-award-winning novel. A searing account of race, bullying and conspiracy in 1980s Zimbabwe
About the Author
Jason Wallace was born in Cheltenham in 1969 but moved to London after his parents split up. Aged 12 his life was turned upside down when his mother remarried and the family emigrated to Zimbabwe. It was this experience in a tough boarding school during the aftermath of the war for independence that forms the foundation of his incredible novel. And he did actually meet Robert Mugabe when he visited his school. Jason is currently a web designer, living in South West London.
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