'Greed, guilt, and redemption are layered in a sober yet tender narrative showing the lengths one will go to for loved ones.'

Kirkus Reviews

'An intriguing examination of ways familial loyalty and guilt can lead anyone to make desperate choices. Anderson uses the exploration of manipulation and coercion to craft a thought-provoking narrative.'

School Library Journal

'Anderson...breathe[s] ferocious life into a story that needs to be told. This is one of those tough but invaluable books with the power to increase a reader's awareness of and empathy for teens who have lost the right to be young.'

Booklist, starred review

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'[Anderson] makes it clear how difficult it is for even children to survive this faith-based and historically rooted conflict unscathed.'

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

'Narrator Kevin R. Free breathes dramatic urgency into Anderson's intense story…Listeners hear and feel Abdi's horror and numb, helpless despair at the atrocities he witnesses — and perpetrates — and we rejoice at his redemption.' 

AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner

‘[A] potent, brutal read... You won't be able to forget this story of a young boy robbed of his own childhood.’

- Marie Claire, best YA 2019,

Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday is a gritty, challenging, but worthwhile read offering a message of redemption.’

 

- Armadillo Magazine,

‘[A] potent, brutal read... You won't be able to forget this story of a young boy robbed of his own childhood.’ Marie Claire, best YA 2019 I tell myself I’ve chosen to live, but the water knows the truth. Waves brush my arms, soft as shroud linen. The water knows I have to die. Three years after his older brother is recruited by the Somali militia group Al Shaabab, Abdi and his family are kidnapped by Americans. In exchange for their freedom, he reluctantly agrees to go undercover to rescue his brother and help foil deadly attacks.  After months in their ranks, Abdi finally escapes. Haunted and alone on the streets of Kenya, he steals what he can to get by. But an arrest for petty theft sets in motion a chain of events that force him to confront the past he’s been so desperately trying to forget.
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A haunting tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What
A haunting tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What
"The author was selected as the 2014-2015 Associates of the Boston Public Library Children's Writer-in-Residence 4,500 copies sold of Natalie C. Anderson's debut City of Saints & Thieves Suited to libraries and schools The author specialises in international development with experience in Africa and working with refugees"
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786079121
Publisert
2021-06-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Rock the Boat
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
464

Om bidragsyterne

Natalie C. Anderson is a writer and international development professional living in Geneva, Switzerland. She has spent the last decade working with NGOs and the UN on refugee relief and development, mainly in Africa. This is her debut novel.