The Other Side of Truth
Author: Naidoo, Beverley
ISBN: 9780141377353
Publisher: Puffin
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An award-winning novel for A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime
This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to stop criticising the military rulers in Nigeria. Their mother is killed and they are sent to London, with their father promising to follow. Abandoned at Victoria Station by the woman paid to bring them to England as her children, Sade and Femi find themselves alone in a new, often hostile, environment. Seen through the eyes of Sade, the novel explores what it means to be classified as 'illegal' and the difficulties which come with being a refugee.
ISBN: 9780141377353
Publisher: Puffin
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An award-winning novel for A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime
This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to stop criticising the military rulers in Nigeria. Their mother is killed and they are sent to London, with their father promising to follow. Abandoned at Victoria Station by the woman paid to bring them to England as her children, Sade and Femi find themselves alone in a new, often hostile, environment. Seen through the eyes of Sade, the novel explores what it means to be classified as 'illegal' and the difficulties which come with being a refugee.
