by Joan Lingard · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140326246
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«Across the Barricades» is the young adult novel by Joan Lingard, published by Puffin in paperback (176 pages, in English).
In Belfast during the Troubles, Kevin, a Catholic boy, and Sadie, a Protestant girl, try to maintain their relationship in a hostile and divided city. Soldiers patrol the streets and barricades separate their communities; crossing that border has dangerous consequences. A story about first love and the weight of prejudice.
Second installment of the «Kevin and Sadie» series, winner of the Buxtehuder Bulle prize in 1986.
Recommended reading for young people aged 12 and up, with an interest in love stories and social conflict.
Joan Lingard MBE was a Northern Irish writer. She was born in Edinburgh but brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is known for the young adult-aimed Kevin and Sadie series, which sold over one million copies and has been translated into several languages. Across the Barricades, part of the Kevin and Sadie series, is one of the best known novels about the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
