by Joan Lingard · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140371796
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«Across the Barricades» is the young adult romance novel by Joan Lingard, published by Puffin in paperback (176 pages, in English).
In a Belfast divided by the conflict between Catholics and Protestants, Kevin and Sadie want to be together, but soldiers patrol the streets and the city is full of barricades: going out together has dangerous consequences. A young love story about prejudice and intolerance in a tense and violent city.
Second instalment of the Kevin and Sadie series, winner of the Buxtehuder Bulle prize in 1986. The novel was originally published in 1972; this edition is from 1995.
Aimed at readers aged 12 and up, especially those looking for young romances with a historical and social backdrop.
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.
