by Joan Lingard · Heinemann · tapa dura · ISBN 9780435122034
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«Across the Barricades» is Joan Lingard's young adult novel, published by Heinemann in hardback (160 pages, in English).
In Belfast during the Troubles, Sadie, a Protestant, and Kevin, a Catholic, try to maintain their relationship while the Catholic and Protestant communities push them to opposite sides. The novel shows the fear of families, the pressure of the environment, and the consequences of sectarianism in the daily lives of young people.
The work is the second instalment of the Kevin and Sadie series and won the Buxtehuder Bulle prize in 1986.
For young readers aged 12 and over interested in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and in love stories marked by sectarianism.
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.
