by Joan Lingard · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140306354
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«The Twelfth Day of July» is Joan Lingard's young adult novel, published by Puffin in paperback (127 pages, in English).
Sadie is Protestant and Kevin is Catholic in a Belfast where mistrust between communities is at boiling point. A challenge between local kids becomes increasingly serious, and the friendship that grows between them clashes with the prejudices of their surroundings. A story about growing up in a world determined to separate those who have met face to face.
First instalment of the Kevin and Sadie series.
For young readers aged 12 and up, especially those interested in stories about identity, prejudice 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.
