Description
| Product ID: | 9780008471743 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Children of the Stone City |
| Authors: | Author: Beverley Naidoo |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A thrilling, resonant and inspiring novel about justice, privilege and the power of the young to strive for change. A thrilling, resonant and inspiring novel about justice, privilege and the power of the young to strive for change.Set in a world where Adam and Leila and their friend Zak live as Nons under the Permitted ruling class. Then, when Adam and Leila’s father dies unexpectedly, their mother faces losing her permit to live in the Stone City with deportation to where she was born. Before music-loving Adam can implement his plan to save Mama, Zak is arrested for a bold prank that goes wrong, with far-reaching repercussions for them all . . .The eagerly awaited new children’s book comes from award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, winner of the Carnegie Medal for The Other Side of Truth. Beverley’s first novel, Journey to Jo’burg, has never been out of print in the UK and US since its publication in 1985. It now appears in the HarperCollins Modern Classics list and is frequently read in schools worldwide. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-13 |
