Guantanamo Boy
Published on 5. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-14-132607-8 (ISBN)
Description
Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when Western boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him and cannot fail to be a changed young man.
Reviews / Votes
This powerful and humane book shows that hatred is never an answer, and proves the pointlessness of torture and the danger of thinking of anyone as 'other.' -- Nicolette Jones * Sunday Times * One of her greatest achievements is to make the frightening monotony of the two years he suffers so full of suspense. -- Kate Kellaway * Observer * An excellent novel . . . superb -- Amanda Craig * The Times * Extremely powerful, and the descriptions of torture are genuinely harrowing. * The Guardian * Timely, gritty fiction. * Times Review * Could it happen? It has happened. That's why teenagers should read this book. * Irish Times * Rising star: Anna Perera. Her novel highlights the teenagers sent to the camp as it tugs readers into its vivid nightmare journey. * The Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-132607-8 (9780141326078)
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Person
Anna Perera was born in London to an Irish mother and Sri Lankan father. She worked as an English teacher in two secondary schools in London, and later became responsible for a unit for excluded boys. She lives in Hampshire, England. Guantanamo Boy is her first teenage novel.