Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard - ISBN: 9780141368917
Paperback
Forbidden love blooms amidst the Troubles’ deadly divide in Belfast.

Across the Barricades

A Kevin and Sadie Story

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    30 January 2017

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Summary

A powerful story of young love across the divide, during The Troubles in Northern Ireland; now part of the Originals collection, showcasing Penguin’s very best modern classics for young adults.

Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it’s not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together - not without dangerous consequences …

The second of Joan Lingard’s ground-breaking K…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141368917
ISBN-10:0141368918
Author:Joan Lingard
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:30 January 2017
Weight:175g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 15mm
Series:The Originals
Audience Age:12-17
About The Author

Joan Lingard

Joan Lingard was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Belfast where she lived until she was eighteen. She is particularly well-known for her quintet of young adult titles about Kevin and Sadie and their love across the religious divide during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The series begins with THE TWELFTH DAY OF JULY. In 1998 Joan was awarded an MBE for distinguished service to children’s literature. She lives in Edinburgh and is married, with three children and five grandchildren.

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