The Ghosts & Jamal

Blankley, Bridget

ISBN 10: 1908446633 ISBN 13: 9781908446633

Verlag: HopeRoad Publishing, 2018

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Páginas:230Géneros:12:YFB:Generalfiction(Children's/Teenage)12:YFC:Adventurestories(Children's/Teenage)Sinopsis:TheGhostsandJamalisanintriguingstory,touchingonreligion,terrorismandNigeria,sinternalconflicts,followingayoungorphanwhoisnegotiatinganunforgivingsociety.Wakingupintheaftermathofaterroristattack,13-year-oldJamaltriestopiecetogetherwhathashappenedwhilstsimultaneouslytryingtoevadecapturebytheattackers.Itsoonbecomesclearthathehasbeenlivinginaseparateouthousefromhisfamilyonaccountofthe&ldquo,badspirits&rdquo,orratherhisepilepsythatplagueshim.Ashewandersaroundhisfamily,scompound,hecomesacrossredcanistersleakingyellowgas,whichheworksoutweretheweaponthatkilledhisfamily.Withhisfamilydead,hebeginstosearchforhisgrandfatherwhohehardlyknows,whenhisgrandfatherturnshimawayJamalkeepswalking.Onthewayhemeetsprejudice,exploitationandfriendship,beforefinallydiscoveringthatitispeople,notghosts,thathavekilledhisfamily,andtheyhaveplanstokeeponkilling._,

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‘This is a clever story that releases its secrets slowly. With big ideas and lots of heart, it pulls you in and then - whack! What a great ending!’ Melvin Burgess

‘Jamal is a compelling and a resourceful hero in a world that tells him he doesn't belong. A beautifully written tale of survival and bravery.’ Patrice Lawrence

‘Rare and original voice, compelling with fine flashes of humour and compassion’ Paul Bryers

‘Pacy and moving. I couldn't stop reading’ Rebecca Smith

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The Ghosts and Jamal is an intriguing story, touching on religion, terrorism and Nigeria’s internal conflicts, following a young orphan who is negotiating an unforgiving society. Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture by the attackers. It soon becomes clear that he has been living in a separate outhouse from his family on account of the “bad spirits” or rather his epilepsy that plagues him.

As he wanders around his family’s compound, he comes across red canisters leaking yellow gas, which he works out were the weapon that killed his family. With his family dead, he begins to search for his grandfather who he hardly knows; when his grandfather turns him away Jamal keeps walking. On the way he meets prejudice, exploitation and friendship, before finally discovering that it is people, not ghosts, that have killed his family, and they have plans to keep on killing.

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• Verlag: HopeRoad Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1908446633
• ISBN 13: 9781908446633
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230