The Crossing
- Author Manjeet Mann
- Narrator Kimberley Capero, Ahmed Hamad
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 3 June 2021
- Run Time 5 hours and 11 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration and refugees.
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
The brand new book by the Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Run, Rebel.
WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2021 - a trailblazing novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds; The Crossing is a profound story of hope, grief, and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis.
Natalie's world has turned upside down. She's lost her mum and her brother is descending further and further into anger and violence with a far-right gang who march the streets of Dover.
Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he takes is a step into the unknown - into a strange country and a hidden future.
A twist of fate brings these two teens from opposite sides of the channel together, but will their journey end in hope or despair?
Praise for Run, Rebel - a Guardian best book of 2020: A tightly crafted series of punchy, often heartbreaking narrative poems . . . Mann's brilliant, coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber's revolution, and the tentative first flowerings of hope and change. Guardian
© Manjeet Mann 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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