Guantanamo Boy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published:5th Feb '09
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
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 *
- Short-listed for Costa Book Awards (Children's) 2009
ISBN: 9780141326078
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight: 245g
352 pages