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A compelling, thought-provoking novel about race, bullying and the need to belong, set in Africa. If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it? No, Sir, No way! What if I then told you we'd gone back in time and his name... read more
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- Robert Jacklin: Narrator who is 13 at the beginning of the story. Attends an elite, all boy boarding school.
- Ivan Hascott: Jacklin's bullying, racist classmate
- Nelson Ndube: A black boy and the first friend Jacklin meets at boarding school.
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“wars are about putting an end to a wrong, not making a new one”
Nelson Ndube
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- Jason Wallace (Author)
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Publication Date: 2011
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Awards edit
- Costa Book Award (2010: Children's Book)
- Branford Boase Award (2011)
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