Zusatztext Can't fail to excite and move Informationen zum Autor William Sutcliffe was born in London in 1971. He is the author of five previous novels: the international bestseller Are You Experienced?; The Love Hexagon; New Boy ; Bad Influence and! most recently! Whatever Makes You Happy . His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh. Klappentext A highly compelling new novel about a boy who undertakes a short journey to another world! to a place where everything he knows about loyalty! identity and justice is turned upside down. It's also a political fable that powerfully evokes the realities of life on the West Bank. Publishing simultaneously in adult and YA editions with huge crossover potential. An enthralling story drawn from a frightening political reality, The Wall is about the devastating effect of occupation and segregation on ordinary lives Zusammenfassung Joshua is thirteen. He lives with his mother and stepfather in Amarias! an isolated town on top of a hill! where all the houses are brand new. At the edge of Amarias is a high wall! guarded by soldiers! which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that beyond the concrete is a brutal and unforgiving enemy! and that The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe.One day! looking for a lost football! Joshua stumbles across a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory. He knows he won't get another opportunity to see what is beyond The Wall until he's old enough for military service! and the chance to crawl through and solve the mystery is too tempting to resist. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side! but nothing has prepared him for what he finds... The Wall is a novel about a boy who undertakes a short journey to another world! to a place where everything he knows about loyalty! identity and justice is turned upside down. It is also a political fable that powerfully evokes the realities of life on the West Bank! telling the story of a Settler child who finds there are two sides to every story. ...

Can't fail to excite and move

Vorwort
An enthralling story drawn from a frightening political reality, The Wall **is about the devastating effect of occupation and segregation on ordinary lives**

Autorentext
William Sutcliffe was born in London in 1971. He is the author of five previous novels: the international bestseller Are You Experienced?; The Love Hexagon; New Boy; Bad Influence and, most recently, Whatever Makes You Happy. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Edinburgh.

Klappentext

THREE MOTHERS, THREE SONS ... ONE WEEK TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES

Zusammenfassung
Joshua is thirteen. He lives with his mother and stepfather in Amarias, an isolated town on top of a hill, where all the houses are brand new. At the edge of Amarias is a high wall, guarded by soldiers, which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that beyond the concrete is a brutal and unforgiving enemy, and that The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One day, looking for a lost football, Joshua stumbles across a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory. He knows he won't get another opportunity to see what is beyond The Wall until he's old enough for military service, and the chance to crawl through and solve the mystery is too tempting to resist. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds... The Wall is a novel about a boy who undertakes a short journey to another world, to a place where everything he knows about loyalty, identity and justice is turned upside down. It is also a political fable that powerfully evokes the realities of life on the West Bank, telling the story of a Settler child who finds there are two sides to every story.