Children's & YA
The Ghosts and Jamal
by Bridget Blankley
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The story of a boy who wasn't born to be a hero.
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" - his epilepsy. Jamal holds up a mirror to violence-driven societies everywhere.
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Nominated for the 2019 Carnegie Medal
Endorsements
‘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
Reviews
‘This is a beautiful, mesmerising book, its harrowing nature both tempered and augmented by the fact that it is told from Jamal's perspective of youthful simplicity. It does not end with tidy answers, but rather leaves the reader with uncomfortable questions about a world which can allow such intolerable inequality and brutality.’ - BookTrust
Author Biography
BRIDGET BLANKLEY spent most of her early life in Nigeria. She has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and has been an engineer, educator and fulltime carer. Bridget came late to writing and had her first piece of fiction published in her early fifties. Her work swiftly won prizes, including the Winchester Writer's Competition, 'Writing Can Be Murder' 2013, and the Commonword Diversity Writing for Children Prize, 2016. In the same year she was runner-up in the Alpine Fellowship Writing. Her latest award is the Hammond House Short Story Prize. Bridget lives in Southampton, UK.
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- Publisher HopeRoad Publishing
- Publication Date March 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781908446633
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.99 GBP
- Pages228
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
- Page sizeB Format
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