| Author: | Bernard Ashley | ISBN: | 9781907666513 |
| Publisher: | Frances Lincoln | Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Frances Lincoln Ebooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bernard Ashley |
| ISBN: | 9781907666513 |
| Publisher: | Frances Lincoln |
| Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Frances Lincoln Ebooks |
| Language: | English |
Makis and his moher Sofia escape a devastating Greek earthquake which has claimed his father's life. North London is a ver different place - but Makis quickly wins a covetted place in the school football team. Unlike her son, Sofia, isolated by her grief and lack of English, sinks into depression. Makis has a brilliant idea to help her - using books from school he begins to teach her to read. But competing loyalites mean that sooner or later, something has to give ... and his hard-won reputation at school appears to be in ruins.
“Bernard Ashley’s great gift is to turn what seems to be low-key realism into something much stronger and more resonant. It has something to do with empathy, compassion, an undimmed thirst for decency and justice.”
Phillip Pullman
Makis and his moher Sofia escape a devastating Greek earthquake which has claimed his father's life. North London is a ver different place - but Makis quickly wins a covetted place in the school football team. Unlike her son, Sofia, isolated by her grief and lack of English, sinks into depression. Makis has a brilliant idea to help her - using books from school he begins to teach her to read. But competing loyalites mean that sooner or later, something has to give ... and his hard-won reputation at school appears to be in ruins.
“Bernard Ashley’s great gift is to turn what seems to be low-key realism into something much stronger and more resonant. It has something to do with empathy, compassion, an undimmed thirst for decency and justice.”
Phillip Pullman
