"O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.â
Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomatâs son Osei KokoteââOâ for shortâknows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day, so he is lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one boy, used to holding sway in the world of the schoolyard, canât stand to witness the budding relationship. When Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl, the school and its key playersâteachers and pupils alikeâwill never be the same again.
The tragedy of Othello is vividly transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington school, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. The world of preadolescents is as passionate and intense, if not more so, as that of adults. Drawing us into the lives and emotions of four eleven-year-oldsâOsei, Dee, Ian and his reluctant girlfriend MimiâTracy Chevalierâs powerful drama of friends torn apart by love and jealousy, bullying and betrayal, is as moving as it is enthralling. It is an unforgettable novel.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Women's Fiction
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Author : Chevalier, Tracy
Language : English
Published :2017-05-16
Number Of Pages : 208
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0345809920
ISBN-13 : 9780345809926
Item weight : 0.53 lb
Dimensions : 0.79 in x 7.95 in x 8.03 in
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