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  • af Alex Wheatle
    101,95 kr.

    WELCOME TO CRONGTON - where drama will find you around the next kerb ... Alex Wheatle's must-read series is back with unforgettable characters and house party hijinks.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    101,95 kr.

    A thrilling and heart-warming tale about family, friendship and football from award-winning author, Alex Wheatle.

  • - or The Miseducation of Naomi Brisset
    af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    Acclaimed author Alex Wheatle is back with his most powerful and personal and crossover Crongton novel yet.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    WELCOME TO CRONGTON, WHERE YOUR LOYALTY AND WITS WILL BE TESTED ... Enter for angst, fierce friendships and edge-of-your-seat drama. Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018.

  • - Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
    af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died. His dad has been working all hours to keep the bailiffs from their door. His brother is always out riding the streets at night, tempting trouble. And now, having strayed off his turf on a 'heroic' (if misguided) mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend's crazy ex-boyfriend, some power-tripping hood-rats and a notoriously violent gangster with a vendetta which hits too close to home.Poor McKay. He never asked for trouble . . . But during one madcap night of adventure and danger, he will find out who his true friends are and what it means to stick with your family. Crongton Knights is a very funny, very moving story that shows that although life is testing, the lessons learned the hard way are the ones you'll never forget.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire of telling him he has no chance with girls. Things aren't much better at home. His mum is permanently hassled, his sister a frustrated single mum and his dad moved out years ago. Liccle Bit wishes he could do something - anything! - to make life better. A new phone would be a start... When Venetia starts paying Liccle Bit attention, he secretly hopes he's on a fast track to a first date. Unfortunately, as a new gang war breaks out, he finds himself on a fast track to something much more sinister. South Crongton's notorious gang leader has taken an interest in Liccle Bit. Before he knows what's happening, he finds himself running errands. But when he hears about a killing on the estate, Liccle Bit is forced to question his choices. How can he possibly put things right?

  • af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    The Crongton Knights are back, facing more daring drama in the final book in Alex Wheatle's award-winning series

  • af Alex Wheatle
    118,95 kr.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    133,95 kr.

    Juliet is consumed with guilt knowing that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes while she received all her mother's love. She marries Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. But secretly Clayton has always suspected that there is something between Juliet and her half-brother. Meanwhile, Juliet and Brenton try to stay away from what they know is a forbidden love.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    133,95 - 223,95 kr.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    128,95 kr.

    Wenn man in South Crongton aufwächst und der Zweitkleinste im ganzen Jahrgang ist, hat man es nicht leicht. Doch für Liccle Bit ist das Leben noch viel komplizierter. Die Verhältnisse zu Hause sind nicht einfach: die Mutter ist überarbeitet, der Vater zieht weg, die Schwester kommt als alleinerziehende Mutter nicht voran und ihr Ex-Freund ist zu allem Überfluss ein übler Gangster und will Liccle Bit zu seinem Handlanger machen. Kann sein einzigartiges Zeichentalent den Teenager retten?Alex Wheatle erschafft in der erfolgreichen Crongton Trilogie eine fiktive Vorstadtwelt, die realistisch das Leben am Rand der Gesellschaft nachzeichnet. Dabei erzählt er auch davon, dass unter der rauen Oberfläche des Ghettos ein liebevolles, umsichtiges Leben möglich ist - wenn man bereit ist, sich dafür einzusetzen.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    118,95 kr.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    88,95 kr.

    Kemosha and her brother have lived their whole lives in slavery. Sold away to work in lawless Port Royal, Kemosha takes her chance to escape brutal treatment. With fortune on her side, Kemosha befriends Ravenhide, a man with a mysterious past who teaches her the art of swordfighting, and introduces her to the beautiful runaway Isabella.Yet Kemosha's greatest test yet is upon the deck of the Satisfaction: the notorious Captain Morgan's ship. His next adventure on the high seas could be the making of Kemosha - and her one chance to earn enough pieces of eight to buy the freedom of her brother...

  • af Alex Wheatle
    88,95 kr.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    118,95 - 133,95 kr.

    Inspired by personal experience, a powerful, moving and beautifully structured novel dealing with the lives of children in care, from award-winning author Alex Wheatle.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    88,95 kr.

    Welton Blake's life is about to go very, very wrong when hilarity follows disaster in this sharp-witted tale of the trials of pre-teen life, from award-winning and critically acclaimed author Alex Wheatle.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    98,95 kr.

    Life on the Crongton estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother Kingsley just wants out. With all of the shouting and arguing it's difficult not to get lost in the mix. So when his best mate Terror and coolest chick in the year Caldonia, cook up a plan to make a quick buck, Briggy hopes this time it might be his chance to shine. Robbing the Post Office ... what could go wrong? A brilliantly real and funny novella of life on one of London's toughest (fictional) estates.

  • - As Portrayed on SMALL AXE, A Collection of Five Films
    af Alex Wheatle
    152,95 kr.

    This thought provoking and inspiring true story by one of Britain's most popular Black British authors is sure to engage both teenagers and adults who are working to improve their reading skills.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    108,95 kr.

    Dennis Huggins drifts into the dangerous life of drug dealer and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is, the struggle for love is harder still. At least Dennis has involved parents looking out for him; too many of his friends have no guidance other than that offered by their fellow shottaz, or the black Muslims.

  • af Alex Wheatle
    118,95 kr.

    East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience.When East of Acre Lane was first published in 2001, Alex Wheatle instantly became one of the key commentators on contemporary black culture and was featured in BBC news, radio, numerous papers and Channel 4. The BBC have already optioned 'East of Acre Lane' to be made into a film.Set in 1981, the year of the Brixton riots, the novel is a gripping thriller in a society on the edge of explosion. Wheatle focusses on Biscuit and his posse as a way to introduce the whole community. Biscuit lives with his mother, brother and sister. He helps out by hustling on the frontline for the south London badman, Nunchaks. He doesn't want to be doing this for the rest of his life but it's difficult to get out of the trap.As the patience of the community breaks and the riots begin to erupt, Biscuit has to make a choice that could change his life forever.