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Pigeon English

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

Pigeon English

By Kelman, Stephen

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on an inner-city housing estate. The second best runner in the whole of Year 7, Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat all around him. With equal fascination for the local gang - the Dell Farm Crew - and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absor...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781408810637

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Pigeon English

Format

Paperback

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