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  • Sufferah

    The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed author Alex Wheatle details how reggae music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse, imprisonment, and police brutality.—Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Top Ten Title List and 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List"In this inspiring, often harrowing narrative, the author chronicles how, shortly after he turned 3, he was ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Cane Warriors

    A Novel

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    Moa, a fourteen-year-old slave, gets caught up in the most significant slave rebellion in Jamaican history, paying homage to freedom fighters all over the world.Winner of a 2021 Young Quills Award for Best Historical Fiction"Wheatle brings the struggle of slavery in the Jamaican sugar cane fields to life . . . A refreshing and heartbreaking story that depicts both a real-life uprising against ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Home Girl

    A Novel

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    When Naomi, a fourteen-year-old white girl, is placed with a black foster care family, her life takes some dramatic twists and turns."Another powerful and poignant novel deftly created by one of the most prolific master novelists on either side of the pond. Home Girl is a page-turner, with not a dull moment. Loved it from the rooter to the tooter." —Eric Jerome Dickey, New York Times best-selling ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Kemosha of the Caribbean

    A Young Adult Novel

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    In 1668, a young Jamaican girl, Kemosha, secures her freedom from enslavement and finds her true self while sailing to Panama with the legendary Captain Morgan.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection"Inspired by accounts of women pirates, this fantastical tale represents the era's cruelty without romanticizing it. Kemosha's love and persistence combine with forceful action, the terror of ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • East of Acre Lane

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    ‘Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion’ Steve McQueen, director of Small AxeEast of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen’s Small AxeIt is 1981, and Brixton is on the verge of exploding. Biscuit lives with his mother, brother and sister, ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • The Dirty South

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    Brixton, twenty years after the race riots. Teenager Dennis Huggins drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta - or 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 drift through life with no positive influences or moral code; their ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Brenton Brown

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    "A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" IndependentSet on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is a fatal love story about a man who never got over his first love, a perfect love with his half-sister Juliet that has left him unable to form any real relationships since they both decided it must end. ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Home Boys

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions' - Steve McQueenFour schoolchildren decide to run away from the the horrors of their everyday lives in a children's home. Seeking asylum in the woods, they enjoy the exhilaration of freedom and the first flush of adolescence. Yet the forest slowly ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $9.99 CAD Maintenant $4.99 CAD

  • The Girl with the Red Boots

    A powerful story of family, friendship and football

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    A thrilling and heart-warming tale about family, friendship and football from award-winning author, Alex Wheatle.**'**Alex Wheatle is such a fine writer. This novel is beautifully written, beautifully paced. We're drawn easily into his vivid world and we're rooting for his hero all the way.' - David AlmondFourteen-year-old aspiring footballer Kadeen Best is sent to stay with her Aunt Mel in London ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $8.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • Brixton Rock

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    "Pacey; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON"Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small AxeSouth London in the 1980s. Brenton Brown is a 16-year-old mixed-heritage boy who has lived in a children's home all his life. He has ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $9.99 CAD Maintenant $4.99 CAD

  • The Humiliations of Welton Blake

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    Hilarity follows disaster in this sharp-witted tale of the trials of pre-teen life, from award-winning and critically acclaimed Crongton author Alex Wheatle.Welton Blake has done it! He’s asked out Carmella McKenzie – the best-looking girl in school – and she’s only gone and said yes!But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton’s phone breaks, kick-starting a series of unfortunate ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • Liccle Bit

    Book 1: As seen on BBC iPlayer!

    par Alex Wheatle ...
    Collections Livre 1 - A Crongton Story
    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 ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD