The Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo
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This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to stop criticising the military rulers in Nigeria. Their mother is killed and they are sent to London, with their father promising to follow. Abandoned at Victoria Station by the woman paid to bring them to England as her children, Sade and Femi find themselves alone in a new, often hostile, environment. Seen through the eyes of Sade, the novel explores what it means to be classified as 'illegal' and the difficulties which come with being a refugee.
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Brothers and sisters, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Nigerians, Refugees, Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Blacks, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Refugees, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, London (england), fictionPlaces
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The other side of truth
2003, HarperTrophy
in English
- 1st Harper Trophy ed.
0064410021 9780064410021
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Will the truth harm them — or save them?When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safety, their father, an outspoken journalist, decides to smuggle the children out of Nigeria and into London, where their uncle lives. But when they get to the cold and massive city, they find themselves lost and alone, with no one to trust and no idea when — or if — they will ever see their father again.The Other Side of Truth is a gripping adventure story about courage, family, and the power of truth.
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