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Informationen zum Autor Bali Rai's first novel for young adults, (un)arranged marriage , created a huge amount of interest and won many awards, including the Angus Book Award and the Leicester Book of the Year. It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase first novel award. Rani and Sukh and The Whisper were both shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Bali is also the author of the hugely popular Soccer Squad series for younger readers. Bali was born in Leicester where he still lives, writing full-time and visiting schools to talk about his books. You can visit him at www.balirai.co.uk Klappentext A powerful, hard-hitting teen thriller on the controversial topic of honour killing by the multi-award winning Bali Rai. When Sat's sister, married off into the Atwal family disappears, her husband says she's run off with another man, and her family disown her. But Sat doesn't believe it, and he's determined to find out the truth. His investigations take him into dark and dangerous territory. Rai's novels "Rani & Sukh" and "(un)arranged Marriage" are both on national curriculum exam reading lists. Ages: 12+ Zusammenfassung 'Honour,' I repeated, wondering how such a small word could have caused so much trouble. When Sat's sister, Jas, is married off into the Atwal family she changes, she's quiet and distant. his girlfriend, his friends, football . . . But his investigations take him into dark and dangerous territory .
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Rai never shies away from difficult topics, and here tackles the controversial issue of honour killings. It's utterly compelling, and will be much-debated Fiona Noble The Bookseller
