Alpha - Abidjan to Gare Du Nord

A timely and important graphic novel account of one man's desperate journey from North Africa to Europe. Alpha brings together prize-winning artist Barroux and novelist Bessora, and comes to the UK market with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo and endorsed by Amnesty International.

About the author

Bessora is a prize-winning French author of Swiss and Gabonese heritage, deeply committed to telling unheard and suppressed stories. In telling Alpha’s story, her aim was to create a strong connection between narrator and reader. She says, “Alpha is like your brother, whispering in your ear. You are very close to him. So anyone can identify with Alpha: he raises the question of destiny. Do we take it in hand? What meaning do we give to our life?”

Sarah Ardizzone is a translator, working from French to English. She has won the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation two times (2005 and 2009), and the Scott-Moncrieff Prize once in 2007.

Born in Paris, Barroux spent much of his childhood in North Africa. He later attended art school in France, worked as an art director and then moved to New York and Montréal and has since worked in children’s illustration and press cartoons. He has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Forbes Magazine.

Summary

A timely and important graphic novel account of one man's desperate journey from North Africa to Europe. Alpha brings together prize-winning artist Barroux and novelist Bessora, and comes to the UK market with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo and endorsed by Amnesty International.

Product details

• Authors: Bessora, Sarah Bessora
• Assisted by: Barroux (Illustration), Ardizzone (Translation), Sarah Ardizzone (Translation)
• Publisher: Barrington Stoke
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781911370000
• ISBN: 978-1-911370-00-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Graphic novels
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions