Hope is Our Only Wing

Zusatztext The book's themes include grief! loss! cancer! corruption! poverty and political assassinations. But the personal stories of the two main characters are not overshadowed by the political background! and it is the fact that we care about them both that makes this book so readable. A book for thoughtful! older readers. Informationen zum Autor Rutendo Tavengerwei Klappentext Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. A novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation. For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, struggling with grief and bewilderment following her father's death, hope is nothing but a leap into darkness. For Tanyaradzwa, whose life has been turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis, hope is the only reason to keep fighting. As the two of them form an unlikely friendship, Shamiso begins to confront her terrible fear of loss. In getting close to another person, particularly someone who's ill, isn't she just opening herself up to more pain? And underpinning it all - what did happen to her father, the night of that strange and implausible car crash? Rutendo Tavengerwei's extraordinary debut takes an honest look at hope, and the grit and courage it can take to hang on to it. Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. A novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation. Zusammenfassung A novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation. For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, struggling with grief and bewilderment following her father's death, hope is nothing but a leap into darkness.

Product details

• Authors: Rutendo Tavengerwei
• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 16
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.04.2018
• EAN: 9781471406867
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-0686-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa, Zimbabwe, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage: True stories told as fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Africa, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues