Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday

'[A] potent, brutal read... You won't be able to forget this story of a young boy robbed of his own childhood.' Marie Claire, best YA 2019

I tell myself I've chosen to live, but the water knows the truth. Waves brush my arms, soft as shroud linen.

The water knows I have to die.

Three years after his older brother is recruited by the Somali militia group Al Shaabab, Abdi and his family are kidnapped by Americans. In exchange for their freedom, he reluctantly agrees to go undercover to rescue his brother and help foil deadly attacks. 

After months in their ranks, Abdi finally escapes. Haunted and alone on the streets of Kenya, he steals what he can to get by. But an arrest for petty theft sets in motion a chain of events that force him to confront the past he's been so desperately trying to forget.

About the author

Natalie C. Anderson is an American writer and international development professional living in Geneva. She has spent the last decade working with NGOs and the UN on refugee relief and development, mainly in Africa. She was selected as the 2014-2015 Associates of the Boston Public Library Children's Writer in Residence, where she wrote her debut novel, City of Saints and Thieves.

Summary

A haunting tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What

Product details

• Authors: Natalie C. Anderson
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781786079121
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-912-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, FICTION / General, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Thrillers / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence, Religion and Politics, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Political Control & Freedoms, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense