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By Wheatle, Alex
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Nobody free till everybody free.Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is working on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be ...a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is ticking, and the day of the uprising approaches... Irresistible, gripping and unforgettable, Cane Warriors follows the true story of Tacky's War in Jamaica, 1760.
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Welton Blake's life is about to go very, very wrong when hilarity follows disaster in this sharp-witted tale of the trials of pre-teen life, from award-winning and critically acclaimed 'Crongton' author Alex Wheatle.
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By Wheatle, Alex
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Voice-driven debut YA novel, full of humour and friendship, about a teenage boy who gets caught up in gang culture on an inner city estate. 'A gripping tale of family and friends, love and loyalty' Malorie Blackman, Children's Laureate
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By Wheatle, Alex
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From the acclaimed author of Liccle Bit and Crongton Knights, comes another story from the South Crong council estate
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Acclaimed author Alex Wheatle is back with his most powerful and personal and crossover Crongton novel yet.
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By Wheatle, Alex
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From the acclaimed author of Liccle Bit, comes another story from the South Crong council estate in inner city London.
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A slapdash plan to rob the post office ... what could possibly go wrong in this sharply witty and heartfelt teen-noir novella, from multi-award-winning author Alex Wheatle.
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Juliet is consumed with guilt knowing that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes while she received all her mother's love. She marries Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. But secretly Clayton has always suspected that there is something between Ju...liet and her half-brother. Meanwhile, Juliet and Brenton try to stay away from what they know is a forbidden love.
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Biscuit lives with his mother, brother and sister. He helps out by hustling on the frontline for the south London badman, Nunchaks. He doesn't want to be doing this for the rest of his life but it's difficult to get out of the trap. But, makes a choice that changes his life forev...er... This is the story of a young man trying to do the right thing.
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By Wheatle, Alex
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Inspired by personal experience, a powerful, moving and beautifully structured novel dealing with the lives of children in care, from award-winning author Alex Wheatle.
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