Sisterland

Sisterland

by Linda Newbery
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 31/08/2010

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Following the success of The Shell House, Linda Newbery again demonstrates her brilliance at weaving thought-provoking subjects into a wholly satisfying and sensitively drawn novel.


Hilly's German grandmother, HeidiGran, comes to live with her family after she gets Alzheimer's disease; but as her mind becomes more muddled, secrets from her memories of life during the Second World War start to emerge.


Why does HeidiGran keep talking about a girl called Rachel? And why does she make racist remarks about Hilly's friend, Reuben? As Hilly struggles to cope with revelations about her family's past, she encounters racism and prejudice for herself when a friend becomes the victim of a mindless attack. She also falls in love for the first time.


This is a wonderfully evocative novel exploring the recurring prejudices that affect every generation.

ISBN:
9781407097930
9781407097930
Category:
Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
31-08-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Linda Newbery

Linda wrote her first novel during the summer holidays from her job as a secondary school teacher. Now a critically acclaimed full-time author, Linda has written over twenty novels, been shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal, and is the winner of a Silver Medal Nestle Children’s Book Prize and the Costa Children’s Book Award.

Linda does much of her work in her writing hut in her garden but is often distracted by her own furry feline friends...

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