Alex Wheatle

• Feb-2001
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‘Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion’ Steve McQueen, director of Small AxeEast of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the fi...

• Jan-2006
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'She wondered what kind of world she had brought her two daughters into -- the tedious cycle of rural Jamaican life. No chance for them to set off upon adventures and see the outside world.'But sisters Jenny and Hortense Rodney, descendents of the fi...

• Apr-2007
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"Pacey; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON"Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions" STEVE McQUEEN, dir...

• Apr-2009
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Brixton, twenty years after the race riots. Teenager Dennis Huggins drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta - or drug dealer - and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is, the struggle for love is harder still. A...

• Dec-2011
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"A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" IndependentSet on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is a fatal love story about a man who never got over his firs...

• Mar-2016
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Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died. His dad has been working all hours to...

• Apr-2018
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What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire...

• Apr-2018
• / General Fiction
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THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2016

Round these ends, it's hard to hold on to your dreams

Life's a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum's boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down ...

• May-2018
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'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions' - Steve McQueen Four schoolchildren decide to run away from the the horrors of their everyday li...

• Sep-2019
• / General Fiction
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"Wheatle has delivered a definitive narrative steeped in cultural philosophy and human sensibilities. Despite the foibles of his tragic characters, a redemptive quality is present--persevering--a testament of the human will to survive against all ...

• Oct-2020
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"Black Sheep stands tall with Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, following Moa, an enslaved 14-year-old in 1760s Jamaica who is recruited by rebels to fight in the slave rebellion called Tacky''s War."" - Publishers Weekly , included in Sneak Previews ...

• Oct-2020
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A sharp, witty and heartfelt tale of the ups and downs of teenage life from multi-award-winning Alex Wheatle.Life on the Crongton estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother Kingsley ju...

• Jan-2021
• / General Fiction
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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.Welton Blake has done it! He’s asked out Carmella McKenzie â€" the best-looking girl in sch...

• Feb-2022
• / General Fiction
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In 1668, a young Jamaican girl, Kemosha, secures her freedom from enslavement and finds her true self while sailing to Panama with the legendary Captain Morgan. In 1668, fifteen-year-old Kemosha is sold by a slave owner to a tavern keeper in Port ...

• Apr-2022
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• Aug-2023
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• Jul-2024
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WELCOME TO CRONGTON, WHERE YOUR LOYALTY AND WITS WILL BE TESTED ... What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls h...