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Hidden by Miriam Halahmy
Nov. 24th, 2011 07:11 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
There’s so much hidden in this little hut, and whatever I’ve dived into here is only going to get more complicated.
Alix is just an ordinary fourteen year old, living at the bottom of quiet Hayling Island. But one cold, misty Saturday on the beach she and Samir suddenly find themselves saving a drowning immigrant. Faced with the most difficult decision of their lives, what should Alix and Samir do?
A literary coming-of-age novel, dealing with courage, prejudice, judgement, and the difficulty of sorting right from wrong in our complex world.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Miriam Halahmy’s debut YA novel is a beautifully written, literary look at immigration from a teenager’s point of view. As an issue-based book, there were times when the storytelling and characterisation was perhaps a little too broad, but this is both a strength and a weakness and it doesn’t detract from the fact that this is a well-written, thought-provoking book with a strong contemporary feel.
Alix is just an ordinary fourteen year old, living at the bottom of quiet Hayling Island. But one cold, misty Saturday on the beach she and Samir suddenly find themselves saving a drowning immigrant. Faced with the most difficult decision of their lives, what should Alix and Samir do?
A literary coming-of-age novel, dealing with courage, prejudice, judgement, and the difficulty of sorting right from wrong in our complex world.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )The Verdict:
Miriam Halahmy’s debut YA novel is a beautifully written, literary look at immigration from a teenager’s point of view. As an issue-based book, there were times when the storytelling and characterisation was perhaps a little too broad, but this is both a strength and a weakness and it doesn’t detract from the fact that this is a well-written, thought-provoking book with a strong contemporary feel.
