The Other Side of Truth
  • Published: 15 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141377353
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $23.00

The Other Side of Truth

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23 May 2023
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6 Jun 2000
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15 Jul 2017
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An award-winning novel for A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime

This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to stop criticising the military rulers in Nigeria. Their mother is killed and they are sent to London, with their father promising to follow. Abandoned at Victoria Station by the woman paid to bring them to England as her children, Sade and Femi find themselves alone in a new, often hostile, environment. Seen through the eyes of Sade, the novel explores what it means to be classified as 'illegal' and the difficulties which come with being a refugee.
  • Published: 15 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141377353
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $23.00
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Praise for The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo breaks the rules, producing books for young people which recognize that they want to know about the real world

Guardian

This novel wholly deserves its classic status . . . still relevant and poignant

Booktrust

A marvellous read ... that refuels the desire for justice and freedom

Jon Snow

A marvellous read ... that refuels the desire for justice and freedom

Jon Snow

Sometimes you have to break the rules, particularly when those rules are based on prejudice. Naidoo breaks the rules, producing books for young people which recognize that they want to know about the real world

Guardian

Genuinely enlightening ... gently moves the reader through areas that are hard to think about.

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