The Other Side of Truth

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Rebel Voices- Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023 When twelve-year-old Sade's mother is killed, she and her little brother Femi are forced to flee from their home in Nigeria to Britain. They're not allowed to tell anyone - not even their best friends - as their whole journey is secret, dangerous - and illegal. Their dad promises to follow when he can, but once the children arrive in London, things go from bad to worse when they're abandoned by the people they had been told would protect them. Sade faces challenge after challenge - but her dad has always taught her to stand up for what is right, and to tell the truth no matter what. And with that strength of spirit in her heart, Sade will find the courage to fight for the new, happy life she, Femi and her dad deserve.

Beverley Naidoo is the Carnegie award-winning author of many novels for children and young adults. Brought up during the apartheid years in South Africa, much of Beverley's writing reflects crossing boundaries and she has set her award-winning novels in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and the UK.

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