| 'A challenging and provocative novel.'
Writeaway!
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The Crew didn't think things could ever get that bad again. They were seriously wrong.
Things have calmed down for the Crew (Billy, Ellie, Della, Jas and Will) and life in the Ghetto is ticking on as usual. But things are about to kick-off all over again. The police have launched Operation Clean-up and dealers are regularly being pulled off the street and into the police station. Someone's got to be grassing them up, and soon Nanny and the Crew are getting blamed. Billy is mugged, Ellie is picked on in school, and Billy's house is being targeted. The Crew need to find out who's pointing the finger before things get really serious.
As tough and uncompromising as ever, Bali's latest novel won't disappoint his army of fans and will undoubtedly win him many more. A thrilling sequel that also stands alone. |
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| 'A hard-hitting tale about love, drugs, the ghetto, and betrayal. Bali Rai hits the mark yet again, pulling no punches, telling it how it is in the real world...it's addictive stuff.'
Asiana
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| 'An intricately plotted drama...Rai builds his story with consummate control...his empathetic portrayal of his multi-cultural cast of characters is underpinned by a sure grasp of street-language and mores.'
Books for Keeps
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| 'As ever, Bali Rai handles the streetwise dialect of Asian youth with the surest of touches. This is a tough book, relieved with both humour and humanity, but powerfully moving nonetheless.'
Leicester Mercury
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| 'As tough and uncomprimising as the city streets they depict...highly recommended.'
Walthamstow Guardian
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| 'Exhilirating sequel to The Crew...unflinching and authentic'.
Publishing News
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| 'Expertly paced...the ending is tragic, but the energy and verbal brilliance evident on every page also convey hope...an author to watch out for.'
Nick Tucker TES
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| 'Rai holds his reader with a convincing, disturbing portrait of excluded people struggling for something better...a thought-provoking, eye-opening picture.'
Irish Times
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| 'Rai knows his audience to a T and writes powerfully and engagingly...it is this kind of book that should reignite older boys' enthusiasm for novels.'
Birmingham Post
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| 'Serious and hard-hitting.'
Writing Magazine
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| 'Vividly written, The Whisper tells it like it is.'
slipperyfish.org.uk
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| A hard-hitting, totally convincing and yet strangely sympathetic tale of life on the streets of our cities today.
Carousel
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| Article about Booktrust Teenage Prize
Leicester Mercury
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| Article about Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist
Geraldine Brennan TES
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| Article about school visit and promotional signing
Hinckley Times
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Glasgow Herald
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Publishing News
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| Article about the BookTrust Teenage Prize
Brighton Argus
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Daily Express
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
The Scotsman
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Sheffield Star
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Southend Evening Echo
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Manchester Evening News
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| Article about the Booktrust Teenage Prize.
Bristol Evening Post
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| Article about the Bootrust Teenage Prize
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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| Bali Rai's mixture of third and first-person narrative serves to heighten tension while the city scene depictions are sordid and threatening...a well paced thriller.
Lesley Agnew The Bookseller
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| Interview with Bali Rai
Leicester Mercury
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| Named in article about teeangers and politics written by Bali Rai
TES
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| Short review
School Librarian
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Corgi Childrens • Fiction dealing with multiculturalism •
12 + year olds •
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ISBN: 055254891X
Publication date: 05/05/2005 • 272 pages • B format
• EAN: 9780552548915
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