Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize

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While Marlon’s character at times frustrated me, the more I become involved in his life the more I appreciated why he chose the path he did. Marlon’s world is very different to mine and reading Orangeboy gave me a much deeper understanding of this. Maar dat komt ook omdat ik merk dat de bendecultuur echt heel goed en invoelbaar geschreven moet zijn om voor mij herkenbaar te worden. Lawrence explores what happens when you set your prejudices aside to enter into the mind of someone who feels they’ve been backed into a corner, and asks what would make the nicest person you know do desperate things?

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I whizzed through it, and it was pretty interesting to see Marlon go from being this kid, who knows nothing, really, to having to grow up really fast and deal with past things coming back to haunt him (things that weren't even him, really). I loved slowly falling out of love with the character, I loved how he transformed from one person into another without losing what made him HIM. Als Marlon dan ook verzeild raakt in een ongemakkelijke en gevaarlijke situatie, was het voor mij dan ook absoluut niet begrijpelijk waarom hij zijn moeder niet in vertrouwen neemt en eerlijk vertelt wat er gebeurd is.Built-in business intelligence reports provide an effective means to understand where your library is in relation to its objectives in real time. The Evening Standard reports regularly on why so many young boys in London are carrying knives these days, and this is both the mentality and the setting of this book. OrangeBoy’sPhilanthropy Center, powered by Savannah®, is theonlyfundraising software developed exclusivelyfor public libraries. Lawrence herself has been reported as saying of the novel that "though her primary aim had been to promote hope in her story of a teenager caught in gang violence, she wanted to reflect the real situation faced by many black teenagers in Britain". Max Eckersley, "'Hackney is full of stories': local author celebrates prestigious award", Hackney Citizen, 1 April 2017.

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Maar elke keer weer besluit Marlon informatie achter te houden, te ontkennen en alle problemen zelf te willen oplossen. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. As his feisty best friend Tish says, he should have been suspicious from the start, but he wasn't really thinking with his head. Fortunately my lovely friend Aali (we buddy read this) told me everything else that happened and I'm so glad I didn't suffer through it!Orangeboy was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award in 2016 and I honestly wish it had won because I think it would have been given more of the recognition it deserves. The powerful opening chapter that follows Marlon on a date with the beautiful Sonya, girl of his dreams, will give you an electric shock with its unapologetic exploration of race, privilege, revenge, and selfish manipulation.