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Describes the life of Liam Leatham, a young Catholic boy, and his family as he prepares for a boxing match that he sees as the first step out of violence-plagued Belfast.
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"This slice-of-life photo essay follows eleven-year-old Liam as he attends school, spends time with his family, and intensely prepares for a boxing match. That Liam is a Catholic boy living in a city long divided by ''the Troubles'' is evident throughout the present-tense text and in the sharp color photos, but the book's emphasis is on how normal childhood activities abide, even when restricted and somewhat shaped by social conflict." Horn Book
It's hard for most US readers to imagine what it is like to grow up amid ongoing violence, but that is what Liam's life has been in Belfast. However, this 11-year-old's family life, school, and dreams will be known to children everywhere. After providing an overview of ``the Troubles,'' McMahon movingly describes the conditions of Liam's existence: a Catholic, he has never known a Protestant``peace walls'' separate the Catholic and Protestant sections of Belfast. On his way to school, Liam passes buildings with large messages painted on them: ``Brits Out,'' or ``No Surrender.'' Family and school conversations often include passing references to a bomb going off. O'Connor's full-color photographs show all the aspects of Liam's life, including his training for a boxing match; the boy loses, but rather than believe that the judges ruled against him because of where he's from, he quotes a rule he has learned``We win, or we lose. Then we go on.'' This book provides a realistic glimpse of a place where peace has taken a fragile hold, and offers a reminder that the dreams of children can flourish amid misery.
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It's hard for most US readers to imagine what it is like to grow up amid ongoing violence, but that is what Liam's life has been in Belfast. However, this 11-year-old's family life, school, and dreams will be known to children everywhere. After providing an overview of ``the Troubles,'' McMahon movingly describes the conditions of Liam's existence: a Catholic, he has never known a Protestant``peace walls'' separate the Catholic and Protestant sections of Belfast. On his way to school, Liam passes buildings with large messages painted on them: ``Brits Out,'' or ``No Surrender.'' Family and school conversations often include passing references to a bomb going off. O'Connor's full-color photographs show all the aspects of Liam's life, including his training for a boxing match; the boy loses, but rather than believe that the judges ruled against him because of where he's from, he quotes a rule he has learned``We win, or we lose. Then we go on.'' This book provides a realistic glimpse of a place where peace has taken a fragile hold, and offers a reminder that the dreams of children can flourish amid misery.
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- EditoreHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Data di pubblicazione1999
- ISBN 10 0395686202
- ISBN 13 9780395686201
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine64
- DisegnatoreO'Connor Alan
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