Oh, Freedom! - Brossura

D'Adamo, Francesco

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1850772851 ISBN 13: 9781850772859

Casa editrice: Darf Pub Ltd, 2016

Riassunto

A newly translated Young Adult’s fiction title set in the American South from the best-selling and award winning author of Iqbal. Oh Freedom is about a child’s loss of innocence, and perseverance in the face of oppression.

Francesco D’Adamo is an Italian author born in Milan in 1949. Francesco D’Adamo is well-known for his adult books in the tradition of Italian noir fiction. He began writing fiction for young adults to much foreign acclaim in 1999. Iqbal was his third novel for young adults and won the New York Christopher Award for Adolescents.

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Recensione:

"Oh, Freedom! is an exciting, compelling and fascinating story, targeted at a readership of 8-12. However, I would happily recommend it for readers aged 8 to adult.

Rating 5/5" -- Colin Hewitt whatsgoodtodo.co.uk

"A powerful and important story that won't fail to affect readers and set them thinking." --Books for Keeps

"This is fascinating reading, and I'm especially pleased to read about all the - mostly - anonymous help the fleeing slaves receive en route." --Bookwitch

"For indeed education is the way to be freed from slavery of all forms. And education begins with the reading of a fine book like Oh, Freedom!" --Thebookreviews.blogspot.co.uk

"I particularly enjoyed the author's descriptive writing of the setting and conditions which the slaves encountered. He carefully uses the weather to enhance the feeling and sense of hope and dread of the characters." --www.thebookbag.co.uk

"Watch out for Oh, Freedom!, this gripping story about Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad, which helped slaves to freedom in the 19th century." --Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times

"The subject of American slavery is not often written about in children's books in the UK, and the story of how a song, Follow the Drinking Gourd, actually led people from Alabama to Canada is a very apposite primer in the time of Black Lives Matter." --Kitty Empire The Observer

L'autore:

Francesco D’Adamo is an Italian author born in Milan, in 1949. Francesco D’Adamo is well-known for his adult books in the tradition of Italian noir fiction. He began writing fiction for young adults to much foreign acclaim in 1999. Iqbal” was his third novel for young adults and won the New York Christopher Award for Adolescents and the Cento Prize in Italy. In 2004, Francesco won the International Reading Association Teachers’ Choices Booklist Prize.

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• Editore: Darf Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1850772851
• ISBN 13: 9781850772859
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 138