Pigeon English
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Pigeon English

  1. 96 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Pigeon English

About this book

There was a ruckus at lunch time. It was the best one so far. Nobody knew why they were fighting . . . You actually thought they were going to kill each other. You wanted them to stop. It wasn't funny anymore.

Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on a London housing estate. The (second) best runner in the whole of Year 7, Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on in marker pen - unaware of the danger growing around him.

But when a boy is knifed to death on the high street and the police appeal for witnesses draws only silence, Harri decides to start a murder investigation of his own. In doing so, he unwittingly breaks the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe, and Harri will come face to face with the very real dangers surrounding him.

A powerful, unforgettable tale, importantly relevant for young adult readers of today.

Stephen Kelman's 2011 Man-Booker-prize-shortlisted novel has been adapted for the stage by Fringe-First-winner Gbolahan Obisesan (Mad About the Boy). The stage adaptation received its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic in a Bristol Old Vic Young Company and the National Youth Theatre co-commission on 7 August 2013, before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781474251037
eBook ISBN
9781474251013
Edition
1
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Teatro
Scene 
Thirty-three 
85
Harri
So 
you’ve 
never 
met 
– 
but 
how 
do 
you 
know 
about 
her?
Never 
Normal 
Girl
I 
just 
do 
– 
I 
can 
feel 
it 
– 
She’s 
looking 
for 
me 
–
Mamma
Harrison 
where 
have 
you 
been 
– 
Did 
you 
not 
see 
the 
re 
– 
I 
want 
you 
home 
now 
now 
– 
Oh 
hello 
– 
Is 
that 
Poppy?
Harri
irritated 
and 
embarrassed.
Harri
No 
Mamma 
– 
this 
is 
not 
Poppy
Mamma
Oh 
Ok 
– 
lets 
go 
–
Harri
being 
dragged 
by
Mamma
.
Harri
shouts.
Harri
When 
I 
get 
back 
– 
from 
school 
tomorrow 
– 
You 
can 
show 
me 
more
Never 
Normal 
Girl 
Ok 
–
Harri
breaks 
away 
from
Mamma
and 
returns.
Harri
Just 
to 
let 
you 
know 
– 
I 
don’t 
think 
you 
smell 
–
Mamma
Harrison 
–
Scene 
Thirty-three
A 
swarm 
of 
excited 
school 
children 
sweep 
past
Harri
.
Dean
sneaks 
up 
behind
Harri
.
Dean
stops, 
noticing 
something 
on
Harri
’s 
backpack.
Harri
Me 
and 
Dean 
and 
Lydia 
are 
walking 
to 
school 
together 
this 
morning 
for 
extra 
security.
Dean
What’s 
that?
Harri
How! 
– 
You 
scared 
me 
–
Dean
You’ve 
got 
initials 
on 
your 
bag 
– 
in 
tipex

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Pigeon English
  3. Plays for Young People
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Preface
  7. Pigeon English

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