The city, Glasgow, is what might one day unite the two sides, and enable them also to include the newcomers, the asylum seekers who have been added to the mix. Of course, I was nearly interested in asylum seekers problem, because this is urgent problem nowadays. Glasglow has two sides of life, protestant or catholic and football, you have the Celtic and the Rangers, Graham and Joe are having a different opinion about football but when they are playing football they come together. From Kathleen, Joe's hairdressing auntie, to Mr Sinclair, who becomes more and more important to the boys, to Jammy, an unpredictable cousin with a violent streak - everyone is a rounded individual.

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Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. This book is excellent for dealing with sectarianism issues as it addresses the difficulties faced by young people. It is a difference that spreads out from religious belief to take in every aspect of life: school, work, and most especially football.That we can accept each other for who we are and that we can be allowed to have different views and opinions is very important. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.

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This leads to Graham almost by accident involving another boy from training, Joe Flaherty (who is of course from across the sectarian divide to which the book’s title mainly refers) in finding Leanne’s house. To my mind, it is so because this book is written for teenagers and in the end everybody should be happy. In our modern world there is way too much bigotry and discrimination based on the fact that we are not all alike. Particularly good is the visit by Joe, accompanied reluctantly by Graham, to light a candle in church for his dead mother. Introduced to this book by my school teacher wife who teaches this to P7 at a Glasgow Roman Catholic primary.

A wonderfuly successful stage version of DIVIDED CITY took place in May 2011 and January 2012 in sell-out shows. If parent are worried at the language don't be, yes there is some words that got my heckles up but they will hear worse on the street.

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I would recommend this book for young adults who want to read about cultural misunderstandings, outsiders, and nationalism/tribalism. Also I expected more sweety final, where painted in detail the fate of the main characters at least ten years ahead. Ultimately, these activities are designed to encourage young people to form their own points of view and feel able to respectfully challenge those with whom they disagree.I cannot dislike the book, which keeps so precise and true descriptions and thoughts about my favourite game - football.

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More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The dialogs about it are brilliand, because they are very logical and they are written very competent, even though the author is a woman. Divided City’s earlier chapters reminded me of a certain kind of not very good Science Fiction which doesn’t trust its reader to make the connections, so too much is spelled out. It deals clearly with the sectarian issue and does not lessen the impact by avoiding the issue or masking it with a range of storylines. She is the recipient of the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, for Whispers in the Graveyard, and her books for young people receive critical acclaim and appear regularly on children's book award short lists in the United Kingdom.

Another unconvincing aspect is that Leanne is said to be “not yet sixteen” but she met Kyoul who had wandered in off the street at one of Glasgow University’s school open days and both ended up looking at a stand where they were each wondering what courses they would choose and struck up a conversation. At that moment noise and shouting erupted behind him, and Graham knew right away that he was in trouble. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads.