The danger of a novel so closely associated with a real place is that the accompanying press attention could distract from the writing. Through a shared love of football and a desire to do the right thing, the boys try to find some common ground. J. as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. You can generally find her in the kitchen cooking with her partner, Jason, or trying to convince her friends to play a boardgame. The city is divided among the victorious allied powers, but tensions are growing, and the police are riven by internal rivalries as factions within it jockey for power and influence with Berlin’s new masters.

Breslin’s book will grab a few headlines, and if it gets people thinking, especially young people, but just as importantly, adults, then it’s done some good. Throughout all this, equity needs to be the defining narrative to ensure that all people benefit, and no one is left behind. If both boys were as good at football as the novel tells us they’d most likely already be attached to a club and probably not allowed to play for anyone else.So begins a compulsive contemporary novel, exploring traditional tensions between Protestants and Catholic football supporters plus the plight of asylum seekers adrift in the city. Also teaches children not to judge someone by their religion or actions, things might not always be as they seem. Then there is the description of an Old Firm game where the phrase “unleashed a stinging right kick” is used.

Using this resource will offer learners the opportunity to explore sectarianism, the history, its impact and their own personal response. This book is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand how the forces of structural inequality shape the cities we know and love, and what tools we have as policy makers, nonprofits, and residents to make our cities more just, equal places to live. After all, if solving the last mile problem through transit involves taking Uber to the bus, and then another Uber from the bus to the workplace, why not just take one Uber to begin with? First, urban practitioner Alan Mallach shares insight from his book The Divided City, spotlighting the effects of revival on major metropolitan cities over the past 20 years.Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. We understand their dreams of footballing glory, and admire the way they negotiate a complicated minefield of prejudice and misunderstanding.

Two boys meet when they witness an asylum seeker (Kyoul) being stabbed, and bond over a shared love of football.

Do we offer our learners the opportunity to explore their own life experiences in relation to sectarianism? It would be a three for story and writing, but I think the aim of this book was to put across a message to a demographic which I am not part of, and that it does very well so I bump it up to a four. Walking home from football training, Graham, – a committed Glasgow Rangers supporter – witnesses a gang chasing and attacking another boy. Why not allow anyone with a properly licensed, insured and inspected van to pick up passengers on street corners and take them where they want to go?