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Out Of Shadows
''Out of Shadows'' is a 2010 children's historical novel by Jason Wallace, published by Andersen Press on 28 January 2010. Set in 1980s Zimbabwe, the story follows white teenager Robert Jacklin at a prestigious boarding school as he confronts bullying, anti-black racism, his own morality and the political instability of the time. His debut novel, it is partly inspired by Wallace's own experiences attending a boarding school in Zimbabwe after the civil war. The novel was rejected by publishers one hundred times before being published by Andersen Press. The novel received favourable reviews and won the 2010 Costa Book Award for Children's Book, the 2011 Branford Boase Award and the 2011 UKLA Book Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2010 Booktrust Teenage Prize and the 2011 Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal. Synopsis In 1983, thirteen-year-old Robert Jacklin arrives from England at Haven School, an elite boys' boarding school in Zimbabwe. He is the son of a British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Wallace
Jason Wallace (born 1969) is an author living in South West London. He is the author of ''Out of Shadows'', the 2010 Costa Children's Book of the Year. Early life and education Jason Wallace was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South West England.Jason Wallace Website Retrieved 28 October 2011. He is a descendant of Lord George Sanger, a world-famous Victorian circus owner and an International English cricketer. Wallace is also loosely related (through a marriage in the family tree) to J.R.R. Tolkien. Jason lived in London, England in his younger years with his family before attending Peterhouse Boys' School, a boarding school in 1983 in Zimbabwe. The family emigrated after his mother remarried. At the age of seventeen, he aspired for a career as an author and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Books UK
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year."About Penguin – company history" , Penguin Books. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), Woolworths and other stores for Sixpence (British coin), sixpence, bringing high-quality fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Its success showed that large audiences existed for serious books. It also affected modern British popular culture significantly through its books concerning politics, the arts, and science. Penguin Books is now an imprint (trade name), imprint of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
