· WHEN THE GROUND IS HARD. by Malla Nunn ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 4, A year-old girl finds friendship and questions social hierarchies at her boarding school. After Adele Joubert is demoted from her favored place among the popular girls and sent to live in a room where a former student died, she begins to question the carefully structured hierarchy of her community. · A stunning and heartrending mystery set in a Swaziland boarding school about two girls of different castes who bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre. Adele lo. Written by Australian author Malla Nunn, this young adult work of fiction set in Africa, illuminates the prejudices of colour and race, the hardships faced by teenagers at boarding school and the contrasts between the poor and the rich. This was an emotional read, and it was really nice to find a YA novel that is based in Africa/5.
Malla Nunn and When the Ground is Hard. Posted on July 5, J by joylawn. Inside the CBCA Shortlist. When the Ground is Hard (Allen Unwin) is an original, ultimately empowering young adult novel. Thank you for speaking to Paperbark blog, Malla. Malla Nunn's debut YA novel When the Ground is Hard was released in June and so far has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, the Josette Frank Award, a Junior Library Guild of America Gold Standard Award and a Kirkus Top YA Historical Fiction Award. When the Ground is Hard was recently short-listed for the Australian Prime Minister's Literary awards. Malla Nunn's " When the Ground is Hard," the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, will summon a familiar world for fans of her award-winning Detective Emmanuel Cooper series. Both narratives are set in the earlier years of South African apartheid, a time and place far removed from author's.
Written by Australian author Malla Nunn, this young adult work of fiction set in Africa, illuminates the prejudices of colour and race, the hardships faced by teenagers at boarding school and the contrasts between the poor and the rich. This was an emotional read, and it was really nice to find a YA novel that is based in Africa. When the Ground is Hard. By Malla Nunn Allen Unwin, ISBN 1 4 (Age: 13+) Highly recommended. Themes: Racism, Colonialism, Swaziland, South Africa, Friendship, Jane Eyre, Bullying, Crime. Reviewed by Fran Knight. Adele, living in a coloured community in colonial Swaziland is lucky. Her white father supports his family, visiting now and again, leaving money but more importantly paying her school fees at a Christian boarding her school. WHEN THE GROUND IS HARD. by Malla Nunn ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 4, A year-old girl finds friendship and questions social hierarchies at her boarding school. After Adele Joubert is demoted from her favored place among the popular girls and sent to live in a room where a former student died, she begins to question the carefully structured hierarchy of her community.
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