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Title: BECK
By: Mal Peet, Meg Rosoff
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1406361429
ISBN 13: 9781406361421
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Publisher: WALKER BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 1 June, 2017
Pages: 272
Synopsis: The final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, with all the characteristic beauty and strenth of his prose.Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America.Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African sailor in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging. Enduring abuse and many hardships, Beck has times of comfort and encouragement, eventually finding Grace, the woman with whom he can finally forge his life and shape his destiny as a young man. A picaresque novel set during the Depression as experienced by a young black man, it depicts great pain but has an uplifting and inspiring conclusion.
Reader Age: From 14 years
Publication: UK
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Prizes: Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2017
Returns: Returnable
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