New Boy: Othello Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
Author(s): Tracy Chevalier
From the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway
Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players - teachers and pupils alike - will never be the same again.
The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard in Tracy Chevalier's powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal.
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"Chevalier's modern interpretation of Othello deftly explores race relations in the schoolyard in 1970s suburban Washington, and captures how it feels to be an outside." -- Anita Sethi i, 2017 Books of the Year
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Hogarth Press
- : 30 April 2017
- : 01 May 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tracy Chevalier
- : 192