Jamaica road
Smith, Lisa (author)2025
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South London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed. Daphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic, and they form an intense bond. As they navigate growing up in a volatile, rapidly changing city, their families become close, and their friendship begins to shift into something more complicated. But when Connie reveals that he is 'nuh land' - meaning he's in England illegally - Daphne realizes that she is dangerously entangled in Connie's fragile home life. Soon, long-buried secrets in both families threaten to tear them apart permanently.
Main title:
Jamaica road / Lisa Smith.
Author:
Smith, Lisa (author), author
Imprint:
London : Dialogue Books, 2025.
Collation:
437 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349703572 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
7481723
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