Esta serie se adentra en el complejo mundo de la adolescencia ambientado en el contexto de un conflicto histórico. Explora las tensiones entre comunidades enfrentadas vistas a través de los ojos de jóvenes que buscan su propia identidad. Las narrativas se centran en los peligros del odio arraigado y el poder de la conexión humana para trascender la animosidad generacional. Es una exploración cautivadora de la esperanza y la búsqueda de la paz en medio de circunstancias difíciles.
Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic - and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare - kids fooling around - but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin's life forever. But will the world around them change too? The first of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books.
Reading is enjoyable, especially with texts that students can tackle independently at home. The literature packages make this possible, forming a solid foundation for a classroom library. This novel tells the story of two teenagers in Northern Ireland, Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin, highlighting their upbringing and the political-religious conflict in the country.
Kevin and Sadie want to be together but they live in Belfast where it is dangerous for a Catholic boy and Protestant girl to go out together - The second in the series.
This is one of Joan Lingard's hauntingly powerful Kevin and Sadie novels which set young love against the backdrop of the Irish troubles.
There was no denying that Sadie's mother, coming to see the new baby, would make things uncomfortable. Sometimes it looked as if they never would escape from their cramped, dingy rooms and find a proper place to bring up Brendan, but Sadie and Kevin had been through a lot together already.
Continues the story of love born in the violence of Belfast. With Kevin out of a job and forced to leave the little cottage where he had settled with Sadie and the baby, the future looked bleak. Would Kevin find another job?