Guantanamo Boy

Nov 17, 2024 10:29 AM

Author:Anna Perera

Guantanamo Boy

Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when Western boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him and cannot fail to be a changed young man.

Reviews

This powerful and humane book shows that hatred is never an answer, and proves the pointlessness of torture and the danger of thinking of anyone as 'other.'

—— Nicolette Jones , Sunday Times

One of her greatest achievements is to make the frightening monotony of the two years he suffers so full of suspense.

—— Kate Kellaway , Observer

An excellent novel . . . superb

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Extremely powerful, and the descriptions of torture are genuinely harrowing.

—— The Guardian

Timely, gritty fiction.

—— Times Review

Could it happen? It has happened. That's why teenagers should read this book.

—— Irish Times

Rising star: Anna Perera. Her novel highlights the teenagers sent to the camp as it tugs readers into its vivid nightmare journey.

—— The Independent

Written in a first-person voice of disarming honesty, the book rings true through all of its many layers

—— Guardian

A good read for 11-year-olds who want to know their counterparts a century ago were truly human

—— TES

A most enjoyable book, full of life, warmth and humour

—— The School Librarian

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