New Boy

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A compact and intense read full of twists, turns and intrigue Daily ExpressThe bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway returns with a tale of jealousy, bullying and revenge. 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.

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A compact and intense read full of twists, turns and intrigue Daily ExpressThe bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway returns with a tale of jealousy, bullying and revenge. 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.

• Hogarth Shakespeare Tragedy Othello Moor of Venice gap of time jeanette winterson
• Girl with a Pearl Earring The Edge of the Orchard ralph ellison invisible man
• Jessie Burton The Miniaturist The Muse joanne harris different class
• Race America 1970s Civil Rights Charleston Ferguson Baton Rouge
• hagseed margaret atwood shylock is my name howard jacobson vinegar girl anne tyler
• ian mcewan atonement james baldwin fire next time policing the planet
• jo nesbo macbeth dunbar edward st aubyn