Description

An innocent night out to celebrate a sixteenth birthday turns to tragedy in this powerful story of racial intolerance from award-winning author Bali Rai.

It’ s Arjan’ s sixteenth birthday and he’ s celebrating with his mates – going to see a film and then get a Nando’ s. He’ s looking forward to some good banter and wondering what might happen with Jem, who’ s been looking at him differently these days …

But the night comes to a dramatic and violent end when Arjan is targeted by a group of racist thugs, who single him out due to the colour of his skin and the turban that he wears, a symbol of his commitment to his faith and culture.

Is the life of a good friend and beloved son really worth so little?

About the Author

Bali Rai was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer. He writes the books he would have enjoyed as a teenager and his book  Rani and Sukh  is a set-text for GCSE English. His novel,  Killing Honour, won the North East Teenage Book Award, and was described as “ utterly compelling” by  The Bookseller.