Across The Barricades (Hardcover, 1st New edition)

Sadie Jackson and Kevin McCoy, the feisty street scrappers of The Twelfth Day of July (1972), meet three years later and - inevitably - fall in love. But for a Protestant girl and a Catholic boy keeping company in working-class Belfast means that she is harassed by family and neighbors and sacked from her job, he is beaten up as a traitor by former friends, and - the final blow that impels Kevin to leave the country - the retired teacher who befriends and harbors them is killed by a bomb thrown into his house. The ending - Kevin off for England, Sadie appearing on the last page announcing that she's going too - is perhaps a cop-out but realistic options are limited. In any case Lingard gives us a clear view from the troubled streets and kitchens on both sides of the barricades, and her evident familiarity with the timely scene gives a firm vitality to this variation on an old story. (Kirkus Reviews)

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story of a couple - one Protestant and one Catholic - in search of love and freedom in Belfast.

General

Imprint:	Heinemann
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Windmills KS3
Release date:	May 1975
First published:	1975
Authors:	Joan Lingard
Dimensions:	194 x 133 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
Edition:	1st New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-435-12203-4
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > General Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literature texts > Fiction texts Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General
LSN:	0-435-12203-7
Barcode:	9780435122034

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