Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize

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In October 2021, Lawrence was announced as taking on the role of ambassador for First Story, a charity promoting creative writing for young people, with a focus on those in low-income communities. [16]

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Orangeboy: Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children, winner of the YA Book Prize", Waterstones. Laat ik beginnen met aangeven dat dit boek me al vanaf het begin niet bijzonder aansprak. Ik zou dit boek zelf nooit gekocht hebben in de boekwinkel. Dat komt met name omdat ik YA contemporaries in veel gevallen tegen vind vallen. Maar dat komt ook omdat ik merk dat de bendecultuur echt heel goed en invoelbaar geschreven moet zijn om voor mij herkenbaar te worden. Ik heb, en wellicht is dat een tekortkoming, moeite me daarmee te verbinden. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-02-08 11:07:36 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA40337309 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierShe could say that she understood what it's like sitting in the waiting room, with that horrible feeling in your stomach, then walking into the ward, eyes straight ahead so you didn't feel like an intruder in all those other stories.” Orangeboy was shortlisted for the Costa Award and won the Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s fiction.

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That being said, it was an okay read and I understand why it won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017 for Older Fiction.stars. I don't know how to evaluate this book fairly. It had its strong points, and it covers subject matter which is probably of interest to many teens, but I didn't enjoy reading it at all. I had to drag myself through it, and even the suspenseful elements didn't drive me through the plot. Also, it felt overlong - and the narrative jumped and 'jived' (lots of street lingo) in a way that meant I couldn't just skim it. Having said all that: it was the YA Book Prize winner for 2017, and I respect that I was probably just not the right reader for this book.

Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence | Goodreads

Marlon's attitude, and my attitude towards him, really changed as the story progressed. And it was great. I loved slowly falling out of love with the character, I loved how he transformed from one person into another without losing what made him HIM. I might not have liked him very much by the end, but I absolutely loved the story. WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE FOR OLDER READERS, SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD AND THE YA BOOK PRIZE

Patrice was born in Brighton, raised in an Italian-Trinidadian family in mid-Sussex, and now lives on the South Coast. Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. I was the kid people looked straight through. NOT ANY MORE. NOT SINCE MR ORANGE. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far, it's been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They're after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they're going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon's out of choices - can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves? About This Edition ISBN: The story follows, Marlon, a young man whose brother was involved in street gangs until an accident several years ago changed everything. Marlon promised his mum he'd stay in school and avoid his brother's old life, but when old feuds reemerge and his family and friends are threatened, it's not quite so easy to keep his promise.

Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence | Hachette UK

Not cool enough, not clever enough, not street enough for anyone to notice me. I was the kid people looked straight through. NOT ANY MORE. NOT SINCE MR ORANGE. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he'll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far, it's been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They're after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they're going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon's out of choices - can he become the person he never wanted to be, to protect everyone he loves? My English teacher made everyone go to library and choose a book and this book was on display. Two emotions I had Faced with almost impossible choices, Marlon has to grow up fast and work out exactly who he is at the same time as working out how to survive.

urn:lcp:orangeboy0000lawr:epub:b06f72d6-a0d9-47da-8f88-e9a6c86533e5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier orangeboy0000lawr Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2zs35ks7th Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781444927207 Patrice Lawrence was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2021. The emotional ride: edge-of-your-seat stuff. It’s easy to feel for Marlon from the beginning. I think having the first scene be what is so clearly a first date makes him so vulnerable that we readers easily identify with him and see what a fish out of water he is when everything starts getting serious. Sixteen-year-old Marlon Sunday has made a promise to his mum that he’ll never follow his older brother Andrew on the destructive path into the drug and gang culture that’s rife amongst London’s teens. Although he has every intention of keeping that promise, it becomes a lot harder when Sonya Wilson, a girl from his school, starts to take an interest in him. When that happens, Marlon’s life starts to take some very unexpected turns.