There was a ruckus at lunch time. It was the best one so far. Nobody knew why they were fighting . . . You actually thought they were going to kill each other. You wanted them to stop. It wasnt funny anymore. Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister; Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on a London housing estate. The (second) best runner in the whole of Year 7; Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on in marker pen - unaware of the danger growing around him.But when a boy is knifed to death on the high street and the police appeal for witnesses draws only silence; Harri decides to start a murder investigation of his own. In doing so; he unwittingly breaks the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe; and Harri will come face to face with the very real dangers surrounding him. A powerful; unforgettable tale; importantly relevant for young adult readers of today.Stephen Kelmans 2011 Man-Booker-prize-shortlisted novel has been adapted for the stage by Fringe-First-winner Gbolahan Obisesan (Mad About the Boy). The stage adaptation received its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic in a Bristol Old Vic Young Company and the National Youth Theatre co-commission on 7 August 2013; before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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