Hidden

Name: Hidden
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Miriam Halahmy
ISBN: 9781520045078

Author: Miriam Halahmy

Narrator: Lucy Brownhill

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/27/2016

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

For fourteen-year-old Alix, life on Hayling Island off the coast of England seems insulated from problems such as war, terrorism and refugees. But when Alix and her friend Samir go to the beach and pull a drowning man out of the incoming tide, her world changes. Mohammed, an illegal immigrant and student, has been tortured by rebels in Iraq for helping the allied forces and has spent all his money to escape. Desperate not to be deported, Mohammed's destiny now lies in Alix's hands, and she is faced with the biggest moral dilemma of her life.

About Miriam Halahmy

A former secondary school teacher and a poet, Miriam Halahmy lives in north-west London. Her YA novel, Hidden, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Hidden and its sequels, Illegal and Stuffed, have received great acclaim for the way they embed serious ideas in page-turning stories. Miriam's middle grade novel, The Emergency Zoo, will be published by Alma Books in May 2016. Find out more at www.miriamhalahmy.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on March 13, 2012

Review by Beth This book can be accessed at many levels and I think it’s brilliant for introducing extremely complex and difficult issues in a way anybody can access from racism to more complex immigration and asylum issues. Halahmy confronts some serious stuff in a really great way. Halahmy presents......more

Goodreads review by Michelle (Fluttering Butterflies) on March 01, 2015

I really loved Hidden by Miriam Halahmy! I won my copy of the book in a Twitter competition, and I'm really glad for it as well. It would have been a shame to have missed out on this thought-provoking and topical book that explores really important themes such as racism, immigration and judging by a......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 20, 2011

Hidden is a touching and contemporary story about immigration, human rights and the courage to stand up for what you believe in. Alix is in Year 10 and she lives on Hayling Island. Things are home are becomingly increasingly challenging – her father left, her grandfather passed away and her mother h......more

Goodreads review by Tom on March 30, 2012

Hidden brings the reality of world events to Hayling Island through the strong and clear voice of 14 year old Alix Miller. This is a beautiful seaside town on the south coast of England, but it is not the place built on foundations of sandcastles and ice creams to Alix. Coping with all the pressures......more