SuitabookGrief and resilience
Kadeen carries grief after her brother’s death while adapting to a different country and home.
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Alex Wheatle - Author
A tense coming-of-age story follows Kadeen as football offers connection and purpose in a new home. Her secret involvement with the team is complicated by her aunt’s opposition and the need to avoid recognition.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA tense coming-of-age story follows Kadeen as football offers connection and purpose in a new home. Her secret involvement with the team is complicated by her aunt’s opposition and the need to avoid recognition.
Kadeen carries grief after her brother’s death while adapting to a different country and home.
Kadeen hides because she witnessed the shooter and fears recognition, while trying to decide whether to continue playing football.
The book includes a shooting and the killing of Kadeen’s older brother, criminal-gang or crime-lord danger, grief, hiding, family separation and a couple of swear words.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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