By Bali Rai (author) Part of the The Originals series
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Selected by a distinguished independent panel of experts including our editorial expert, Julia Eccleshare, for Diverse Voices - 50 of the best Children's Books celebrating cultural diversity in the UK.
This highly personal story was partly influenced by Bali Rai's own experiences, it looks at the impact cultural traditions can have on young people growing up in modern times and the book will resonate with all who have experienced the pressure of expectation at the hands of their family.
Reissued in Penguin's Originals series of powerful teenage fiction.
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Manny wants to be a footballer, or a pop star, or write a bestseller. He doesn't want to get married...
'Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl who I didn't know... If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life...'
Set partly in the UK and partly in the Punjab region of India, this is a fresh, bitingly perceptive and totally up-to-the-minute look at one young man's fight to free himself from family expectations and to be himself, free to dance to his own tune.
Bali Rai has written over forty novels about teenagers and children. Born in Leicester, his writing is inspired by his working-class, multicultural background.
He was born in Leicester where he grew up in a multicultural community dreaming of playing football for Liverpool FC, being Bob Marley or becoming a writer.
A leading voice in UK teen fiction, Bali is a passionate advocate of libraries, reading for pleasure and promoting literacy. He has nearly twenty years of experience in working with young people across the UK and further afield and is extremely popular with schools. He has been nominated for and won numerous awards since 2001.
Bali has worked closely with The Reading Agency, Booktrust, The National Literacy Trust, Empathy Lab UK and many other organisations, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in 2014. He also featured on BBC1’s Rebel Writers show and is an ambassador/patron for several high-profile literacy and arts projects.
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Reissued in Penguin's Originals series of powerful teenage fiction. Manny wants to be a footballer, or a pop star, or write a bestseller.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed (Un)arranged Marriage and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
(Un)arranged Marriage features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Stories about Family and Friends, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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(Un)arranged Marriage was written by Bali Rai and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
(Un)arranged Marriage has 312 pages
Yes it is part of The Originals series
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