All the Walls of Belfast: A Novel
By Sarah Carlson
Read by Alana Kerr Collins and Gary Furlong
Unabridged
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781721356201
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ISBN: 9781721356201
Runtime: | 6.74 Hours |
Category: | Fiction/Romance |
Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The Carnival at Bray meets West Side Story in Sarah Carlson’s powerful YA debut; set in post-conflict Belfast (Northern Ireland), alternating between two teenagers, both trying to understand their past and preserve their future. Seventeen-year-olds, Fiona and Danny must choose between their dreams and the people they aspire to be.
Fiona and Danny were born in the same hospital. Fiona’s mom fled with her to the United States when she was two, but, fourteen years after the Troubles ended, a forty-foot-tall peace wall still separates her dad’s Catholic neighborhood from Danny’s Protestant neighborhood.
After chance brings Fiona and Danny together, their love of the band Fading Stars, big dreams, and desire to run away from their families unites them. Danny and Fiona must help one another overcome the burden of their parents’ pasts. But one ugly truth might shatter what they have…
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
Category: | Fiction/Romance |
Runtime: | 6.74 |
Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
Language: | English |
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