{"product_id":"9780241645444-wild-east","title":"Wild East","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the YA Diverse Book Award 2025, the Two Cities Book Award 2024, the Mal Peet Children’s Award 2024 and the East Anglian Book of the Year 2024, and nominated for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA soaring debut YA verse-novel by novelist, poet, and former secondary school teacher Ashley Hickson-Lovence. A perfect next read for fans of Jason Reynolds, Dean Atta and Manjeet Mann.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A book meant to be heard . It's the fresh, “spoken word” style that makes Ronny's story’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePen in one hand, on my wrist, a ticking clock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've got to make this work, just need a little luck .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen fourteen-year-old Ronny’s life is struck by tragedy, his mum decides it’s finally time they move out of East London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his new city, as a Black teenager in a mostly white school, Ronny feels like a complete outsider and struggles to balance keeping his head down with his ambition of becoming a rapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when a local poet comes into class, Ronny discovers a world he’s never considered before. Rap is like spoken word, bars equal poetry – and maybe the combination of both could be the key to achieving his dreams?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWild East\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A powerful story of resilience, friendship, discovery and growth’ \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Boakye, author \u003ci\u003eof Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I loved Ronny's kindness, vulnerability, empathy, tenacity and open-heartedness’ \u003cb\u003ePatrice Lawrence, author of \u003ci\u003eOrangeboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Raw, moving, and so accessible. A powerful spoken-word style verse novel’ \u003cb\u003eRashmi Sirdeshpande, author of \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Extraordinary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Welcomes all types of readers . Hickson-Lovence has crafted a superb piece’\u003cb\u003e DD Armstrong, author of \u003ci\u003eUgly Dogs Don't Cry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heartfelt and up-to-the-minute . A reminder that even short lines can take you a long way’\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This empowering verse novel announces the arrival of an exciting new talent in YA fiction’ \u003cb\u003eWaterstones.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41686845456481,"sku":"9780241645444","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38245417_924b9081-00e2-4483-a0c9-cb6c2087006a.jpg?v=1763843779","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241645444-wild-east","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}