Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7,
races through his new life in England in his personalised trainers -
the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the
very real threat around him. Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother
and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life,
from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating
gang of older boys from his school. But his life is changed for ever when one
of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in
tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only
silence, Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his
mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.

Genres: Mystery - Contemporary - Crime - Literary Fiction - British Literature 
Condition: Very good
Published: First published 2011. This edition published 2012 by Bloomsbury. 
Pages: 263
ISBN: 9781408815687
Weight: 200g