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Wild East
Wild East | Ashley Hickson-Lovence
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A soaring and emotional debut YA verse-novel, perfect for fans of Dean Atta and Manjeet Mann. Pen in one hand, on my wrist, a ticking clock I've got to make this work, just need a little luck... When fourteen-year-old music-lover Ronny's life gets messy, his mum decides they're moving out of London. In Norwich, as a Black teenager in a mostly white school, Ronny feels like a complete outsider. He tries his best to balance keeping his head down, and his goal of becoming a rapper alive. But when a local poet comes into class, he opens Ronny's world to something new. Rap is like spoken word, lyrics equal poetry - and maybe the combination of both could be the key to Ronny's dreams?
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Ashley Hickson-Lovence‘s YA novel effectively uses its verse narrative to tell a compelling story of a boy who learns how to tap into his creativity to express himself. However I don‘t think that the Malachi storyline had the intended impact and nor did Ronny‘s friendship with the extroverted Leigh. That said, the use of language is great and Ronny‘s guilt over Maz holds true. I‘d definitely check out the author‘s other work on the basis of this.