Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when Western boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him and cannot fail to be a changed young man.
Anna Perera taught English in two inner London secondary schools before becoming a children's writer and screen writer. She gained an MA in Writing for Children in 1998 and is a member of Shooting People, Talent Circle, Scriptwriter's Workshop and New Producer's Alliance. Anna now lives in Hampshire.
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