Joan Lingard's tale of Kevin and Sadie explores the reality of a Catholic-Protestant relationship during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, with parallels to the family/child relationships and forbidden love of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A widely-read and widely-studied Lower Secondary / Middle School modern classic.
Across the Barricades is Ideal for the Upper Middle School (second-cycle EGB) level, and is also appropriate for Advanced EFL and E2L students in G9 and above.
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