Kieron Smith, boy Format:Paperback in which every stall or

in which every stall or ride imitates a real-world scenario or dilemma which must be observed and negotiated

searching for the geographical and the personal and discovering in the process a kind of truth and courageous expression in his work which is unique and transforming

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Originally published in West Germany in 1980

Kieron Smith, boy Format:Paperback in which every stall orRejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort and endless stories in the home of his much loved grandparents. But when his family move to a new housing scheme on the outskirts of Glasgow, a world away from the close community of the tenements, Kieron struggles to find a way to adapt to his new life. Kieron Smith, boy is a brilliant evocation of an urban childhood. Capturing the joys, frustrations, injustices,