Divided City

Nominated for ten UK book awards Theresa Breslin's hit novel tells of how two young boys - one Rangers fan one Celtic fan - are drawn into a secret pact to help a young asylum seeker in a city divided by prejudice. Now adapted for the stage by Martin Travers the play has already been produced to great acclaim at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.<br/><br/>Graham and Joe just want to play football and be selected for the new city team but a violent attack on Kyoul an asylum seeker changes everything when they find themselves drawn into a secret pact to help the victim and his girlfriend Leanne. Set in Glasgow at the time of the Orange Order walks <i>Divided City</i> is a gripping tale about two boys and how they must find their own way forward in a world divided by difference.<br/><br/>This educational edition has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Published in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series the book: <br/><br/>- meets the curriculum requirements for English at KS3 GCSE and Scottish CfE.<br/>- features detailed structured schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis <br/>- places pupils' understanding of the learning process at the heart of the activities <br/>- will help pupils to boost English GCSE success and develop high-level skills at KS3 <br/>- will save teachers considerable time devising their own resources.