The Green Indian Problem

<p class=ql-align-justify>Set in the valleys of South Wales at the tail end of Thatcher's Britain <em>The Green Indian Problem</em>is the story of Green a seven year-old with intelligence beyond his years - an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem: everyone thinks he's a girl.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Green sets out to try and solve the mystery of his identity but other issues keep cropping up - God Father Christmas cancer - and one day his best friend goes missing leaving a rift in the community and even more unanswered questions. Dealing with deep themes of friendship identity child abuse and grief <em>The Green Indian Problem</em> is at heart an all-too-real story of a young boy trying to find out why he's not like the other boys in his class.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Longlisted for the Bridport Prize (in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews category)</p>