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Hidden Paperback – 30 Mar 2011

by Miriam Halahmy (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars 16 customer reviews
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Product details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Meadowside Children's Books (30 Mar. 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1845395239
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845395230
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 79,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Halahmy's debut novel for young adults is written with clarity and immediacy....with a tear-inducing ending in which a community is taught to stand up for tolerance, this is a book to counter bigotry. --Nicolette Jones, The Times

Miriam Halahmy never puts a foot wrong in this gripping story focusing on an agonisingly difficult contemporary problem. Tautly written throughout, her fine novel deserves the widest audience.. --Nick Tucker, reviewer and broadcaster.

About the Author

Miriam Halahmy has been a Londoner all her life but her parents lived on Hayling Island for twenty-five years and she's been visiting the Island regularly since the 1970's. She has published novels, short stories and poetry for adults and young people. Her stories and poems have been included in anthologies, read on the radio and performed on stage. Hidden is her first novel for young adults. Miriam has been married into an Iraqi family for over thirty years and their stories provided some of the inspiration for this book. She has worked with refugees and asylum seekers for many years in schools as well as leading workshops for English PEN and the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture. She has written and education resource on child asylum seekers. Miriam is and active participant in promoting peace and dialogue across divided communities. She believes in standing up to any injustice, however small..

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5.0 out of 5 starsHiddem gem!
By Liz Bankes on 16 May 2011
Format: Paperback
This book is brilliant. It hooks you in with the sarcastic and utterly believable voice of Alix, and then keeps you gripped throughout with a fast-paced story about prejudice, choices and being a teenager.

Alix and her friend Samir find an illegal immigrant drowning off the coast of Hayling Island, where they live. They have to decide what to do with him, knowing that if they take him to the police he will most likely be deported back to Iraq, where he has been tortured by rebels.

The best thing about the book is Alix's narration - I really believed that she was a fourteen year old girl and liked her dry humour. I also liked how she was unthinkingly prejudiced about Samir - when she first goes to his house she wonders if anyone will be making bombs - but not in a malicious way. I thought this was a realistic portrayal of the different levels of racism in society, and it made for quite uncomfortable reading as it makes you recognise your own prejudices.

Would definitely recommend this book - it challenges the way you think and confronts attitudes about asylum seekers, but most importantly it is a good story with believable, and some very likeable, characters. Looking forward to the next two in the cycle!
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn important subject to debate
By David Hyams on 17 May 2011
Format: Paperback
You would think with the subject matter of illegal immigration and teenage prejudice Hidden would be a difficult read. Far from it! From the first page to the last this is an immensely enjoyable read, and not just for teenagers. Miriam Halahmy should be congratulated on taking on a not often debated subject and making it accessible for the teenage market. Every school should have copies in their library and get the pupils to read and debate.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHidden Gem
By MISS K E THOMAS on 21 Sept. 2011
Format: Paperback
I read Hidden on the recommendation of a friend after reading The Other Hand. Hidden was a fantastic read, and was an interesting subject to be tackled for a teen audience. Alix was a believable character and read well as a teenager caught up in a unique situation. It was refreshing to see immigration tackled from a different viewpoint, in comparisson to how it is often portrayed in the media (which is also raised in the book). I hope other teenagers have the opportunity to read this as it challenges a lot of sterotypical opinions.

Looking forward to Miriam's next book in the trilogy. Would absolutely recommend!
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5.0 out of 5 starsreview for 'HIDDEN' by Miriam Halhamy
By erasmus on 29 May 2011
Format: Paperback
'Hidden' takes you on to Hayling Island, which, like all good island stories, becomes a complete world into which you immerse yourself until the story is over. It is narrated, with dry humour, by Alix, a fairly average 14 year old, full of contradictions - likeable and annoying, selfish and good hearted. Her life isn't easy - her father walked out and her mum, when the book opens, is nursing a broken leg. So both mother and daughter are fed up. Which forms a realistic backdrop for what happens next, when Alix is faced with a situation which is at best inconvenient and at worst dangerous. In the course of the book we see her develop into someone who is forced to challenge her assumptions and make very difficult choices. Will she do the right thing and what is the right thing anyway? I enjoyed following Alix on her journey in a book which raised serious issues, but never became preachy.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA clever book!
By S. R. Barrow on 30 Jun. 2011
Format: Paperback
'Hidden' is one of those clever books which both entertains and educates. Important messages about prejudice and judging people are neatly woven into this fast-paced, exciting read. The subject is clearly well-researched, but the detail, e.g. the painful account of Mohammed's life in Iraq, is never allowed to slow the pace. All the characters are real and convincing and often humorous. Alix in particular is terrific, facing up to her own and others preconceptions, and in the process she forces us to examine our own. A great read - I can't wait for the next in the series!
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5.0 out of 5 stars'Hidden' - warm, thought provoking and utterly readable
By Amazon Customer on 24 May 2011
Format: Paperback
Well, you can see what I thought of this edgy and entertaining novel from my title!

Reading this book, I found myself completely immersed in the thought processes, fears and prejudices of Alix, the teenage girl who is the central character of the book. Essentially, it is Alix who leads us seamlessly and believably through this story, dealing with such difficult and controversial subjects as prejudice and inter-ethnic relationships. In the process you cannot help but sympathize with this fundamentally likeable character whose story you just want to read on and on. Alix conjures up the real teenagers we meet in our daily lives, without idealism or bias - she's just normal. She has prejudices, she makes mistakes but throughout has a strength and edge which makes you want to know more of her and her friends, and be part of her life.

The ending to the book is so warm and positive after the major trials of at least one of the characters, and the almost everyday trials of the others, that you are left with a feeling of optimism for her generation which must give us all hope for the future of human relationships.

Can't wait for the next books in the series!
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5.0 out of 5 starsHidden by Miriam Halahmy
By Jane Lawes on 15 May 2011
Format: Paperback
This is a brilliant book that draws the reader in from the first page and doesn't let you go until the end. Alix (the main character)'s voice is so believable and so urgent that I couldn't stop reading. The book deals with difficult contemporary issues, but is about so much more besides. At its heart are likeable characters who feel very real, and the difficulty of telling right from wrong. The remaining two books in the cycle will definitely be ones to look out for!
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery emotional

Bought for my 10 year old son to extend his reading. It raises some interesting points and lots of questions so an adult needs to be on hand to help explain immigration, prejudice,... Read more

Published on 19 Aug. 2013 by nichola
5.0 out of 5 starsAn interesting subject.

When I ordered this book I did not realise it was a teenagers book. However I enjoyed the fast moving pace of the story and I thought the subject of illegal immigrants very... Read more

Published on 9 Jan. 2013 by R.H.C.
5.0 out of 5 starsA shining star of a protagonist in a fantastic novel

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Published on 24 Nov. 2011 by I Read, Therefore I Blog
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