Locks /
Nugent, Ashleigh
Locks / Ashleigh Nugent. - 343 pages ; 22 cm
The novel follows Aeon, a mixed-race teenager growing up in Liverpool in the 1990s, who struggles to understand his identity and where he belongs. Influenced by racism and social pressures, he tries to embrace a version of “Black identity” through music, style, and attitude, but feels disconnected from it. Seeking answers, Aeon travels to Jamaica, hoping to find a sense of belonging. Instead, he faces harsh realities he is treated as an outsider, gets into trouble, and ends up detained, forcing him to confront who he really is beyond stereotypes.
9781529097894
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
823.92 NUG
Locks / Ashleigh Nugent. - 343 pages ; 22 cm
The novel follows Aeon, a mixed-race teenager growing up in Liverpool in the 1990s, who struggles to understand his identity and where he belongs. Influenced by racism and social pressures, he tries to embrace a version of “Black identity” through music, style, and attitude, but feels disconnected from it. Seeking answers, Aeon travels to Jamaica, hoping to find a sense of belonging. Instead, he faces harsh realities he is treated as an outsider, gets into trouble, and ends up detained, forcing him to confront who he really is beyond stereotypes.
9781529097894
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
823.92 NUG