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Street of Tall People - Gibbons, Alan
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Set in the East End of London in 1936, this is the story of an unlikely friendship between a Jewish and a Gentile boy during the upsurge of fascist violence ledby Oswald Moseley and his Blackshirts. Jimmy and Benny are adversaries in a boxing match before they become friends. Jimmy lives in a tenament with his newly widowed mother; Benny comes from a large Orthodox Jewish family. The discovery that Jimmy's mother's new friend Mr Searleis a Blackshirt has a profound effect on their relationship and places Jimmy in an ...

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Street of Tall People 2011, Five Leaves Publications, Nottingham

ISBN-13: 9781907869235

2nd edition

Paperback

A Street of Tall People 1996, Orion Children's Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781858811932

Paperback

A Street of Tall People 1995, Orion Children's Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781858811550

Hardcover