A place of safety
By: Helen Black
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Magna large print
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9780750532648
Subjects: Refugee children; Fiction; Crimes against; Rape victims; Juvenile delinquency; Women lawyers; Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Description: Teenage asylum seeker Anna is trying to build a life for herself after fleeing the atrocities in her homeland, but her newly-found peace is shattered when a chance meeting with three public schoolboys ends in her being horrifically assaulted. Anna's friend, Artan, begs childcare lawyer Lilly Valentine to seek justice through the courts - but Lilly is sceptical. What jury will believe an asylum seeker over three privileged boys? When Artan and Anna turn up at the school, tragedy arises and Anna is arrested. Wracked with guilt, Lilly feels compelled to take on her case, despite the objections of all around her.
Notes: Adult.