Smash!
By: Robert Swindells
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780241136898
Subjects: Racism; Fiction; Friendship in adolescence; Male friendship; Race relations; Friendship
Description: Steve knows he's not a racist, so when he's given a leaflet by Blackout, he thinks he might go to a meeting just out of curiosity. Ashraf is Steve's friend, but a recent mugging has made him look at white people in a new light, and he decides to attend a meeting of Khalifa. As racial tensions finally explode, Steve and Ashraf are swept along in a tide of increasing violence which threatens not just their friendship but their whole future. Suggested level: secondary.