The Wall

Joshua is thirteen. He lives in the isolated town of Amarias. At the edge of the town is a high wall, guarded by soldiers. Joshua has been taught that The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One day, Joshua stumbles across a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds...The Wall is a political fable in a setting which closely mirrors the West Bank. It is a novel about a boy, a settler child, discovering that his world may not be as it seems; that his people may be aggressors rather than victims; and that if he wants to honour his dead father, he must stand up and forge his own sense of right and wrong.

Joshua is thirteen. He lives in the isolated town of Amarias. At the edge of the town is a high wall, guarded by soldiers. Joshua has been taught that The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One day, Joshua stumbles across a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds...The Wall is a political fable in a setting which closely mirrors the West Bank. It is a novel about a boy, a settler child, discovering that his world may not be as it seems; that his people may be aggressors rather than victims; and that if he wants to honour his dead father, he must stand up and forge his own sense of right and wrong.