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Pigeon English Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for Pigeon English is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The lines make a square. Only if you stay in the square you'll be safe. That’s your home. If you stay there they can’t kill you. The best thing about home is all the places to hide in. If somebody’s chasing you and you need to get away there’s...
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All of the characters are forced to uphold the masculine traits like power and control or toughness and ruthlessness in order to protect themselves. This culture of violence means that life is treated as disposable and death is ever-present.
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The setting of this British town is quite a dangerous place, especially for the children. As readers learn almost from the outset, a boy from Harrison's school was murdered and left for dead in the street recently. Harrison learns firsthand how...
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