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The Green Indian Problem
Set in the valleys of South Wales at the tail end of Thatcher's Britain, The Green Indian Problemis the story of Green, a seven year-old with intelligence beyond his years - an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem: everyone thinks he's a girl.
Green sets out to try and solve the mystery of his identity, but other issues keep cropping up - God, Father Christmas, cancer - and one day his best friend goes missing, leaving a rift in the community and even more unanswered questions. Dealing with deep themes of friendship, identity, child abuse and grief, The Green Indian Problem is, at heart, an all-too-real story of a young boy trying to find out why he's not like the other boys in his class.
Longlisted for the Bridport Prize (in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews category)
Green sets out to try and solve the mystery of his identity, but other issues keep cropping up - God, Father Christmas, cancer - and one day his best friend goes missing, leaving a rift in the community and even more unanswered questions. Dealing with deep themes of friendship, identity, child abuse and grief, The Green Indian Problem is, at heart, an all-too-real story of a young boy trying to find out why he's not like the other boys in his class.
Longlisted for the Bridport Prize (in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews category)
Book Details
- Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
- Publish Date: Jul 5th, 2022
- Pages: 210
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.81in - 5.06in - 0.48in - 0.46lb
- EAN: 9781913724528
- Categories: • Coming of Age• LGBTQ+ - Transgender
About the Author
Willetts, Jade Leaf: - Jade Leaf Willetts is a writer from Llanbradach, a strange, beautiful village in South Wales. He writes about extraordinary characters in ordinary worlds and has a penchant for unreliable narrators. The Green Indian Problem, his first novel, was longlisted for the 2020 Bridport Prize in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews category. Jade's poetry has been published by Empty Mirror, PoV Magazine and Unknown Press. His short story, 'An Aversion to Popular Amusements' was shortlisted for the inaugural Janus Literary Prize. All his stories are available for adaptation, should Wes Anderson be interested. He is currently working on a coming of age follow-up to The Green Indian Problem.
Praise for this book
'A small and perfectly formed novel... Everyone who was born in the wrong body should read this, but more importantly, everyone who wasn't should read it too.' Laura Pearson, author of Missing Pieces and I Wanted You to Know
'A beautiful, sorrowful tale. This took me right back to my childhood - one of curiosity, dreams and the promise to never forget. A reminder that no matter how little we are, our feelings are big, our worlds so important.' Alex Humphreys, BBC presenter and journalist