Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard

A Timeless Story of Love in a Divided World

Good Condition – Ex-library copy with a plastic cover, library stamps, and stickers pages are tanned and the plastic is peeling at the corners.

This document provides a summary of the book "Across the Barricades" by Joan Lingard, the second book in her "Kevin and Sadie" young adult series set in Belfast, Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Kevin and Sadie are 17 and 18 years old and fall in love, but as a Catholic boy and Protestant girl they face dangers from others who don't want them together given the tensions between their religious groups. The book explores their efforts to maintain their relationship secretly amidst the violence surrounding them. It receives positive reviews for its portrayal of the difficulties Kevin and Sadie face and the growing intolerance of inhabitants towards continual conflict.