Stitched Up
By (Author) Steve Cole
Illustrated by Oriol Vidal
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
16th August 2022
2nd June 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Multicultural
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance
Childrens / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity
Childrens / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction
823.92
Short-listed for Laurus Trust Libraries Book Award 2022
Paperback
128
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
220g
The horrific real-life cost of fast fashion is exposed in this gripping tale of survival from bestselling author Steve Cole.
When twelve-year-old Hanh is offered a job as a shop assistant in Hanoi, she sees it as a chance to earn money to send back to her family living in poverty in rural Vietnam. But on her arrival in the city, she soon learns that the job offer was a lie and finds herself working in virtual slavery in an illegal garment factory.
Life in this sweatshop is a daily hell of long hours, little rest, poor food and regular violence. Hanh is desperate to escape, but when an opportunity arises will she be able to find the courage to take a dangerous chance
Steve Cole is a bestselling children's author. His various book series include Z. Rex, Thieves Like Us, Doctor Who, the three million copy selling Young Bond series. In other careers he has worked as an editor of books and magazines for readers of all ages. Steve lives in Aylesbury.