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Bali Rai

(Un)arranged Marriage

  • (Un)arranged Marriage

  • Reissued in Penguin's ORIGINALS series of powerful teenage fiction.

    MANNY WANTS TO BE A FOOTBALLER. OR A POP STAR. OR WRITE A BESTSELLER. HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED...

    'Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl who I didn't know... If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life...'

    Set partly in the UK and partly in the Punjab region of India, this is a fresh, bitingly perceptive and totally up-to-the-minute look at one young man's fight to free himself from family expectations and to be himself, free to dance to his own tune.

The Angel Collector
The Angel Collector
Bali Rai
Tales from India
Tales from India
Bali Rai
Web of Darkness
Web of Darkness
Bali Rai
Secrets
Secrets
Bali Rai
Trouble
Trouble
Bali Rai
Fire City
Fire City
Bali Rai
(Un)arranged Marriage
(Un)arranged Marriage
Bali Rai
Killing Honour
Killing Honour
Bali Rai
City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts
Bali Rai
Soccer Squad: Glory!
Soccer Squad: Glory!
Bali Rai
Soccer Squad: Stars!
Soccer Squad: Stars!
Bali Rai
Soccer Squad: Missing!
Soccer Squad: Missing!
Bali Rai
Soccer Squad: Starting Eleven
Soccer Squad: Starting Eleven
Bali Rai
The Last Taboo
The Last Taboo
Bali Rai
The Whisper
The Whisper
Bali Rai
Rani And Sukh
Rani And Sukh
Bali Rai
The Crew
The Crew
Bali Rai

Soccer Squad

4 Books

The Originals

27 Books

Bali Rai's first novel for young adults (Un)Arranged Marriage, created a huge amount of interest and won many awards, including the Angus Book Award and the Leicester Book of the Year. It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase first novel award. Rani and Sukh and The Whisper were both shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Bali is also the author of the hugely popular Soccer Squad series for younger readers. Bali was born in Leicester where he still lives, writing full-time and visiting schools to talk about his books. You can visit him at www.balirai.co.uk

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