Alex Wheatle
The Humiliations of Welton Blake
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East of Acre Lane
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Bernard Mensah
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Set in 1981, the year of the Brixton riots, the novel is a gripping thriller in a society on the edge of explosion. Wheatle focusses on Biscuit and his posse as a way to introduce the whole community. Biscuit lives with his mother, brother and sister....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reminiscent of my youth
- By Grace on 18-05-24
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East of Acre Lane
- Narrated by: Bernard Mensah
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 19-11-20
- Language: English
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Liccle Bit
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire of telling him he has no chance with girls. Things aren't much better at home....
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Liccle Bit
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Series: Crongton, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
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Cane Warriors
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Noel Arthur, Alex Wheatle
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Moa is 14. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cane Warriors
- By Issy on 04-06-22
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Cane Warriors
- Narrated by: Noel Arthur, Alex Wheatle
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Sufferah
- Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Troy Glasglow
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse and his imprisonment as a young man protesting against systemic racism and police brutality....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Identity
- By Lex Richards on 24-07-24
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Sufferah
- Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head
- Narrated by: Troy Glasglow
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Crongton Knights
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died....
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Crongton Knights
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Series: Crongton, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 27-05-21
- Language: English
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Brixton Rock
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Joel Trill
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Brenton Brown is 16 years old....
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1 out of 5 stars
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OMFG!!!
- By Daz on 14-03-15
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Brixton Rock
- Narrated by: Joel Trill
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-07-11
- Language: English
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Witness
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: David Monteith
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Cornell is having a bad time. Kicked out of secondary school for a fight he didn't start, he finds himself in a Pupil Referral Unit. Here he makes friends with one of the Sinclair family....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Relatable Moral Easy Read
- By Anne C on 30-01-24
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Witness
- Narrated by: David Monteith
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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Island Songs
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
She wondered what kind of world she had brought her two daughters into, the tedious cycle of rural Jamaican life. No chance for them to set off upon adventures and see the outside world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Masterful prequel to East of Acre Lane
- By Anonymous User on 18-03-24
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Island Songs
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 28-10-21
- Language: English
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The Humiliations of Welton Blake
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Welton Blake has done it! He's asked out Carmella McKenzie—the best-looking girl in school—and she's only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change....
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The Humiliations of Welton Blake
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 07-04-22
- Language: English
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Home Girl
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Zoe Grisedale
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
New from the winner of the Guardian Children's Book Award: Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the care system....
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Home Girl
- Narrated by: Zoe Grisedale
- Series: Crongton, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 26-09-19
- Language: English
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In the Ends
- A Crongton Story
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Things have been quiet in South Crongton. It's been an age since anyone last spotted Manjaro, South Crong's most notorious warlord. But there have been murmurs that something is coming.
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In the Ends
- A Crongton Story
- Narrated by: Michael Ajao
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-07-24
- Language: English
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Brenton Brown
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
Juliet is consumed with guilt knowing that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes while she received all her mother's love....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book and Authentic
- By Debbie W. on 23-10-18
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Brenton Brown
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 24-06-11
- Language: English
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Straight Outta Crongton
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Kathryn Drysdale
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Life's a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum's boyfriend, Lloyd, is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are fraught with hazards and nasty G's; and when it comes to matters of the heart...she's still hung up on Sam....
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Straight Outta Crongton
- Narrated by: Kathryn Drysdale
- Series: Crongton, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 19-07-21
- Language: English
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Kemosha of the Caribbean
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Sara Novak
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Kemosha and her brother have lived their whole lives in slavery. Sold away to work in lawless Port Royal, Kemosha takes her chance to escape brutal treatment....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Kemosa of the Caribbean
- By Andrew Fontenelle on 22-04-22
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Kemosha of the Caribbean
- Narrated by: Sara Novak
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-02-22
- Language: English
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Straight Outta Crongton
- Crongton, Book 3
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Narrated by: Kathryn Drysdale
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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'Round these ends, it's hard to hold on to your dreams Life's a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum's boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are fraught with hazards and nasty Gs....
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Straight Outta Crongton
- Crongton, Book 3
- Narrated by: Kathryn Drysdale
- Series: Crongton, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-08-21
- Language: English
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The Girl with the Red Boots
- By: Alex Wheatle
- Length: 12 hrs
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Fourteen-year-old aspiring footballer Kadeen Best is sent to stay with her Aunt Mel in London after her beloved older brother is tragically killed and she identifies the shooter - a dangerous crime lord.
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The Girl with the Red Boots
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 24-04-25
- Language: English
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