Level 3

ESL B2

Behind the Green Line

Author Alex Woolf

Historical

coexistence, discrimination, empathy, multiculturalism, solidarity

Cyprus, July 1974 The Demetriou and Iaonnidis families are neighbours in a large house in the Greek part of Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. When a bomb falls on their house, and the Turkish invasion begins, their families are thrown into chaos. With the Greek and Turkish forces fighting for control, secrets from the past return, and it’s clear that neither family, nor the island they love, will ever be the same again…

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