Set in the valleys of South Wales at the tail end of Thatcher's Britain, The Green Indian Problem is the story of Green, a seven year-old with intelligence beyond his years – an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem: everyone thinks he's a girl.
Green sets out to try and solve the mystery of his identity, but other issues keep cropping up – God, Father Christmas, cancer – and one day his best friend goes missing, leaving a rift in the community and even more unanswered questions. Dealing with deep themes of friendship, identity, child abuse and grief, The Green Indian Problem is, at heart, an all-too-real story of a young boy trying to find out why he's not like the other boys in his class.
Longlisted for the Bridport Prize (in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews category)
- ISBN13 9781913724528
- Publish Date 30 March 2022 (first published 1 January 2022)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Renard Press Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL http://https://renardpress.com/books/the-green-indian-problem/