Thalia

Harri lebt er mit seiner Mutter und Schwester in einem Londoner Sozialbau. Er liebt Haribo, den Aufzug, die Tauben und seine Turnschuhe, Unikate mit selber aufgemalten Adidas-Streifen. Als ein Nachbarsjunge auf offener Straße erstochen wird, beginnt Harri mit seinen abstrusen Ermittlungen.Eleven-year-old Harrison Opuku races through his new life in England in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys from his school. But his life is changed for ever when one of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only silence. Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.