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The Lion and the Lamb

NCACL Cultural Diversity Database

Title

The Lion and the Lamb

Author

Harlen, Jonathan

Publisher, Date

Hodder Headline, 2002

Audience

Secondary

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Annotation

Juan Castillo and his son, Hector, have immigrated from Nicaragua and now live in inner-Sydney. Juan feuds with a Russian family upstairs. Hector is a pacifist, creative and practical, who struggles to understand his father’s anger. The novel explores conflict between father and son, between races and cultural expectations.
Key Concepts
1. Conflict
2. Cross Cultural Relations
3. Family
4. Immigrants