Face (novel)

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Face

First edition
Author	Benjamin Zephaniah
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages	207
ISBN	1-58234-774-3

Face is a British novel by British-Jamaican author and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, published in 1999. It is about a young boy who suffers facial injuries in a joyriding accident. Face has also been adapted as a stage play.^[1]

Reception[]

Critical reception for Face has been mixed to positive, with Booklist saying "Martin's personal growth may lack literary finesse, but his struggle to overcome adversity will still involve some readers."^[2] Publishers Weekly praised the book's message but remarked that the plot was "somewhat formulaic".^[3]

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