The Twelfth Day of July is first of Joan Lingard’s influential Kevin and Sadie books, set in Belfast during the Troubles. It is one of The Originals from Penguin – iconic, outspoken, first. Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic – and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare – kids fooling around – but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin’s life forever. But will the world around them change too?