Diversity & Inclusion
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Punching The Air (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. ‘Boys just being boys’ turns out to be true only when those boys are white. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal Shahid’s bright future is upended:...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 386
- MBE Code : 449
Rat (Super-Readable Rollercoasters)
When his mum is sent back to prison, Al knows exactly who's to blame. Mr Brayker, who lives downstairs, has been making trouble for Al's mum ever since they moved in, and Al's determined to get his revenge. Ignoring advice from his gran and sister, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 152
- MBE Code : 684
Refugee Boy
Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 304
- MBE Code : 183
Reggie Houser Has The Power
Reggie Houser has ADHD and struggles to make friends at school, plus his mum and teachers seem constantly weary about his erratic, high-energy ways.
But when he sees a hypnotist perform on stage at the holiday park he visits, Reggie ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 276
- MBE Code : 736
Rick
Rick’s never questioned much.
He’s tagged along with his best friend Jeff, even when Jeff’s acted like a bully.
He’s let his Dad joke with him about girls, even though it makes him feel uncomfortable.
Everyone around him seems to think...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 473
Safiyyah’s War (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever.
Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 336
- MBE Code : 582
Stitched Up
The horrific real-life cost of fast fashion is exposed in this gripping tale of survival from bestselling author Steve Cole. When twelve-year-old Hanh is offered a job as a shop assistant in Hanoi, she sees it as a chance to earn money to send back ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 122
- MBE Code : 539
Striking Out
Thirteen-year-old Jerome Jackson dreams of becoming a world-class footballer.
But with a difficult home life, Jerome can't see how he'll ever make this dream come true ... until he meets a mentor figure who can hopefully put him on the right track....
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 248
- MBE Code : 527
The 57 Bus
One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both their lives forever.
Two teenagers growing up in Oakland, California. One, Sasha, was born male but identifies as agender, wears skirts and attends a private ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 567
The Art Of Being Normal
Two outsiders. Two secrets.
David longs to be a girl. Leo wants to be invisible.
When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School, secrets have a funny habit ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 668
The Black Flamingo
Michael waits in the stage wings, wearing a pink wig, pink fluffy coat and black heels.One more step will see him illuminated by spotlight.He has been on a journey of bravery to get here, and he is almost ready to show himself to the world in bold ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 368
- MBE Code : 439
The Bone Sparrow
The Bone Sparrow is a beautiful, captivating and a deeply moving read that reflects upon a refugee boy, named Subhi. All he knows of the world is that he is at least 19 fence diamonds high and at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 240
- MBE Code : 163
The Boxer
Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 280
- MBE Code : 501
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream.
He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word.
A tough career for anyone, but surely ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 360
- MBE Code : 444
The Color Purple
Set in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 270
- MBE Code : 460
The Day I Was Erased
The third read-in-one-sitting mystery from the author of unforgettable bestseller The Goldfish Boy.
Maxwell is always in trouble. He's a total menace to his teachers and big sister, but has a soft side, too: he rescued his dog, Monster, from being...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 417
The Door Of No Return (Shortlisted For The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024)
Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, West Africa, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 432
- MBE Code : 583
The Double Life Of Ted Amos
Ted has always wanted to be a popular kid, but due to an embarrassing incident that will not be named, he finds it harder than ever to fit in.
But when Ted’s parents split up, his whole life changes.
Although leaving his best friend ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 324
- MBE Code : 737
The Fault in Our Stars
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 352
- MBE Code : 401
The Goldfish Boy
A story about finding friendship when you're lonely - and hope when all you feel is fear. Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 400
- MBE Code : 158
The Hate U Give
Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 464
- MBE Code : 295
The Henna Wars
When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants – as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to lose her family, but she also doesn’t want to hide who she is, which ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 388
- MBE Code : 474
The Last Firefox
Between bullies at school and changes at home, Charlie Challinor finds life a bit scary. And when he's made guardian of a furry fox cub called Cadno, things get a whole lot scarier.
Because Cadno isn't just any fox: he's a firefox - the only one ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 296
- MBE Code : 528
The Light In Everything (Shortlisted for the YOTO Carnegie Medal 2023)
From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022, comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in your heart for new life and new love.
Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 318
- MBE Code : 522
The Lion Above The Door
Leo and his best friend Sangeeta are the odd ones out in their school. But as Leo’s dad is always telling him, it’s because they’re special. Only thing is, if they’re so special, how come they never see anyone who looks like them in their ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 316
- MBE Code : 564