Teacher's Dead

Funky Chickens

Talking Turkeys

Terror Kid

Liam

Grenade

Secrets in the Fire

The Light in Hidden Places

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 the unthinkable. His father has left him. It is only when the owner of the bed and breakfast hands him a letter that Alem is given an explanation. Alem's father admits that because of the political problems in Ethiopia both he and Alem's mother felt Alem would be safer in London - even though it is breaking their hearts to do this. Alem is now on his own, in the hands of the social services and the Refugee Council. He lives from letter to letter, waiting to hear from his father, and in particular about his mother, who has now gone missing... A powerful, gripping new novel from the popular Benjamin Zephaniah.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Teacher's Dead

Benjamin Zephaniah, Zephaniah, 2007

Funky Chickens

Benjamin Zephaniah, 1996

Talking Turkeys

Benjamin Zephaniah, 1995

Terror Kid

Benjamin Zephaniah, 2014

Liam

Benjamin Zephaniah, Dan Taylor, Natalie Packer, 2012

Grenade

Alan Gratz, 2018

Secrets in the Fire

Henning Mankell, Anne Connie Stuksrud, 1995

The Light in Hidden Places

Sharon Cameron, 2020