Black Queen

Messenger

Dear Girl: You are Amazing: Inspiring Stories about Courage, Inner Strength, and Self-Confidence

Teddy's Button

The Gift of Ramadan

Jackanapes, And, the Story of a Short Life (Classic Reprint)

Upstander

Good King Wenceslas

'The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' Guardian

A teacher is dead, murdered by two of his students in front of the whole school.

Right in front of Jackson Jones.

But Mr Joseph was a good man – people liked him, respected him. How could those boys stab him and jog away like nothing had happened?

Unable to process what he has seen, Jackson begins his own investigation: everyone knows who did it, but as Jackson uncovers more about the boys, he becomes convinced that people need to understand why.

Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers:

Refugee Boy
Face
Gangsta Rap
Teacher's Dead

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Black Queen

Michael Morpurgo, Michael Morpurgo M.B.E., 2000

Messenger

Virginia Frances Schwartz, 2002

Dear Girl: You are Amazing: Inspiring Stories about Courage, Inner Strength, and Self-Confidence

Emily Green, 2022

Teddy's Button

Amy Le Feuvre, 1896

The Gift of Ramadan

Rabiah York Lumbard, 2019

Jackanapes, And, the Story of a Short Life (Classic Reprint)

Juliana Horatia Ewing, 2015

Upstander

James Preller, 2021

Good King Wenceslas

John Mason Neale, Christopher Manson, 1853