Talking Turkeys

Funky Chickens

Bad Apple

Black Queen

Messenger

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

Teddy's Button

The Gift of Ramadan

'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

Talking Turkeys

Benjamin Zephaniah, 1995

Funky Chickens

Benjamin Zephaniah, 1996

Bad Apple

T. R. Burns, 2012

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