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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: safety matters
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award Winner
of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Shortlisted for the YA
Book Prize, Diverse Book Award and Iris Award Longlisted for the YA
Jhalak Prize Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The
only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane
plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the
overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the
charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the
freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But
before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their
first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is
ticking, and the day of the uprising approaches . . . Irresistible,
gripping and unforgettable, Cane Warriors follows the true story of
Tacky's War in Jamaica, 1760.
A powerful, compelling novel from the critically-acclaimed author of I Am Thunder, about making friends, and breaking them too.
Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE's are looming and his teachers just won't let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don't care about any of it. There's no space in Ilyas' life to just be a teenager.
Serving detention one day, Ilyas finds a kindred spirit in Kelly Matthews, who is fed up with being pigeonholed as the good girl, and their friendship blows the social strata of high school wide open. But when Kelly catches the eye of one of the local bad boys, Imran, he decides to seduce her for a bet – and Ilyas is faced with losing the only person who understands him. Standing up to Imran puts Ilyas' family at risk, but it's time for him to be the superhero he draws in his comic-books, and go kick the moon.
Kick the Moon, is Muhammad Khan's explosive second novel, with original comic-book art from Amrit Birdi, bestselling illustrator of Username:Evie.
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I Didn't Do Nuthin'
(Hardcover)
L.R.E. McGlotham; Illustrated by Lisa Brennan; Edited by Jill Bailin
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I Didn't Do Nuthin' is a short story about a boy that always seems
to get into trouble because of his behavior in class, at home and
on the playground. The story winds the reader through the boy's
decisions and inner thoughts as he comes to the conclusion that
many of his decisions made him a bully in the eyes of his
classmates and his family. The story follows his journey to
discovering what bullying looks like and how it makes others feel.
The artwork is vibrant and the story provides a framework for
opening up a discussion about bullying.
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Batty Betty
(Hardcover)
Kathryn Hast; Illustrated by L M Phang
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A powerful, unforgettable
graphic novel from the world of Wonder, by globally bestselling and
award-winning author R J Palacio. To the millions of readers who
fell in love with R J Palacio's Wonder, Julian is best-known as
Auggie Pullman's classroom bully. White Bird reveals a new side to
Julian's story, as Julian discovers the moving and powerful tale of
his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish
girl in occupied France during the Second World War. An
unforgettable, unputdownable story about strength, courage and the
power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save
lives, from the globally bestselling author of Wonder.
Powerful, riveting, real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw,
insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction
collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For
fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with
an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the
poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the
gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a
different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing,
victims and perpetrators, these stories get to the heart of the
matter. From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun
comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless
tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at
hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes,
each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels. The
juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales,
each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society
is, and the impact they have on all of us. Other acclaimed
contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block,
Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron
Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim
Wynne-Jones.
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