Along Came a Different Tom McLaughlin Reds love being red. Yellows love being yellow. And Blues love being blue. The problem is that they just don’t like each other. But one day, along comes a different colour who likes Reds, Yellows and Blues, and suddenly everything starts to change. Maybe being different doesn’t mean you can’t be friends … A very […] Fiction, Friendship, Picture Books, Prejudice, Racism AGES: 3-7 Old Dog, New Tricks Bali Rai When the Singh family move into a new house, their neighbour Mick is far from welcoming. He’s mean to everyone and his racist beliefs make living next door to him hard for the Singhs. But Harvey is convinced that Mick just needs help and that he’s the one to do it – he just needs […] Family, Fiction, Friendship, Racism AGES: 12-14 Jupiter Williams Steve I. Martin London 1800. Jupiter is young, black, living at the African Academy in Clapham with other boys from wealthy Sierra Leonean families. His life is a mixture of privilege and dispossession as he copes with the cruelty of his teachers, the rivalries and tensions among his schoolmates, a sense of duty towards his younger brother Robert […] Adventure, Emotion/ Feelings, Faith/ Culture, Family, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Historical, Historical Fiction, Identity, Inspirational, Multicultural/international, Personal Stories, Politics/human rights, Racism, Violence AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Son of the Circus: A Victorian Story E. L. Norry From the slums to the circus, a mixed-race Victorian boy seeks a place to belong. Ted lives with his mum and poorly big brother in the city of Bradfield. When a stranger turns up in their kitchen, Ted gets two big surprises. Firstly, the man – Pablo Fanque – is the first black circus owner […] Adventure, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Identity, Multicultural/international, Performance, Prejudice, Racism, Victorian AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 That Asian Kid Savita Kalhan Published in August 2019. It was Pick of the Week for Love Reading 4 Schools, and Book of the Week at Letterbox Library. Jeevan’s an A star student in every subject apart from English. He suspects his English teacher, Mrs. Greaves, of marking him down on purpose. But no one believes him – even […] Family, Fiction, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Racism, School/ Learning AGES: 12-14 AGES: 14+ Journey to Jo’burg Beverley Naidoo This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa’s apartheid. Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey […] Adventure, Family, Fiction, Love, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Racism, South Africa's apartheid AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Burn My Heart Beverley Naidoo A powerful and personal story of friendship and betrayal, set against a violent episode in Britain's colonial past. Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Historical Fiction, Identity, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Racism AGES: 12-14 AGES: 14+
