The Sound of Everything Rebecca Henry The Sound of Everything is a heart-felt coming of age story for all those who struggle to feel like they deserve love. Betrayal, rejection, violence Kadie has known it all. She’s tough and prepared for everything. Everything except love. Kadie has has just arrived in yet another foster home. She trusts no one and lives […] Communication, Family, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Love, Violence AGES: 12-14 AGES: 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 Now or Never Bali Rai A gripping adventure in an exciting new series reflecting the authentic, unsung stories of our past! Now or Never brings a young soldier, Private Fazal Khan, from his home in India to the battlefields of the Second World War. Fazal’s world is now focused on Company 32 and the animals he cares for in the […] Adventure, Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Multicultural/international, Prejudice, Violence, War, World Wars 1&2 AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 Tomorrow Nadine Kaadan Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to […] Adventure, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Picture Books, Travel, Violence, War AGES: 3-7 AGES: 7-10 The Girl in the Broken Mirror Savita Kalhan Jay’s creative writing exercise is to write a fairy tale, to end with they lived happily ever after. But the way her life is panning out she s not sure it will ever reach that stage. She and her mother are moving in with distant relatives, and they have super strict rules for girls. Jay […] Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Prejudice, Self-discovery, Values/ Virtues, Violence, Women and feminism AGES: 14+
