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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 14 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241515037 | ISBN 10: 0241515033
This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. From memories of getting thei ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9789353572693 | ISBN 10: 935357269x
The year was 1991. Vivek was eight. He realized he was gay. Only he didn’t: he just figured that he wanted to be different. And that he was in love – for want of a better word – with Deepak, his best friend. Then Mast Kalandar released, with An ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781419723810 | ISBN 10: 1419723812
Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju cre ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780750283892 | ISBN 10: 0750283890
Learn all about the actions of gay history-makers, from Henry Gerber and Larry Kramer to the Stonewall community and Oscar Wilde, Ellen DeGeneres and Sir Elton John. Learn about the actions of gay history makers in this book, ranging from the ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780571314478 | ISBN 10: 0571314473
Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistr ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141345352 | ISBN 10: 0141345357
"June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support." Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780750283755 | ISBN 10: 0750283750
Learn all about the lives of Asian history-makers, from Genghis Khan and Mao Tse-Tung to Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and the Dalai Lama, Confucius and Buddha. Find out about the actions of Asian history makers in this book, ranging from the extreme ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781743361351 | ISBN 10: 1743361351
This amazing true story of a boy fleeing Tehran on his own during the Iran-Iraq War provides a powerful child's-eye view of political tumult, separation, survival, dreams and triumphs in a moving memoir that chronicles extraordinary times in an ordin ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781910200018 | ISBN 10: 1910200018
The first comic book EVER to be shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award for Book with Facts - an extraordinary achievement! The dead are rising! Up out of the mouldering pages of history comes the chat show that digs the dirt on some o ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781471402272 | ISBN 10: 1471402274
The Isobel Journal is no ordinary snapshot of a contemporary teenage life. A charming and vivid narrative scrapbook of the eighteen-year-old author's sketches, mini-graphic novels, photographs and captions, it captures her wit, her observations and h ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780552561563 | ISBN 10: 0552561568
"Ever since I was little, I have loved writing stories and poems. I would get an idea, buy a new exercise book, and start writing industriously, thinking myself the creator of a masterpiece. But by the end of the week I would think of another better ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780552559683 | ISBN 10: 0552559687
A lavish, full-colour extravaganza! Filled with pieces about Jacky's books, quizzes, ideas for parties, hobbies and games - and fantastic new stories from Jacqueline too. Also features a What Happened Next page, an article on how to get Jacqueline's ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781843103912 | ISBN 10: 1843103915
Have you ever found yourself worrying about the gerns on a door handle or counting the number of stairs at home? Do you avoid the cracks between paving stones as you walk down the street? Imagine what it would be like for these compulsions to dictate ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091905606 | ISBN 10: 0091905605
The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. By the time she was fifteen, she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink, men and misplaced clothes. And so it began... A New York Times bestseller, Smashed has alre ... more
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