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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 20 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781472156150 | ISBN 10: 1472156153
‘Beautiful and immersive. I was completely absorbed’ Andreina Cordani ‘Exceptional ... A story of empowerment, bravery and courage’ J P Rose Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. It is nearly five years since her ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780702311482 | ISBN 10: 0702311480
A powerful retelling of the extraordinary life of orphaned African princess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta. “You are not an aristocrat. An aristocrat is born to a noble family. You were born into royalty. You are a princess.” Set in 18 ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911115571 | ISBN 10: 191111557x
Sunny Nwazue is back in this gripping sequel to Nnedi Okorafor's What Sunny Saw in the Flames. Sunny has settled into life at the Leopard Society, with friends Orlu, Chichi and Sasha. Her magic powers continue to grow under the tutelage of h ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781509871353 | ISBN 10: 1509871357
Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie remembers whe ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786695499 | ISBN 10: 1786695499
A powerful, haunting, contemporary debut that steps seamlessly from the horrors of people-trafficking to the magic of African folklore, by an award-winning Ghanaian-British filmmaker. Sante was a baby when she was washed ashore in a sea-chest la ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780142420911 | ISBN 10: 0142420913
Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world. Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are Afr ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786072290 | ISBN 10: 1786072297
The Hunger Games meets The Thief Lord in this enthralling murder mystery set in Kenya. In the shadows of Sangui City, a street-thief called Tina patiently plots her revenge. Her mother has been shot dead at the home of one of Kenya's richest ... more
View book details£6.50 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781926890142 | ISBN 10: 1926890140
It’s 1976 in South Africa. Written from the points-of-view of four young people living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto — Zanele, a black female student organizer, Meena, of South Asian background working at her father’s ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783442706 | ISBN 10: 1783442700
Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali. Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah. Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. T ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781405271363 | ISBN 10: 1405271361
Em and Teo are the children of stunt pilots Rhoda and Delia, who perform daring aerobatics to appreciative audiences. But while the sight of two girls wingwalking one white, one black is a welcome novelty in some parts of the USA in the 1920s, it ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781848531437 | ISBN 10: 1848531435
'Diamonds for everyone.' That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange diamond fields, leaving his previous life, school and friends behind with hopes for a better life. Soon Patson is working in the mines ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781445134390 | ISBN 10: 144513439x
Black History is brought to life in this exciting and engaging series, bringing together events from early civilisations in Africa right up to modern-day life for black communities across the world. The Black History series brings together a w ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781445134468 | ISBN 10: 1445134462
Black History is brought to life in this exciting and engaging series, bringing together events from early civilisations in Africa right up to modern-day life for black communities across the world. ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781406337167 | ISBN 10: 1406337161
One boy's struggle for freedom during South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. 1970s South Africa. Eleven-year-old Joshua lives with his mother, who works as a maid for the Malherbes in a white middle-class area in Cape Town. We see this e ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780571254316 | ISBN 10: 0571254314
Monkey Escape at London Zoo: Link to Missing Schoolgirl! Wilhelmina Silvers world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home ... more
View book details£5.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780060872656 | ISBN 10: 0060872659
She promised her mama she'd keep them safe. It's been six months since Mama died, and Chanda is struggling to raise her little brother and sister. Determined to end a family feud, she takes them to her relatives' remote rural village. &nb ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781842706732 | ISBN 10: 184270673x
Based on the true story of Jeanne, an 8-year-old girl who survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994, the only member of her family who did. Here her adoptive mother Hanna Jansen retells her story with a clarity and honesty that is at once moving and insp ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780862786571 | ISBN 10: 0862786576
Yola's leg is blown off by a landmine and her life in Africa is changed forever. When Yola travels to Ireland to be fitted with an artificial leg and meets seventeen-year-old Fintan, she little realises that they will soon be involved in an internat ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9781865081816 | ISBN 10: 1865081817
'It was the most dangerous thing she could have done. But Sofia was only playing - pushing and shoving and laughing with her sister as they ran out to the fields one pearly dawn. Sofia didn't mean to step off the path. She didn't mean to tread on the ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781860398797 | ISBN 10: 1860398790
When Kaninda survives a brutal attack on his village in East Africa he joins the rebel army, where he's trained to carry weapons, and to use them. But aid workers take him to London where he fetches up in a comprehensive school. Clan and tribal c ... more
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