Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples
Fye Network The Mischievous Mosquitoes of Banjul
£19.94
Fye Network Bakary Anaenda Safari
£17.99
G.M. Reyes A is for Adobo
£23.51
£11.39
Thomas Turcich Savannahs World of Adventure
£15.00
£12.34
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Taking Care of Me
£14.42
£11.52
Independently Published Nick and Aya Travel to Peru 3 Nick and Aya Travel the World
£10.98
Penguin Putnam Inc Who Is the Dalai Lama
Book SynopsisGet to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today.
£7.48
Penguin Putnam Inc The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Book SynopsisA 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor BookSave the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela’s restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a poetry enthusiast who moves into Arturo’s apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He almost doesn’t notice the smarmy land developer who rolls into town and threatens to change it. Arturo refuses to let his family and community go down without a fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the
£8.54
£14.16
Lulu.com Exploring Jordan
£10.72
Lulu.com Exploring Romania
£11.52
Lulu.com Young Amelia Earhart
£19.73
St. Martins Press-3PL Haunted Histories
£9.99
Palgrave USA Primates The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall
Book SynopsisJim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an informative look at primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the 20th century.
£12.31
Square Fish Last Days of Jesus The His Life and Times
Book SynopsisAdapted from Bill O'Reilly's bestselling historical thriller Killing Jesus, and richly illustrated, The Last Days of Jesus is a riveting, fact-based account of the life and times of Jesus.
£21.34
Roaring Brook Press Choosing Brave
Book SynopsisA Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son''s death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.Mamie Till-Mobley is the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was brutally murdered while visiting the South in 1955. His death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement, but few know that it was his mother who was the catalyst for bringing his name to the forefront of history.In Choosing Brave, Angela Joy and Janelle Washington offer a testament to the power of love, the bond of motherhood, and one woman''s unwavering advocacy for justice. It is a poised, moving work about a woman who refocused her unimaginable grief into action for the greater good. Mamie fearlessly refused to allow America to turn away from what happened to her only child. She turned pain into change that ensured her son''s life mattered.Timely, powerful, and beautifully told,
£15.19
Roaring Brook Press Egyptian Lullaby
Book SynopsisA rich, beautifully layered ode to the great city of Cairo, Egypt, its people, and culture.Every night, my Ametti Fatma sings the sounds of Egypt to me as I fall asleep. This is the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish. This is the boat, that glides on the Nile, that flows through the city. Swish, swoosh, swish.Each night, a young girl''s Auntie Fatma puts her to bed, singing a lullaby filled with rich imagery of her home in Egypt. As Auntie Fatma sings, we are given a glimpse of modern Cairo, from boats making their way down the Nile to gentle calls to prayer from the mosques to young children joyfully playing soccer in the streets. Join Zeena Pliska and Hatem Aly on a vibrant journey to Cairo in this gorgeous, layered song.
£15.19
Square Fish Cilla LeeJenkins The Epic Story
Book SynopsisCilla Lee-Jenkins returns to pursue her dreams of becoming a successful author while dealing with her Chinese-American family in Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story by writer Susan Tan and illustrator Dana Wulfekotte.Anyone who spends time with Cilla Lee-Jenkins will look forward to reading her in the future. Booklist, starred review, on Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire Pricilla Cilla Lee-Jenkins has already written a Bestseller and a Classicnow it's time for her to write an Epic Story. Epics are all about brave heroes overcoming Struggles to save the world, and this year, Cilla is facing her toughest struggles yet: Cilla is in fifth grade and, unlike her classmates, not at all ready to start middle school She has two younger sisters to look after now and they don''t exactly get along Her beloved grandfather YeYe has had a stroke and forgotten his English, and i
£13.60
Roaring Brook Press Frizzy
Book SynopsisWinner of the Pura Belpré Award for Children''s TextWinner of the Eisner for Best Publication for Kids Indie BestsellerNew York Times-bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega and star debut artist Rose Bousamra''s Frizzy is about Marlene, a young Dominican girl whose greatest enemy is the hair salon! Through her struggles and triumphs, this heartwarming and gorgeous middle-grade graphic novel shows the radical power of accepting yourself as you are, frizzy curls and all.Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and growing up. That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have presentable, good hair.But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn''t understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment, and t
£12.27
Square Fish STELLA DIAZ HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
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£8.71
Henry Holt & Company Hopeful Heroes
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£16.88
Feiwel & Friends Hazels Best Day
£15.82
Roaring Brook Press The Heart of Our Home
£16.88
Henry Holt & Company Epic Athletes Caitlin Clark
£999.99
Roaring Brook Press History Comics The Stonewall Riots
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£9.99
St Martin's Press Doomed Sacco Vanzetti the End of the American
Book SynopsisFrom John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.In the early 1920s, a Red Scare gripped America. Many of those targeted were Italians, Eastern Europeans, and other immigrants.When an armed robbery resulting in the death of two people broke headlines in Massachusetts, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzettiboth Italian immigrantswere quick to be accused.A heated trial ensued, but through it all, the two men maintained their innocence. The controversial case quickly rippled past borders as it became increasingly clear that Sacco and Vanzetti were fated for a death sentence. Protests sprang up around the world to fight for their lives.Learn the tragic history we dare not repeat in Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream, an action-packed, fast-paced nonfiction
£17.84
Henry Holt & Company Firekeepers Daughter
Book SynopsisA PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICKAn Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerSoon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama''s production company, Higher Ground. One of this year''s most buzzed about young adult novels. Good Morning America A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time SelectionAmazon''s Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)A 2021 Kids'' Indie Next List SelectionAn Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 SelectionA PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book SelectionWith four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley''s debut novel, Firekeeper''s Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas a
£14.99
St Martin's Press Warrior Girl Unearthed
Book SynopsisAn Instant New York Times bestseller!A #1 Indies Bestseller!A Publisher''s Lunch Best YA of 2023!An Amazon Best Book of the Year!Winner of the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award!A Horn Book Fanfare Title!A BookPage Best Book of the Year!An Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month!An Indie Next Pick!FIVE STARRED REVIEWS FOR WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED!#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper''s Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won''t ever take her far from home, and she wouldn''t have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in
£14.25
Roaring Brook Press Wolfpack
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£14.44
Square Fish Ace of Spades
Book SynopsisGossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. All you need to know is . . . I'm here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. Aces When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too.Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed li
£11.69
Roaring Brook Press Continental Drifter
Book SynopsisA fantastic story about the awkward feelings of being from neither here nor there.Dan Santat, National Book Award winner and author of A First Time for EverythingWith a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine.Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries, she struggles to fit in. She doesn't look like the other kids in thisrural New England town. Kathy just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand . . . or anywhere.
£999.99
Square Fish Angel of Greenwood
Book SynopsisAngel of Greenwood by Randi Pink is a piercing, unforgettable love story set in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as the Black Wall Street, and against the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family's financial situation is in turmoil.Though they've attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can't turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the Black community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of re
£10.44
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Loudmouth
£19.12
Roaring Brook Press Hispanic Star En Espanol Roberto Clemente
Book SynopsisEscrito por Claudia Romo Edelman y Sara E. Echenique, con ilustraciones por Manuel Gutierrez, Hispanic Star en español: Roberto Clemente, forma parte de una emocionante serie de biografías para lectores jovenes, perfecto para los fanaticos de la serie Quién fue?Conoce al miembro del Salón de la Fama del Béisbol, Roberto Clemente, antes solo un niño de Carolina, Puerto Rico, al que le encantaba jugar pelota en las calles de su pueblo con sus parientes y amigos. Roberto, un estelar jardinero derecho, jugó dieciocho temporadas en las Grandes Ligas, pero su vida terminó trágicamente cuando el avión que había alquilado para llevar auxilio a Nicaragua chocó. Clemente, el primer jugador latinoamericano que ingresó en el Salón Nacional de la Fama del Béisbol, allanó el camino para las futuras generaciones de peloteros latinos.Hispanic Star celebra con orgullo a los héroes latinos e hispanos que han hecho grandes contribuciones a
£7.96
SQUARE FISH Wolfpack Young Readers Edition
£8.91
Square Fish What Fell from the Sky
£8.82
Square Fish Firekeepers Daughter
Book SynopsisA PRINTZ MEDAL WINNER!A MORRIS AWARD WINNER!AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD YA HONOR BOOK!A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICKAn Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerSoon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama''s production company, Higher Ground. One of this year''s most buzzed about young adult novels. Good Morning America A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time SelectionAmazon''s Best YA Book of 2021 So Far (June 2021)A 2021 Kids'' Indie Next List SelectionAn Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 SelectionA PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book SelectionWith four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley''s debut novel, Firekeeper''s Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for read
£13.49
Square Fish A Magic Steeped in Poison
Book SynopsisA #1 New York Times Bestseller!Judy I. Lin''s sweeping debut A Magic Steeped in Poison, first in a duology, is sure to enchant fans of Adrienne Young and Leigh Bardugo.I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all I can think is, These are the hands that buried my mother.For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it''s her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed herthe poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu.When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom''s greatest shennong-shimasters of the ancient and magical art of tea-makingshe travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning''s only chance to save her sister''s life. But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be
£12.59
Flatiron Books The Black Girl Survives in This One
£13.49
First Second Rizos Frizzy Spanish language edition
Book SynopsisUna novela gráfica de grado medio sobre Marlene, una joven que deja de alisarse el pelo y acepta sus rizos naturales.Marlene ama tres cosas: el arte, a su adorada tía Ruby y pasar el tiempo con Camilla, su mejor amiga. Pero su mamá piensa que se debería enfocar solamente en sus estudios y en madurar; y esto último implica alisarse el pelo todos los fines de semana para que se vea presentable y bueno. Pero Marlene odia ir al salón y no entiende por qué nadie a su alrededor piensa que sus rizos naturales son bonitos. Después de algunos desafíos y momentos vergonzosos, además de la ayuda imprescindible de Camilla y tía Ruby, poco a poco Marlene emprende el camino de aprender a apreciar su pelo rizo y llevarlo con orgullo. __ A middle grade graphic novel about Marlene, a young girl who stops straightening her hair and embraces her natural curls.Marlene loves three things: books, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But
£12.34
Henry Holt & Company A Map for Falasteen
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£13.78
Lulu.com Who Put That Voice There
£11.09
Lulu.com No Chains on Her Voice
£29.34
Lulu.com Messages That Won the War
£19.73
Lulu.com Me and Gus
£24.69
