When Our Worlds Collided: Winner of the YA Book Prize and the Jhalak YA Prize!

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It resonates on what is happening now and gets you thinking on how the police deal with matters that are very close to home and what is currently in the news. Brilliantly written, and something more people should read. I've already passed the copy on to my daughter. They were raised by an awful person. A man who wants his revenge on our kind.” He tilted his head. “Can you do it? Can you stop them?” I feel I know these issues, but even then, as I read, different things kept on being lit like little flares of SOS or distress.

Cats: I just couldn't connect with it. The book had a few good points, but none that I like in a book. All three are at a pivotal educational point, too. About to sit their GCSEs and still figuring out what they want to do with their lives when this horrific stabbing takes place. Some really hard themes, but an incredibly thorough book - and the interwoven theme of all of their friendship developing throughout whilst they are having to deal with so much was really touching. A young lad, Marc, moving through the care system with no one behind him, except his most recent carer, who might not be as bad as he thinks, and also hiding more about his identity than just his living circumstances. Hard-hitting yet still hopeful, this is an emotional powerhouse of a book’ Alexandra Sheppard, author of Oh My GodsUsagi took the photo, staring at the turtle yokai. Leonardo. Draxum was expecting Usagi to do something that felt rather impossible at the moment. Usagi could lie, cheat, deceive. But it was harder to do when it came to someone’s heart. Playing with the mind was easy, the heart was tougher. But how hard could it be? He slayed yokai of all kinds on the daily, and was one of the best champions Big Mama had. If he could do that, he could accomplish a simple spy mission. “What do I get out of it?” Usagi ventured. If Big Mama had taught him anything, it was that there was also something to be gained. Adapted by Robin Bright, Illustrations by Lauren Adams, Rebecca Galloway, Michelle McIver & Tony Mitchell Hard-hitting yet still hopeful, this is an emotional powerhouse of a book’ Alexandra Sheppard, author of Oh My Gods' Spying was hard work. You had to blend in, and Usagi wasn’t sure how well he could blend in with a group of seemingly delinquent turtle teens. “How exactly am I getting to them? I mean, it’s not like they’re gonna trust me right away.”

This threesome of new friendship in Manchester all faced different inequalities whether that was walking down the street, just being in class or trying to live in the care system. Some of the things that happened in this book made me rage. The organisational prejudice was hideous, police and media. Ms Edwards was a complete tool and as an educator myself, I hated her with a passion but I know people like her exist which is, I guess, why I hated her so much. But then we had Gran, Mrs Cohen and Dry Eileen who frankly was a hug in human form; I adored her. As one of the characters himself states, there is a perception within the UK that there is no systemic racism, which is a complete nonsense, and this book shows in minute detail the everyday racism that people of colour experience, from microaggressions to overt racism, from all parts of society - school, police, the justice system and the media. The author used her characters to expose and show the flaws in all these elements, even down to the books that pupils are asked to study at GCSE level.The book, Jawando said, was “so hard to write”. “For a long time, I thought it was really terrible,” she said. “I lost a lot of confidence with this book.” She said she was “really honoured” to win the prize. Talks can then be followed by a creative writing workshop. Ioffer workshops on: activism through art and the power of your voice,writing where you comefrom, the elements of a great story and scriptwriting. Well, you’ll be getting to know them very soon. They’re currently the only thing in my way from accomplishing my current goal, and I need a means of stopping them. But they’re unpredictable, wild, and always unexpected.” He smiled coldly. “That is where you come in. You will serve as my spy.” From start to finish this is an evocative, immersive and well-balanced read with brilliant characters, important discussions and some much-needed moments of levity too. Most importantly, however, When Our Worlds Collided is a story you certainly won’t forget in a hurry. I offer an interactive talk about my path to becoming an author, where I get my inspiration and the themes within my books (this is then followed by a Q&A.) As both ‘When Our Worlds Collided’ and ‘And the Stars Were Burning Brightly’ explore quite challenging issues this is recommend for Year 9 and above.

Not to mention, he could die if he didn’t. He shuddered. He really didn’t want to die. He had come this far.People who look like me and Shaq, we're never seen as whe we are-kids. We're never even seen as being human." These are three very different teens, but they’ve all been exposed to their own trauma or struggles, they’re all at a key moment in their lives as they prepare for their GCSEs, and most importantly, they’ve all been affected by racism. Passing comments, treatment by police, expectations at school and that’s only a few. But things come to ahead following the stabbing.