Teacher's Dead - Softcover

Zephaniah, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408895013 ISBN 13: 9781408895016

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018

Synopsis

For young people dealing with ideas in a post-truth world, Benjamin Zephaniah's story of violence, truth and the media is as powerful and pertinent as when it was first published. A teacher is dead, murdered by two of his students in front of the whole school. Right in front of Jackson Jones., But Mr Joseph was a good man - people liked him, respected him. How could those boys stab him and jog away like nothing had happened?Unable to process what he has seen, Jackson begins his own investigation: everyone knows who did it, but as Jackson uncovers more about the boys, he becomes convinced that people need to understand why. Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers: Refugee BoyFaceGangsta RapTeacher's Dead

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Review:

Benjamin Zephaniah rides straight through everybody's taboos, everybody's prejudices, everybody's niceties and gets straight to the heart of the matter . Strong, honest, democratic, accessible to all, Teacher's Dead comes highly recommended (The Bookbag's Jill Murphy on TEACHER'S DEAD)

A brilliant first novel (Guardian on FACE)

A lively and positive account of a boy who is badly scarred in a joyriding crash, and how he comes to terms with it ... incredibly well told (Irish Times on FACE)

An impressive debut, carefully researched ... Zephaniah writes wonderfully natural dialogue with the same ease as he spins out rhyming couplets (Herald on FACE)

The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through ... hilarious and later heartbreaking (Alfred Hickling, Guardian on REFUGEE BOY)

Sweet, funny, highly inventive (Yorkshire Post on REFUGEE BOY)

Humour and innocence are both to the fore as is a sweetness of tone ... more street than poetic, and personal yet universal, Refugee Boy is well told by impassioned writer (York Press on REFUGEE BOY)

The authority with which the story is written leaves the reader no choice but to be drawn in - and indeed educated - into the world of gangsta rap, with all the appropriate vocabulary. Not for a long time have I read a book with such a 'pick me up again' factor (Independent on Sunday on GANGSTA RAP)

A fairytale of hip-hop success ... teens will enjoy the thrilling music fantasy, while many will identify with the smart, talented boys who grow up quickly and rescue themselves (Booklist on GANGSTA RAP)

Book Description:

A thought-provoking and twisty look at the nature of truth and how the media portrays young people accused of serious crimes, from acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1408895013
• ISBN 13: 9781408895016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224