Find out what it's like to be a famous poet, author and performer in this autobiography by Benjamin Zephaniah. Learn what it was like growing up in a house of seven children, meeting Nelson Mandela and how he sets about writing poetry, all told through his own voice and accompanied by artwork from K[...]

Alem, the product of an Ethiopean father and Eritrean mother, is left alone in London, his fate resting in the hands of the Refugee Council and the British justice system. This story charts Alem's fate as he is moved from children's home to foster family, and in and out of court hearings.[...]

A Study Guide for Benjamin Zephaniah 's "Refugee Boy," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature pr[...]

Benjamin Zephaniah decides he has had enough of London. So he takes off to China, specifically to Shaolin Temple, the spiritual home of martial arts and Kung Fu. Benjamin is keen to take on an instructor who will teach him more about Kung Fu. But finding a good instructor is difficult, and the instr[...]

What is a terrorist? A shocking, moving and timely novel about the choices that shape us.Rico knows trouble. He knows the look of it and the sound of it. He also knows to stay away from it as best he can. Because if there's one thing his Romany background has taught him, it's that he will always be [...]

When trouble at school leads to their expulsion, Ray and his two friends are given a second chance in the music industry where they learn the business, lay down tracks, and become a famous rap group, but when trouble comes to them, the new group decides to stick to all the positive things they have [...]

Benjamin Zephaniah dedicated this collection of 22 new poems to "the caring, dedicated young vegans of the world...who will not stand for any exploitation whatever the species." Filled with the unique "radical rapper" poems that Zephaniah is famous for, this book also includes an extensive contact l[...]