It’s 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed `Yankee Girl’ and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl Valerie – one of the school’s first black students...

In Meg Medina’s compelling novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school – and must discover resources she never knew she had. One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado...

This is the true story of Yasmeena, a bright and beautiful young Lebanese woman who was imprisoned in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Yasmeena’s shocking journey is a tale of the madness of war, of the sexual brutality...

“Laugh out loud funny & a great travel guide.” * Have you ever thought of giving up work and heading off into the sunset with surf boards on your roof? If you answer ‘Yes’ – or you just like...

In the dry spring of 1999, eleven-year-old Stephen Majok watches as his friend Wol joins a circle of dancers. Wol is celebrating – only fourteen, he is engaged to Stephen’s sister. Wol wants to marry because he might join...

The novella and eight short stories that constitute “Year of the Elephant” – an allusion to a battle described in the Qur’an – serve as an eloquent representation of life in the wake of Morocco’s successful struggle for independence...

When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her...

Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an...

Haunted by a tragic childhood accident, Chala’s whole life has been moulded by guilt and secrets. After the death of the stepfather she adored, Chala is thrown into turmoil once again. Volunteering in Kenya seems to offer an escape,...

Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land...