Lubna and Pebble
Wendy Meddour
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This is a tender story about finding comfort amid displacement, then recognising another child's loneliness. Its emotional centre is Lubna's difficult decision about a treasured object.
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Wendy Meddour
This is a tender story about finding comfort amid displacement, then recognising another child's loneliness. Its emotional centre is Lubna's difficult decision about a treasured object.
Kelly Yang
This is a socially aware family story with a determined child protagonist. It combines motel life, immigrant family pressures and Mia’s writing ambitions, while presenting difficult injustices alongside friendship, support and attempts to help others.
Cassandra Jules Corrigan
Expect a structured introduction rather than a conventional story: two narrators explain pronouns, gender-related terms and etiquette through dialogue, examples and illustrations, with additional adult resources at the back.
Benjamin Dean
This is an emotionally engaging family story about a child trying to understand separation, a parent’s newly disclosed sexuality and the limits of fixing adult problems. Friendship, humour and Pride’s community provide energy and hope.
Paul Harfleet
This is a visually contrasting, rhyming story about a boy who loves the natural world, faces homophobic bullying at school, and develops a plan to reclaim his school through creativity and nature.
A warm, focused story about family, Muslim identity and responding to unkindness. It offers a child’s-eye view of hijab through sisters whose pride and solidarity remain central when classmates make hurtful comments.
Adiba Jaigirdar
A warm, issue-rich coming-of-age romance about being seen honestly within family, faith and school life. Its humour and friendships sit alongside serious questions about racism, homophobia and cultural ownership.