Teacher’s Dead
- Author Benjamin Zephaniah
- Narrator Ben Bailey Smith
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 4 hours and 20 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and bereavement, Narrative theme: Social issues.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- £7.99
- £6.99
- £5.99
- £4.99
- £3.99
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What to expect
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 Boy
Face
Gangsta Rap
Teacher's Dead
Critics Review
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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
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