Teacher’s Dead

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Bloomsbury presents Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah, read by Ben Bailey Smith.

The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' Guardian

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

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

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