Diversity & Inclusion
Diverse children’s books are vitally important; every child should be able to see themselves, and their friends, in the books that they read. Diverse books encourage empathy and inclusion, and can teach us about people and events in history that are all too often forgotten.
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Ace Of Spades
Hello, Niveus High. It's me. Who am I? That's not important. All you need to know is...I'm here to divide and conquer. - Aces
Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 15.0
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Black AND British: A short, essential history
When did Africans first come to Britain?
Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?
Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution?
These and many other questions are answered in this essential ...
- ATOS Book Level : 8.2
- Points Value : 5.0
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Black Brother, Black Brother
Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at his school, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the 'Black Brother', Donte's teachers and ...
- ATOS Book Level : 3.4
- Points Value : 4.0
Boy In The Tower
When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.3
- Points Value : 9.0
Cane Warriors (Carnegie Shortlisted 2022)
Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.4
- Points Value : 5.0
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Car Wash Wish
Hudson is a skilled reader of books, but not so much with people. Mum's new bloke Louis is keen to help, and in turn Hudson passes on what he learns to future sibling Zed (for zygote). This all comes in useful at granddad's funeral as Hudson deals ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.6
- Points Value : 2
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Collection LGBTQ+ | 21 Books
21 titles with a focus on LGBTQ+ topics:
ALEX IN WONDERLAND
ALL THE INVISIBLE THINGS
BECOMING DINAH
BIRTHDAY
HEARTBREAK BOYS
ME, MY DAD AND THE END OF THE RAINBOW
MELISSA
MY BROTHERS NAME IS JESSICA
NOAH CAN'T EVEN
NOAH ...
- ATOS Book Level : 2.5
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Collection: Heartstopper- 4 Books
Heartstopper Volume One:
Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has ...
- ATOS Book Level : 2.4
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story
Voices: Diver's Daughter - A Tudor Story brings Eve and her mother, who was stolen from her family in Mozambique as a child, from the Southwark slums of Elizabethan London to England's southern coast. When they hear from a Mary Rose survivor that ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.5
- Points Value : 5
Dragon Mountain
Deep within the mountain, a great creature stirred in its sleep. Its eyes rolled back in its head, and its wings jerked wide open…
When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a summer camp in middle-of-nowhere China he...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.8
- Points Value : 8.0
Eight Pieces Of Silva
Becks is into girls but didn't come out because she was never in. She lives with her mum, stepdad and eighteen-year-old Silva, her stepdad's daughter. Becks and Silva are opposites, but bond over their mutual obsession with K-pop.
When Becks' mum ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.3
- Points Value : 10.0
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Empire’s End: A Roman Story
When, Camilla, a young North African girl travels with her mother and father from Leptis Magna to Rome in 207 AD, she believes that she is going to the centre of the world. But just a few months later, the little family is dispatched to the very edge...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.7
- Points Value : 6
Firefighter Kayla
JoJo’s aunt Kayla is a firefighter. She’s teaching Katie’s class about her job. Katie keeps trying to ask Kayla questions, but Kayla has lots to say before it’s question time. If Katie is patient, will she learn what she really wants to know ...
- ATOS Book Level : 2.3
- Points Value : 0.5
Gargantis
There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...?When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it ... but should ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.3
- Points Value : 9
Ghost Boys
This was one of my most anticipated 2018 books and I was not disappointed. A must read." -Angie Thomas, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give
'tender, timely ... surprising and hopeful' -Â Observer
A heartbreaking and ...
- ATOS Book Level : 3.0
- Points Value : 3.0
Hostage
Snatched off the street, Angela is alone and terrified. She knows she's been kidnapped but will her dad pay the ransom? Or can she be brave enough to escape? A new edition of a thrilling top selling tale from a top author. Particularly suitable for ...
- ATOS Book Level : 2.9
- Points Value : 0.5
I Am Malala
 Am Malala tells the remarkable true story of a girl who knew she wanted to change the world - and did.Raised in the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Malala was taught to stand up for her beliefs. When terrorists took control of her region and declared ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.9
- Points Value : 7
Katie Woo Has The Flu
It all starts with a sneeze! Katie Woo catches the flu. She feels yucky and has to miss a few days of school. Will she ever feel like herself again?
- ATOS Book Level : 1.9
- Points Value : 0.5
Katie Woo: Boss Of The World
It was supposed to be a fun day at the beach, but Katie Woo is being bossy. And that's no fun for anyone. Can she stop being bossy and enjoy the beach with her friends? This early chapter book is perfect for those just starting to read.
- ATOS Book Level : 2.1
- Points Value : 0.5
Katie Woo: The Big Lie
Jake's new toy plane is missing. No one knows where it is, except Katie Woo. But Katie wants to keep the plane. What should she do?
- ATOS Book Level : 2.2
- Points Value : 0.5
Lightning Girl 4 Superpower Showdown
Aurora Beam is reeling after the bombshell revelation of the secret supervillain's identity... but is there someone else even *more* powerful pulling the strings? Light is fading across the globe, with whole countries being plunged into darkness and ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.6
- Points Value : 7
Listen Up: Rule The Airwaves, Rule The School
At their school, Arthur and Grace rein supreme: after all, they're the cool kids. They're also the radio kids, and between them they run the schools top two radio shows. Which means that as well as being the most popular kids, Grace and Arthur...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 6
Lost
When Alfie Turner loses his mum, it feels like his world is falling apart.
She was the glue that held their family together and, now that she's gone, Alfie and his dad don't really know how to be a family without her.
And then Alfie meets Alice....
- ATOS Book Level : 3.7
- Points Value : 6.0
This title is not suitable for primary age children due to inappropriate content.
Malala Yousafzai
This series wil tell the amazing stories of inspiring people who have made a difference and changed the world, despite the odds stacked against them. They will detail the characters' humble origins, the obstacles standing in their way that had to be ...
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights
This illustrated adaptation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's bestselling memoir, I Am Malala, introduces readers of 7+ to the remarkable story of a teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school.
Raised in a changing ...
