Diverse And Inclusive Books: Key Stage 3

We offer a fantastic range of fiction books for secondary schools that promote cultural diversity, specifically selected for Key Stage 3 readers. These titles are perfect for enhancing any secondary school library, providing engaging stories that reflect a wide array of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Ideal for encouraging empathy, broadening perspectives, and fostering a love for reading, these books are an excellent addition to your library collection at an unbeatable price.

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A Sudden Storm

An innocent night out to celebrate a sixteenth birthday turns to tragedy in this powerful story of racial intolerance from award-winning author Bali Rai. It’s Arjan’s sixteenth birthday and he’s celebrating with his mates – going to see a ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.4
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Alice Austen Lived Here

Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam's family is very cool with it ... as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 5.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Cinderella Is Dead

It's 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Diversity & Inclusion Middle Years Plus / Upper Years | 24 Books

This curated pack contains 24 carefully selected titles with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. Tailored to the Middle Years Plus and Upper Years interest ranges, the collection offers accessible yet thought‑provoking reads that celebrate ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Book Cover : Paperback

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Does My Head Look Big In This?

School is tough enough without throwing a hijab into the mix... Amal is a 16-year-old Melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys, exams, chocolate and magazines. She's also a Muslim, struggling to honour the Islamic faith in a ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Ellie Engle Saves Herself

In a small-town where nothing ever happens, prepare for something extraordinary! 12-year-old Ellie and her best friend Abby, live in the small-town of Plainsboro where nothing ever happens. Ellie is an unassuming and unspectacular comic book ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Everyday Action, Everyday Change

We all want to make the world a fairer place, but it can feel overwhelming. In this book, changemakers, sisters and founders of anti-racism platform Everyday Racism, Natalie and Naomi Evans, help young readers understand and deal with the issues they...

ATOS Book Level : 6.9
Points Value : 4.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Finding My Voice

How do you find your voice when everyone around you is telling you to be quiet? Frankie is different, and so is her best-friend, Sam. So when they both start secondary school, it's tough. Particularly when there are so many rules to follow, like: ...

ATOS Book Level : 2.6
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

Finn Jones Was Here

A funny, heartbreaking story about life and loss, and making every second count. Eric's best friend, Finn Jones, was the world's biggest prankster. Now Eric can't believe Finn's not here anymore. ...Or is he? Eric seems to be getting messages ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 6.0
Book Cover : Paperback

GAY Club!

Barney's a shoo-in for his school's LGBTQ+ Society President at the club's next election. But when the vote is opened up to the entire student body, the whole school starts paying attention. How low will the candidates go to win? Buckle up for ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children

Glow Up, Lara Bloom

MY NAME IS LARA BLOOM AND THIS IS MY LIFE . . . Meet Lara Bloom - the best friend you never knew you needed. This is her diary . . . When Lara meets super-cute new boy Caiden, she begins to think that the way to his heart is to give herself a ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Heartstopper Collection | 6 Books

The Heartstopper Collection brings together all 6 volumes of Alice Oseman’s bestselling graphic novel series. Following the tender romance between Charlie and Nick, these books explore themes of friendship, identity, love, and self‑acceptance ...

ATOS Book Level : 2.5
Book Cover : Paperback

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Heartstopper Vol 6

Last installment in the bestselling Heartstopper series. Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Everyone...

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Heartstopper Vol.5

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house ... But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?...

ATOS Book Level : 2.9
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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If This Gets Out

Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartbreakers in front of the cameras and best ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.3
Points Value : 17.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Jellybean

Ellie battles feelings of anxiety about school that she can’t explain in this sensitively told tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. When Ellie wakes up one day and can’t face going to school, her parents think there must be a reason. Is ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Just Another Little Lie

Violet's mum hasn't been herself for a while. A few too many glasses of wine in the evening. Mornings when she can't get out of bed. Now Violet's the one looking after her little brother and looking out for empty bottles in Mum's bag. But it's just ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.7
Points Value : 2.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Know My Place

A teenager’s longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly portrayed in this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting story of life in the foster-care system. A teenager’s longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.8
Points Value : 3.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Nick And Charlie (A Heartstopper Novel)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? CHARLIE: “I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me.”...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 2.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Noah Can’t Even

Poor Noah Grimes! His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran is no longer herself. He only has one friend, Harry, and school is... Well, it's pure hell. Why can't Noah ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Now Is The Time For Running

Deo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good at keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe where the boys play. Then Mugabe's soldiers come, destroying the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 8.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Now Or Never: A Dunkirk Story

Now or Never brings a young soldier, Private Fazal Khan, from his home in India to the battlefields of the Second World War. Fazal's world is now focused on Company 32 and the animals he cares for in the midst of one of the most frightening times ...

ATOS Book Level : 5
Points Value : 5
Book Cover : Paperback

Only Mostly Devastated

Ollie and Will were a summer fling; now they're classmates. But only one of them is out...SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of GREASE. It was the very last Wednesday of August when I realized Disney had been ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Only On The Weekends

Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic - he blames the films he's grown up watching. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend - it feels like love. But when Mack's dad gets a job on ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Promise Boys

The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students, J.B., Ramón, and Trey are forced to follow the prestigious "program's" strict rules. Extreme discipline, they’ve been told, is what it takes to be college bound, to avoid the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children