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Black and Asian Characters: Older Children's Fiction -

Related category: Black, Asian & Other Diasporas
Related booklists: Fiction - Older Children, Black and Asian Britain - Books for Children, Black and Asian Characters: Young Adult Fiction,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 27 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Kites and Lemonade by Yasmeen bint Ahmad
    Kites and Lemonade - by Yasmeen bint Ahmad

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781448218295 | ISBN 10: 1448218292

    An amazing journey of secrets, self-discovery, kites, and lemonade!  Leena, who suffers from selective mutism, and her family move to Riyadh because of her father's job. Her new home is in a modern apartment building where she meets and makes ... more

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  • Cover image of book City of Stolen Magic by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak
    City of Stolen Magic - by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

    £7.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780241567487 | ISBN 10: 0241567483

    A spellbinding, epic and heart-racing magical adventure from an exquisite new storytelling talent.  'An unexpected gem of a story... A stellar setting, a gut-punch of a twist, and an unforgettable heroine. This has all the hallmarks of classi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Serwa Boateng
    Serwa Boateng's Guide To Vampire Hunting - by Roseanne A. Brown

    £16.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781368066365 | ISBN 10: 1368066364

    Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown’s middle grade debut about a pre-teen vampire slayer with a strong helping of Ghanaian folklore.  For most kids, catching fireflies is a fun summer activity. ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Christmas Carrolls: The Christmas Competition by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu
    The Christmas Carrolls: The Christmas Competition - by Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780755503742 | ISBN 10: 0755503740

    'A Christmas book about kindness and cheer to make even Scrooge's heart melt' ~ Dame Jacqueline Wilson on The Christmas Carrolls  Funny festive middle grade about the world's most Christmassy family from the founder of Authorfy, perfect for 8 ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings, illustrated by  Alex T. Smith
    The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair - by Natasha Hastings, illustrated by Alex T. Smith

    £12.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780008496050 | ISBN 10: 0008496056

    An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship.  It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s ... more

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  • Cover image of book Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu
    Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun - by Tola Okogwu

    £7.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781398505087 | ISBN 10: 1398505080

    Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed and empowering middle-grade superhero series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer!   I close ... more

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  • Cover image of book Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom by Sangu Mandanna
    Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom - by Sangu Mandanna

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781444963441 | ISBN 10: 1444963449

    Kiki Kallira is more of a worrier than a warrior - but today she will learn to be a hero. The mythical beasts she loves to draw have come to life, and she is the only one who can defeat them. A middle-grade fantasy inspired by Hindu legends about anx ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia
    The Last Gate of the Emperor - by Kwame Mbalia

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780702307089 | ISBN 10: 0702307084

    From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an action-packed Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.   Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis P ... more

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  • Cover image of book Vi Spy: Licence to Chill by Maz Evans
    Vi Spy: Licence to Chill - by Maz Evans

    £6.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781912626892 | ISBN 10: 1912626896

    Imagine...  Her Mum's a Super-Spy.  Her Dad's a Super-Villain.  And while her parents get divorced, an evil Overlord will take over the world.   Unless Vi does something about it!  When life give your piranhas... swim faster!  ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan
    Dragonfly Eyes - by Cao Wenxuan

    £7.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781406378252 | ISBN 10: 1406378259

    A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution.  Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, ... more

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  • Cover image of book When Secrets Set Sail by Sita Brahmachari
    When Secrets Set Sail - by Sita Brahmachari

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781510105430 | ISBN 10: 1510105433

    Secrets from the past are the keys to the future... if two children can find them.   Bold adventure, timely themes and breath-taking writing from award-winning author, Sita Brahmachari.  Usha is devastated when her grandmother Kali Ma passes away ... more

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  • Cover image of book Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts
    Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants - by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts

    £8.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781419739019 | ISBN 10: 1419739018

    An instant New York Times bestseller!  You loved the bestselling picture books starring Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck. Now you can follow The Questioneers' further adventures in all-new chapter books! Don’t miss the first instant N ... more

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  • Cover image of book Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
    Asha & the Spirit Bird - by Jasbinder Bilan

    £6.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781911490197 | ISBN 10: 1911490192

    Asha lives on the family farm with her mother in rural India.   Her father is away working in the city, and when the money he sends stops suddenly, a wicked debt collector arrives. She’s determined to seize the property – and the treasure ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lightning Girl 2: Superhero Squad by Alesha Dixon
    Lightning Girl 2: Superhero Squad - by Alesha Dixon

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781407180854 | ISBN 10: 1407180851

    Ever got a birthday present that you wanted for ages, only to realise it’s a bit rubbish? That’s how Aurora Beam feels about this whole superhero lark. We all dream of saving the world.  But now that Aurora’s living the dream, it’s not a ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Kid in My Class by Rachel Rooney, illustrated by Chris Riddell
    A Kid in My Class - by Rachel Rooney, illustrated by Chris Riddell

    £10.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781910959879 | ISBN 10: 1910959871

    He’s not scared of nothing. Nobody. Never. Nah. Which means that he is. Tough kid. Not tough enough. I know - I once met his dad. ​  They’re all here... every kid in the class. The pushy one, the shy one. The whizz kid and th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World by Various authors
    Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World - by Various authors

    £14.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781472949431 | ISBN 10: 1472949439

    A wonderful anthology of eight stories addressing children's rights and sustainable development, written by child authors from all around the world and produced in conjunction with UNESCO's Voices of Future Generations initiative.   UNESCO's Voice ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksano
    The Lotterys Plus One - by Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksano

    £6.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781509803200 | ISBN 10: 1509803203

    Meet the Lotterys: a unique and diverse family featuring four parents, seven kids and five pets - all living happily together in their big old house, Camelottery. Nine-year-old Sumac is the organizer of the family and is looking forward to a long sum ... more

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  • Cover image of book Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O
    Princess Princess Ever After - by Katie O'Neill

    £12.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781620103401 | ISBN 10: 1620103400

    When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other ... more

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  • Cover image of book Peace Maker by Malorie Blackman
    Peace Maker - by Malorie Blackman

    £5.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781781125618 | ISBN 10: 1781125619

    Michela knows the law - everyone must wear a Peace Maker device at all times, and it must never be tampered with.  Non-aggression is her society's founding principle, and the Peace Maker the means by which is it enforced. But Michela is desperate to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Monkey
    The Monkey's Secret - by Gennifer Choldenko

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781471403521 | ISBN 10: 1471403521

    A segregated town, a hidden boy, a courageous girl - and a mystery in desperate need of solving.  San Francisco, 1900. Thirteen-year-old Lizzy Kennedy is not like the other girls in her town. She'd much rather be helping her doctor father wit ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blackberry Blue And Other Fairy Tales by Jamila Gavin, illustrated by Richard Collingridge
    Blackberry Blue And Other Fairy Tales - by Jamila Gavin, illustrated by Richard Collingridge

    £6.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848531079 | ISBN 10: 1848531079

    Prepare to enter a world of magicians, enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches...   Here are six magical stories to thrill and enchant you. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mis ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hostage by Malorie Blackman, illustrated by Derek Brazell
    Hostage - by Malorie Blackman, illustrated by Derek Brazell

    £5.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781781120798 | ISBN 10: 178112079x

    Blindfolded. Alone. Afraid. The only thing Angela knows is that she's been kidnapped. Will her father pay the ransom? Does she have the courage to escape on her own? ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
    A Beautiful Lie - by Irfan Master

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408805756 | ISBN 10: 1408805758

    An atmospheric, quirky and moving debut novel, set in India. Shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and nominated for the 2011 Branford Boase Award.  An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
    Luka and the Fire of Life - by Salman Rushdie

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099421894 | ISBN 10: 0099421895

    On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka’s storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To sav ... more

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  • Cover image of book Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
    Out of Shadows - by Jason Wallace

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781849390484 | ISBN 10: 1849390487

    If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it?  'No, sir, no way!'  'What if I then told you we'd gone back in time and his name was Adolf Hitler? Would you do it then? ... more

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  • Cover image of book Journey to Jo
    Journey to Jo'burg - by Beverley Naidoo

    £6.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780007263509 | ISBN 10: 0007263503

    This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.  Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from ... more

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  • Cover image of book Anancy
    Anancy's African Adventures - by Beulah Richmond

    £5.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9789768202116 | ISBN 10: 9768202114

    Follow Anancy and his friend Chaka in their adventures to Africa as they see new sites, animals, and things they have never seen before.  An exciting sequel to Anancy and Friends, Anancy's African Adventures features an imaginative story which c ... more

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