For World Book Day 2012, we're recommending some books that are guaranteed to get you talking. Raising controversial issues and asking challenging questions, these books demand to be debated.
Books to get you talking
For World Book Day 2012, we're recommending some books that are guaranteed to get you talking. Raising controversial issues and asking challenging questions, these books demand to be debated.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
David Fickling BooksBruno is exploring his new home at 'Out-With' when he meets Shmuel, who lives on the other side of a fence which surrounds a large camp in the grounds. -
Junk
PuffinThe disturbing story of a group of teenagers on the slippery slope into heroin addiction -
Looking for JJ
ScholasticIn this brave and intelligent novel, Anne Cassidy explores a range of themes, questioning everything from the ethics of tabloid journalism to the outcome of ineffectual parenting. -
In The Sea There Are Crocodiles
David Fickling BooksFirst published in Italian last year, the story of Enaiatollah Akbari's journey from Afghanistan to Italy has now been translated into English -
Rani and Sukh
CorgiA vivid, fast-moving take on the Romeo and Juliet story, exploring the experience of young urban British Asians as they negotiate their way through two cultures -
Out of Shadows
Andersen PressBack in the early 1980s, Robert Jacklin doesn't want to move to the newly independent Zimbabwe with his parents, nor does he want to be shipped off to boarding school.






