(Activist for Indigenous Rights in Guatamala)
By Heather Lehr Wagner

Rigoberta's whole family, mother, father and brothers, were tortured and murdered by the army, instrument of ruling class oppression. Although a simple woman from the mountains, she has devoted her whole life to the struggle for peace in her homeland and has become “ a voice for those who have no voice.” For this she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

by Bali Rai

Racism is the core theme of Bali Rai’s hard-hitting teenage novel, which follows the  experiences of Jas, a fourteen-year-old Asian boy, who has just moved into a village near Nottingham with his family.

At his previous school in Leicester, Jas had met racism but, with plenty of fellow Asians around, there was safety in numbers. Now he finds himself alone in a small, white community and is ill equipped to deal with the constant name calling of fellow pupils at his new school.

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