Benjamin Zephaniah Pack X 5

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Benjamin Zephaniah: here’s a writer we could talk about for a while. He’s every bit as interesting as any character in his books. Dub poet. Musician. Rastafarian. Thinker. Renegade. He’s done a lot. Oh – & he grew up amid Birmingham’s urban gangs, so he’s got the been-there-&-done-it badge, too. & that authenticity comes through loud & strong in this dynamic pack of in-your-face fiction. It’s a raw, exciting, brutal look at growing up on the margins. From terrorism & gang violence to refugees & racism, there’s no topic this author daren’t tackle. But just when you fancy a bit of light at the end of the tunnel, there’s also comic relief in a book of his funny poetry, too. A brilliant YA pack from a writer who tells it like it is Four gritty realistic novels plus one book of witty poetry Benjamin Zephaniah is one of Britain’s best-loved authors The Times named him one of the 50 best postwar writers He is also an actor, playwright & award-winning musician He won a BBC Young Playwright’s Award for Hurricane Dub