The book challenges stereotypes about both homeless people and bullies, questioning the definition of a hero and whether people really can change?

Help your child develop kindness and empathy with these middle grade books that inspire compassion: whether that’s towards animals, friends, or people in very different situations to your own.Things take a definite turn for the worse when he executes one of his pranks, only this time he realises he needs to make a change and sets out to prove everyone wrong. Showing off one day at the park, he ends up sending a homeless man's trolley into the lake, observed by Mei-Li, a girl in his class. Her writing is refreshingly breezy and pulls the reader in immediately and compels them to stay to the end, to see what will become of her protagonists.

Nesympatický, arogantne pôsobiaci chalanisko či skôr na prerod čakajúci antihrdina, boriaci sa s typickými "problémami" 10-ročných i s charakterotvornou absenciou či nezáujmom zo strany rodičov, napriek odmietaniu sa čoraz väčšmi zoznamujúci s preňho známym, no predsa vzdialeným fenoménom bezdomovectva? Onjali Q Raúf is the founder of Making Herstory, an organisation mobilising men, women and children from all walks of life to tackle the abuse and trafficking of women and girls in the UK and beyond. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I eventually realised it would provide great talking points for a class read aloud - why does this boy do the things he does?I thought this book was going to be PRETTY interesting, but as I read the chapters I noticed that it wasn't PRETTY interesting but first - rate!

I send a few books to a school in London on a monthly basis, and Raúf's books are perfect for this, because of their themes and the diversity of the characters. This boy isn’t a likeable rogue or the class clown, he’s an annoying bully who thrives on the admiration of his bullying friends. A quote from it really stuck in my head, on page 276 Catwomen says “Maybe no matter how rich some people get, it's never enough for them.

As a number of threads weave together, Hector finds himself wrapped up in a crime-busting mystery as well unwittingly embarking upon a journey of personal change that enables him to better see the world through the eyes of others. Annoyed, Hector waits until opportunity arises and ramps up his plan to get revenge on the homeless man. He is still frustrating, and thoughtless or hurtful at times, but he begins to understand how his actions affect others. Raúf is a campaigner as well as an author, having launched Making Herstory, which works against the abuse and trafficking of women and girls, and O’s Refugee Aid Team, which works to raise awareness and funds for refugee aid works.