Item category 2: Black & Asian Interests

Mehar hasn't been back to India since she was four. Hasn't visited her father, or any of her royal family. But when her father announces his engagement, Mehar agrees to return for the wedding. After meeting her grandmother's assistant and discovering the truth about her father's relationship, Meh...

A moving, powerful autobiography from an inspirational woman, one of the Windrush generation who became a member of the House of Lords.

'What are you looking for?' asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. She is no ordinary librarian. Naturally, she has read every book on her shelf, but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of anyone who walks through her door. Sensing exactly what they're looking for in...

This text takes an alternative look at 12 occupations and the people who fill them. Its aim is to open up children's imaginations to the possibility that there are many more roles open to them than they may think.

When her mama drops a bombshell, Chianti's world shatters. In Zimbabwe, bloodlines matter, so when Chianti discovers her baba is not the man she thought he was, she flees. Seeking refuge in a secluded corner of Mutare with her feisty, stylish grandmother, Ambuya Precious, Chianti finds solace in ...

When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teenagers from very different walks of life are unexpectedly brought together. What follows flips their worlds upside down and makes Chantelle, Jackson and Marc question the deep-rooted prejudice and rac...

Sade Hussein is the new girl at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy. She has no idea what to expect of her mysterious new boarding school - an institution steeped in tradition and secrets. But she certainly didn't imagine her roommate, Elizabeth, to go missing on her first night. Or for people t...

This is an explosive book of history and cultural criticism that reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against black and Indigenous women, and women of colour. Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep 'ownersh...

One of the most talked about debut novels of all time, 'White Teeth' is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tri...