Being Me
School year: Year 10, Year 8, Year 9
Published: 2018
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This book is part of a book series called Striker .
This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 14-17 years.
This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2018 by HopeRoad Publishing Ltd .
Pete Kalu, is a storyteller and author. He has published five novels for adults and has won prizes for both his theatre plays and his poetry, including the BBC's Dangerous Comedy Award 2003. He is a PhD Creative Writing student at Lancaster University. He lives in Manchester
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'A witty, lively novel of growing up female, black, and middle class in contemporary England. Adele in Being Me sits alongside some other great non-conventional girl YA characters such as Lyra in His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, Sephy in Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman, Katniss Everdeen of the Hunger Games trilogy and the fascinating title heroine in Catherine Johnsons' most recent novel, The Curious Tale of Lady Caraboo'(SarahChapter blog);
