When 13-year-old Joe is left behind in Peckham while his mum flies to Spain on holiday, he decides to treat it as an adventure, and a welcome break from Dean, her latest boyfriend. Joe begins to explore his neighbourhood, making a tentative friendship with Asha, a fellow fugitive hiding out at her grandfather's flat. But when the food and money run out, his mum doesn't come home, and the local …
Mandy has been picked on in school for as long as she can remember so she is delighted when cheeky, daring Tanys wants to be her friend, but Tanya has a secret that scares Mandy as much as the girls who bully her.
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery-- mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it?
Ishmael Leseur, of the title, is a fourteen-year-old boy attending St Daniel's College. Apart from the usual problems associated with being fourteen and attending school: bullies, embarrassment, schoolwork and a little sister - he has the added burden of a name that guarantees ridicule. After some preliminaries covering Ishmael's home and name, the story settles into a tale of school life. Ishm…
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