Black Mamba Boy Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (2012) Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leads

Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leads the reader through a day of teaching and reflection about her work with high school students who are from a variety of cultures

and once again she proves this with a compelling plot

starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership

he surveys the wreckage of his life and the world he's tumbled out of love with

practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe

Black Mamba Boy Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (2012) Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leadsLonglisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Betty Trask Award. For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world. Aden, Yemen, 1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world. Jama is forced home to his