Fights That Make Us

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Hagger-Holt Klappentext Jesse's teacher has set their class a history project - they can research any topic they like, they just have to investigate something that matters to them. The only problem is, Jesse can't think of anything...Until they stumble upon their cousin's old diary in a dusty attic. Lisa was a teenager in the 1980s, and from the hearts doodled around a girl's name on the cover, it seems she was LGBT, just like Jesse, who's recently come out as non-binary.In Lisa's diary, Jesse learns about Section 28, a law which banned people from talking about being LGBT at school. It's the perfect topic for their project, and as they read more, Jesse uncovers shocking revelations in the history of LGBT rights, and the history of their own family.When the school project is cancelled, Jesse knows what they've learned is too important not to share. With friends old and new, Jesse must find their own way to shine a spotlight on a history that mustn't be forgotten.

About the author

Sarah Hagger-Holt is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author. Her debut novel for children, Nothing Ever Happens Here, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and her second, Proud of Me, was the winner of the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction. She is the author of two adult non-fiction LGBTQ+ books and has written for the i paper, the Huffington Post, and spoken on Radio 4's Woman's Hour about LGBTQ+ parenting. Sarah lives with her partner and two daughters in Hertfordshire.

Report

Highly engaging, completely relatable and truly empowering, I loved this book. Cleverly told from dual perspectives and two different time periods, and containing a cast of wonderfully diverse, rounded and recognisable characters, this is a gripping and truly empowering story steeped in LGBTQ+ recent history that cements the message that everyone has the right to be whoever they want and love whomever they choose. And that those things are worth fighting for. Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Hagger-Holt, Hagger-Holt Sarah
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 14
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781801315791
• ISBN: 978-1-80131-579-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Interest age: from c 10 years, JUVENILE FICTION / LGBTQ+, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Social Issues (Children's/Ya), Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children's / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children's / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+