Against All Odds - World Book Day 2026

About the author

Nathanael Lessore was born in Camberwell, London, as one of eight children to French and Madagascan parents. Although he has spent most of his life in Peckham, Nathanael has also lived in Paris, Strasbourg and Singapore. His debut book Steady For This was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 and won the Branford Boase Award 2024. His second book King of Nothing won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers 2025, the Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 2025 and the Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize 2025. He is also the author of What Happens Online, which was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2025, and Against All Odds, a World Book Day 2026 selection. He writes stories that show his South East London childhood as the funny, warm, adventurous world that wasn't always represented as such.

Product details

• Authors: Nathanael Lessore
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.02.2026
• EAN: 9781471420009
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-2000-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Poetry, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Social issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Identity / belonging