For Book Week, Alan Gibbons is coming to the school on Tuesday 7 April. We have ordered his books and will let you know when they arrive. 
Some information about Alan Gibbons books: 
- They cover a range of important and interesting topics.
 - They are often contemporary novels, focusing on difficulties that teens and children face.
 
He has written about:
- gun crime (Raining Fire),
 - hate crimes (Hate),
 - domestic violence (The Edge),
 - bullying and suicide (Hold On)
 - racial tension (Caught in the Crossfire, An Act of Love)
 - football (Total Football series); and
 - mythology and folklore (Shadow of the Minotaur, Night Hunger).