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WILD JOURNEY
FULLY ILLUSTRATED STORY COLLECTION AGE 7+

⭐️The Jhalak Prize Award 2026, longlist
⭐️A ‘Top 10 Pick’ for the November previews in The Bookseller
⭐️”…stirring, evocative 7+ adventure stories” – a Guardian Book of the Month
⭐️A ‘standout book‘ The Bookseller
⭐️Cover revealed with The Week Junior in March 2025
⭐️The Week Junior Book of the Week 15^th November 2025 issue “This collection of stories will make you think about home, family and friendship.” plus Ask the Author feature.
⭐️First News recommended reading list on anthologies in 7^th November 2025 issue
⭐️Top 5 Books for Under 13s, The Big Issue
⭐️Wild World (Natural History Museum magazine) ‘Let’s Read…’ feature June 2026 issue
⭐️ Teacher Book Club recommendation
⭐️Hive.co.uk Book of the Month
⭐️School Reading List Fiction Children’s Book of the Month
⭐️LoveReading4Kids November Book of the Month
⭐️Read for Good Books We Love
⭐️Book Clubs in Schools, What to Read Now feature Feb/March 2026

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A VERY HAPPY RAMADAN
PICTURE BOOK 2+

⭐️”A cheerful, interesting and relatable read for all children.” BookTrust Book of the Day
⭐️ Sold in bookshops and Sainsbury’s stories across the UK
⭐️BookTrust Books We Love in February feature

CAN YOU FIND MY EID PRESENTS?
PICTURE BOOK 2+

The cutest search and find picture book set on the night before Eid.

⭐️”vivid and sweet picture book” The Bookseller
⭐️”A charming picture book for all families.” A “Best New Book” – BookTrust
⭐️BookTrust Great Books Guide 2024-2025
⭐️”A delightful picture book that will have the reader rooting for Hana to find the presents.” BookTrust Book of the Day
⭐️ Sold in bookshops and Sainsbury’s stories across the UK
⭐️ BooksForTopics 2024 Year Group Recommended Read for Reception aged children
⭐️ BooksForTopics Book of the Year 2024 list
⭐️ French edition published by Scholastic Canada
⭐️The Mirror Book Club pick: 5 enchanting Eid books to celebrate with the family this year, March 2026

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KICKED OUT
FICTION 10-14+

Kicked Out my latest novel, published on 19th October 2023 in the UK and on April 23rd 2024 in the US. Description, reviews and order links here: https://amdassu.com/kicked-out-ages-10-14

⭐️Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2024
⭐️”An important and triumphant read.” Kirkus starred review
⭐️A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard book
⭐️”Boasting down-to-earth, believable characters and pacy action, Dassu’s intensely readable sequel to Boy, Everywhere, best suited for 9+, deals squarely with the racism and intimidating bureaucracy facing young refugees.” The Guardian, a Book of the Month and Best Novel on Publication
⭐️’Editor’s Choice’ – The Bookseller “This is a story of friendship, resilience and hope, and while Dassu doesn’t shy away from the horrors of racism and the refugee experience, she spreads a message that
everyone, including children, can do something to help. Uplifting and powerful.”
⭐️The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide: Ten [Books] Not to Miss
⭐️North East Book Award 2024, Longlist
⭐️Empathy Lab Collection 2024 Book
⭐️Chapter Chasers Book Award 2024, shortlist
⭐️The Week Junior Book Award 2024, shortlist
⭐️Diverse BookAward 2024, shortlist
⭐️Muslim Book Awards 2024, finalist
⭐️Indie Book Award 2024, shortlist
⭐️Kirkus Middle Grade Book of the Year 2024
⭐️The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award, commended 2025
⭐️8 World-Changing Books to Inspire Young Activists, Bookriot 2025
⭐️Excellent Middle Grade Book, Adults Will Love, Too – New York’s Observer
⭐️Best Children’s Book of the Year 2025 Edition, Bank Street College of Education, America
⭐️”Perfect for reluctant readers who want satisfying resolutions, a lot of playing, friends, and rekatable characters who provide new insights into the lived experiences of immigrants and refugees” Booklist, American Library Association review May 2024
⭐️Accelerated Reader, Book of the Week, May 2024

BOOT IT!
FICTION 10-14+

Boot It! is a World Book Day novel for independent readers. It was published in February 2023 and was an instant bestseller in the Children’s & YA charts, the Indie charts and the UK Top 50 charts.

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FIGHT BACK
FICTION 11-14+

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⭐️Independent Bookshops’ Book of the Month, June 2022
⭐️’Editor’s Choice’ The Bookseller
⭐️’Our Best Coming Soon Books’ – Waterstones
⭐️Book of the Day, BookTrust, 4th August 2022 “Gripping, honest, and a book that will stay with its reader for a long time.”
⭐️Book of the Week, The Week Junior, 25th June 2022 issue “… a hopeful and empowering read, showing how young people can stand together for what they believe in.”
⭐️Book of the Month and Best New Novel on publication, featured in The Guardian, June 2022 online and in weekend print edition “… fearless, compelling story of trauma, solidarity and testing which rules are made to be broken…”
⭐️Inspiring Books for Young Activists, Bookriot
⭐️The Red Award 17, Longlist (listed one week after publication)
⭐️Redhill Academy Trust Children’s Book Award 2022-2023, Shortlist
⭐️Juniper Book Awards 2023, Longlist
⭐️Page Turner Book Awards 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Wirral Book Awards 22/2023, Shortlist
⭐️️Cheshire Book Award 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Redbridge Book Award 2023, Longlist
⭐️Bookling Book Award 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Ysgol Bae Baglan Book Awards 2022, Shortlist
⭐️Dudley Children’s Book Awards 2022, Shortlist
⭐️Oxfordshire Book Awards 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Lewisham Book Awards 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Cumbria Secondary Schools Spellbinding Book Award 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Young Teen Fiction Book Awards 2023, Shortlist
⭐️Waterstones BEST BOOKS OF 2022, Teen and YA list
⭐️CLPE BEST BOOK OF 2022
⭐️Scholastic Bookclubs’ Fiction BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
⭐️Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2023
⭐️Jane Addams Peace Book Award Finalist for Older Children in America
⭐️Empathy Lab Collection 2023 Book
⭐️SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, shortlist 2023
⭐️The Week Junior Book Award 2023, shortlist
⭐️Two Cities Book Award 2023 Winner
⭐️Best Book for Children about Refugees feature, The Guardian, June 2025
⭐️Whole City Read, Birmingham, National Literacy Trust 2026

BOY, EVERYWHERE
FICTION 10 – 14+

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⭐️Best New Children’s Novels, The Guardian
⭐️ NOTABLE BOOK, American Library Association
⭐️Starred review, Booklist
⭐️Starred review, Kirkus Reviews
⭐️ Starred review, Publishers Weekly
⭐️ Best Children’s Books of 2020, The Guardian
⭐️ National Literacy Trust’s 50 Books Every Child Should Read List
⭐️Execllent Middle Grade Books That Adukts Will Love, Too, Observer, NewYork
⭐️Goodhousekeeping Magazine, Top 10 Books Every Child Should Read Before They Are 11, feature
⭐️ Waterstones Children’s Prize Shortlist 2021
⭐️ Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for Radical Fiction 2021 WINNER
⭐️ Calderdale Book of the Year, 2021 WINNER
⭐️ SCBWI Crystal Kite Award WINNER
⭐️ The Redhill Academy Trust Book Awards 2022 WINNER
⭐️ The York Book Award 2022 WINNER

⭐️ American Library Association Booklist’s Top 10 MG Debut
⭐️One to Watch, The Bookseller
⭐️ BBC Novels that Changed the World, Author into Schools
⭐️Books that Inspire Activism, Amnesty International
⭐️Manchester launches Boy, Everywhere City Wide initiative
⭐️Empathy Lab 2021 Selection
⭐️LitFest Big Read Book
⭐️ Best Children’s Books of 2020, BookTrust
⭐️ Best Children’s Books of 2020, CLPE
⭐️ Best Children’s Book of 2020, Bookriot
⭐️ Best Children’s Book of 2021, Kirkus
⭐️ Best Children’s Book of 2021, Booklist

⭐️ Shortlisted for The Diverse Book Awards
⭐️ Longlisted Branford Boase Award
⭐️ Longlisted national UKLA Awards

THE NEW KID, HARPER COLLINS
FICTION AGE 8+ JULY 2022: BIG CAT COLLINS (EARLY READER CHAPTER BOOK, Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina)

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