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Amazing Grace

Author: Mary HoffmanIllustrator: Caroline Binch

Talented Grace wants to play Peter Pan at school, but her classmates disapprove — Grace is a girl and Pan isn’t Black! With encouragement from family plus her own self-belief, Grace is set to prove them wrong! This classic story, with realistic illustrations, generates discussion around race, prejudice and gender equality.

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  • Commended for Greenaway Medal 1992
  • Children's Book of the Year 1992
  • Caroline Binch is an award-winning illustrator
  • Black representation
  • Single parent
  • Challenges gender stereotypes
  • Female lead