Windrush Child
Benjamin Zephaniah
Leonard leaves Jamaica with his mother to join his father in England in the 1950s. The country is cold and grey, and not everyone makes them welcome.
- Length
- About 40,000 words
- To read it
- About 27 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 3
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Windrush Child is on the list
- Year 7, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.