There is so much more I want to say but I don’t want to spoil anyone so I will just say this, this book deals with really heavy topics but it is also fun and uplifting and that representation is so important and I want more and I’m sure many others do as well!

Even though the author notes how he draws on his own experience as a teacher to inform his writing, I would hate to think Stanley Park is an accurate representation of what state schools in Britain – particularly in South London – are like right now. The novel adds brilliant Marvel-esque references and asides to its theme of heroism: who can be a hero, what does it take and what kind of hero do you want to be?So firstly lets say that I'm probably not the target audience for this book but my oh my does it ever give an insight into the life of a school age teenager these days.

She is a smart, talented young girl who also goes through a lot in the book and finds her own self and strength too.Since then it’s become a hub of book recommendations, author interviews, and in 2024 I will be starting my own YA book club. Of course, we all had those teachers at school who never seemed to smile for anyone, but there was literally only one decent teacher – Ms Mughal – whose class also happened to contain the only nice students at the school.