Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer

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It’s not long before one of the teacher’s tells Kofi: ‘You could be a real leader at this school, you know that?

As the two girls sift through red herrings and reveal a series of tower block secrets, short snappy sentences and sparkling dialogue will keep readers turning the pages.

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He is senior teaching fellow at the University of Manchester and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leicester.

With lashings of laughter, this rhyming story is full of charm and cheekiness which will enthrall your young reader. It's not long before one of the teacher's tells Kofi: 'You could be a real leader at this school, you know that? Kofi spots both an opportunity and a gap in the market when he finds Kelvin can memorise lyrics to popular songs other kids want to learn, and a surreptitious magazine is born. But the latest venture doesn’t make Kofi popular with the teachers, who find him using the school photocopier for Paper Jam.

I was surprised at the narrative decision to have multiple voices each taking paragraphs, sharing the story. Ond dydy’r fenter ddim yn gwneud Kofi’n boblogaidd â’r athrawon, sy’n ei ddal yn defnyddio llungopïwr yr ysgol ar gyfer Paper Jam. Jeffrey Boakye's ode to words perfectly blends a riotous classroom romp, a warm celebration of friendship and a subtle social message. Tickets can only be sold through the Southbank Centre and our authorised agents, and can't be resold.Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer tells the story of a boy growing up in the 1990s on a housing estate in London. Their staid school is often punishing Kofi for his behaviour, and pupils have started secretly performing battles of words (insults) in breaks, one-upping each other with an audience looking on admiringly. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Using Kofi’s sales patter and his best friend Kelvin’s excellent memory, the boys create Paper Jam, a fanzine of song lyrics – and the buzz at school is unreal.