Being Ben

by Jacqueline Roy (Artist)

A quirky Racing Read featuring a British Jamaican family in a contemporary setting.Ben is a boy with a lively imagination and a tendency to worry. Hes scared of lots of things the new baby (it will have green hair and yellow eyes and poo and scream all the time), nasty stripes (theyre everywhere) and the class bully (although it turns out hes scared of a few things himself) When a neighbours pet snake escapes a strange reversal suddenly everyone else is terrified, and Ben becomes the local hero, because theres one thing hes not afraid snakes!

94 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2013

About the author

Jacqueline Roy was born and raised in London. Her father was Jamaican and her mother was English. She lectured in English at Manchester Metropolitan University for many years, teaching Postcolonial Literatures and Creative Writing. She writes fiction for both adults and children.