The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. 

Available in the LRC.

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram 

Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming—especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life. In Iran, he gets to know his ailing but still formidable grandfather, his loving grandmother, and the rest of his mom's family for the first time. And he meets Sohrab, the boy next door who changes everything. 

Available in the LRC.

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: the Story of Dr. Patricia Bath by Julia Finley Mosca

As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered―brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness.

Write a personal statement that could be inserted onto a curriculum vitae. 

Write an essay discussing the mental and physical consequnces of the so-called 'obesity epedemic', 

Write a letter to your MP to suggest how we can better support refugees in conflicts around the world. 

Listen to "The Breakfast Club" Podcast to findout more about race and diveristy in poular culture. 

Listen to the Guardian podcast episode entitled "Growing up with gangs, poverty and knife crime." 

Listen to the 'Ask Martin Lewis' podcast to get improve your financial literacy. 

Watch the BBC Four documentary "The Highest Court in the land: Justice makers" to see four Justices of the Supreme Court talk about the nature of justice and how they make their decisions. 

Watch the Zara McDermott documentary on "Revenge Porn" .

In a digital age, can anyone safely share intimate images again? 

Watch "The True Cost" available Netflix. 

A dramatised documentary about the impact of the fashion industry on the environment.