Age Group: 9 - 12 Years

Description:

The Night Bus Hero is a warm, funny, and thought-provoking story from Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning author Onjali Q. Raúf, told from the refreshingly honest perspective of a self-confessed bully. Hector has spent most of his school life in detention, earning a reputation as a troublemaker no one takes seriously. When a cruel prank targeting a homeless man in the local park goes badly wrong, Hector finds himself branded worse than ever — yet also unexpectedly tangled in a real London mystery. Someone is stealing the city's most famous statues and framing its homeless community. Paired reluctantly with classmate Mei-Li and guided by the very people he once mocked, Hector begins to discover compassion he never knew he had — and a chance to finally become someone worth believing in. A powerful, empathetic story about second chances. Recommended for readers aged 8–12.