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- ISBN 9781526366955
- Weight: 228g
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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*Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2026*
THE DEBUT CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND ACTOR PATERSON JOSEPH.
MEET THE TEN ...
Goddaughter to the Queen of England. Human rights activist. Librarian and author. Former slave . . . These ten inspiring children grew up in a time when slavery was still legal in most of the world and people who looked like them weren't expected to become important. But they did! The ten all went on to change the world through their acts of rebellion, bravery and adventure that helped secure their freedom and the freedom of so many from slavery.
But how did these inspirational people change the world? To answer that, we'll have to go back in time and met the ten aged ten, where their stories truly began . . .
* Meet Seaman William Brown, real name unknown, whose love of adventure finds her sneaking aboard a British Royal Navy ship disguised as a man to explore the world beyond Grenada.
* Get to know Ira Frederick Aldridge as he joins the Free African Americans School in New York and discovers his love of performing.
* Celebrate Billy Sancho's tenth birthday around the corner from Downing Street, London. Little does he know that he will become the first black librarian.
* Return to Africa with Omoba Ina (know as Sara Forbes Bonetta), who has been sent to Sierra Leone by her godmother Queen Victoria, to become a missionary.
Discover the untold stories of these remarkable children as well as Phillis Wheatley, Ira Frederick Aldridge, Dido Elizabeth Belle, John Edmonstone, William Cuffay, and Mary Prince Daniels. From Wonka actor and award-winning author of The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, Paterson Joseph.
Paterson Joseph is one of Britain's best-loved actors (Vigil, Noughts & Crosses, Wonka) and the author of the award-winning historical novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho. TEN is Paterson's first book for children and he hopes to inspire young readers to discover more about black British history.
Rumbidzai Savanhu (Illustrator)
Rumbi is an illustrator based in Birmingham, UK. She is currently working on a variety of commissions from editorial, children's illustration, healthcare, and charities, and is also an alumni for the 'Pathways Into' programme. Rumbi spends most of her time drawing people, listening to music and researching her projects. She loves working with bright and bold colours and has a very distinctive style.
