The Night Bus Hero

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He is still frustrating, and thoughtless or hurtful at times, but he begins to understand how his actions affect others.

I also have a wider knowledge of the homeless after reading this, and I don't think I could ever walk past a person on the street in the same way again. Usually I don’t mind ‘cos some of my best, most brilliant ideas have come from sitting in detention. or worse I would say), judging the homeless (but also entrusting your kids to their company blindly. I give this a 3; the main character is just so truly horrible for the majority of the book- I didn’t want to read about him. Readers of around 8 and above will find this a very smooth and intriguing story with some appealing characters.

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He’s got so little sympathy for a local homeless man Thomas (who is taking up space in the park, including a bench Hector would like to sit on) that he ends up pushing Thomas’s trolley containing his only worldly possessions into the park pond without a single thought of how much hurt that would cause. Unfortunately, Mei-Li, the smartest girl in Hector's class, witnesses the whole thing, as does a woman walking her dog. Raúf, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, The Star Outside my Window and the World Book Day book The Day We Met the Queen, comes an incredible story about homelessness and bullying, told with humour and heart.

She has written several award winning books including Boy at The Back of The Class, The Star Outside My Window and The Night Bus Hero. Told from the perspective of a bully, this book explores themes of bullying and homelessness, while celebrating kindness, friendship and the potential everyone has to change for the good. I could keep writing about this book, but I will finish by saying if you haven’t read it then get a copy, you won’t regret it. As a number of threads weave together, Hector finds himself wrapped up in a crime-busting mystery as well as unwittingly embarking upon a journey of personal change that enables him to better see the world through the eyes of others. It raises issues I'd like to have a context for so that we can then use for discussions, and Hector is engaging and a character you really want to see change a little.