raise for Run, Rebel - a Guardian best book of 2020: A tightly crafted series of punchy, often heartbreaking narrative poems . . . Mann’s brilliant, coruscating verse novel lays out the anatomy of Amber’s revolution, and the tentative first flowerings of hope and change. Guardian

WINNER OF THE SHADOWER’S CHOICE AWARD, FROM THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2021

WINNER OF THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2021

WINNER OF THE DIVERSE BOOKS AWARD

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2021

WINNER OF THE SHEFFIELD CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2021

I am restless, my feet need to fly.

Amber is trapped - by her father’s rules, by his expectations, by her own fears.

Now she’s ready to fight - for her mother, for her sister, for herself.

Freedom always comes at a price.

Run, Rebel is a trailblazing verse novel that thunders with rhythm, heart and soul - perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Elizabeth Acevedo and Rupi Kaur.

’A powerful read’ The Scotsman

’A tightly crafted series of punchy, often heartbreaking narrative poems’ The Guardian

’What a gorgeous, fabulous book!’ Nikita Gill

’Heart-breaking, inspiring, exquisite’ Liz Hyder, author of Bearmouth (Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize)

MANJEET MANN

Manjeet Mann is a multi-award winning children’s author, actress, playwright and screenwriter. Her debut YA novel RUN, REBEL was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2021 and won the CILIP Carnegie Shadowers Choice Award, The UKLA Award, Diverse Book Award and Sheffield Children’s Book Award. It was also a Guardian best book of 2020. Her second novel THE CROSSING won The Costa Children’s Book Award. Manjeet is also the founder of Run the World - a not for profit that uses sport and theatre as a means to empower women and girls.