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Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation

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Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation by Floella Benjamin, and Joelle Avelino

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By Floella Benjamin, and and, Joelle Avelino

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6 reviews

Floella Benjamin’s important childhood memoir of growing up as part of the Windrush generation.

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11 Dec 2022

Very interesting story about Floella past life.

24 Aug 2022

I've really enjoyed this book and it's really shows racism clearly.

15 Aug 2022

i really enjoyed this book and the story

14 Aug 2022

I enjoyed this book but it was very sad reading about people being horrible to others because of the colour of their skin. Floella was very brave as was everyone in her family when they moved to England.

29 Jul 2022

I have very many happy memories watching Floella Benjamin on television in the 1970's. Reading about her early childhood in Trinidad and subsequent travel to England to rejoin her family was a really interesting way to learn about the Windrush generation.
The book should be accessible to readers in Y4 and above. However, I would like to read this book aloud to the class. There is so much we could explore and discuss - especially as the population of my school is predominantly white.

26 Jul 2022

This is the story of Floella coming to Britain as part of the Windrush generation.
When they arrive, it is not as she envisioned. People are not welcoming and the Queen wasn’t at the dock to greet them..

But then they settle in and finally, much later, she gets to meet the Queen

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