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Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer

Jeffrey Boakye author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:1st Jun '23

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Kofi had an idea . . . one big lightning bolt of an idea that hit him like electricity. And all it needed was Kelvin's incredible memory for words.

'Hilarious and full of heart.' A. M. Dassu
'Will inspire a whole generation of music-lovers.' Rashmi Sirdeshpande
'Fizzing with originality and energy.' Katya Balen


Kofi had an idea . . . one big lightning bolt of an idea that hit him like electricity. And all it needed was Kelvin's incredible memory for words.

Kofi is used to stuff going wrong, he's usually in detention or about to be. But when he finds out his best friend Kelvin has a photographic memory, he comes up with a genius money-making scheme. The whole school is obsessed with music, but no one can ever make out the words, so the boys hit the jackpot selling a new fanzine full of song lyrics: PAPER JAM. It's not long before one of the teacher's tells Kofi: 'You could be a real leader at this school, you know that?' and . . . suddenly it's turning out to be the best summer ever!

ISBN: 9780571367344

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 215g

256 pages

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