English Readers Level 4 Checkmate

It is Callie Rose’s sixteenth birthday and she has a bomb in her bag.

Callie Rose is mixed race in a country where people are judged by their colour. Her father is dead and she hates her mother. Her Uncle Jude seems to offer her friendship and comfort – but Jude wants to punish Callie Rose’s mother and use his niece in his war against society…