Although Wonderland is billed by Waterstones as: “addressing issues of mental health, gender and privilege” this is a radically sanitised description, and we found the book to be every bit as inappropriate as our parent said – as affirmed by the good women of this Mumsnet thread. Having some cursory knowledge of this book, we had our ex-English teacher reviewer read it so that you – and your kids – do not have to. However, both Waterstones and Amazon UK label this book as suitable for 12+. Key Stage Four varies from school to school and covers the age range for GCSEs. The school librarian recommends the book for Key Stage Four readers. Yet according to Wikipedia, Dawson is the author of 22 books not the hallmark of marginalisation. The rationale offered by the school for stocking such books was that the authors come from marginalised groups. In 2014 Juno became a School Role Model for the charity STONEWALL.One of our parents discovered that Juno Dawson’s book Wonderland is stocked in their child’s secondary school library. In her spare time, she STILL loves Doctor Who and is a keen follower of horror films and connoisseur of pop music. Juno writes full time and lives in Sussex. In 2015, Juno underwent gender transition. She later turned her talent to journalism, interviewing luminaries such as Steps and Atomic Kitten before writing a weekly serial in a Brighton newspaper. Juno grew up in West Yorkshire, writing imaginary episodes of Doctor Who and training at Stage 84 School of Performing Arts. She has appeared in fashion spreads for Glamour UK, Attitude, Happyful and Alright Darlin Magazine. She has modelled for Warehouse UK and MAC Cosmetics. She is able to discuss sex, gender, sexuality, education, feminism and politics. She has appeared on BBC Women’s Hour, Front Row, ITV News, Channel 5 News, Lorraine, Good Morning Britain, This Morning, Newsnight, Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and the official Love Island podcast. Juno is a columnist at Attitude Magazine, Glamour Magazine, The Pool and The Metro. Added to this, in 2018, Juno wrote the first official BBC novel to feature Jodie Whittaker’s ‘Doctor Who’ in THE GOOD DOCTOR. Juno is developing a number of projects for television with companies including Tiger Aspect, Carnival Film & TV, SquareOne Entertainment and Stolen Pictures.

Juno’s titles have been translated into twenty-five languages around the world and several are in development for television. Her novel MEAT MARKET was the winner of the YA Book Prize 2020. Juno Dawson is the international bestselling author of Young Adult novels and non-fiction, including the bestselling CLEAN and THIS BOOK IS GAY.

Say Her Name by Juno Dawson