As a teenager I was incredibly unaware of the world around me. If it didn't involve the Sweet Valley High Series or the Spice Girls I didn't really know about it. Thankfully, teenagers of today seem to be less shallow than I was and do seem to care about the bigger things. That is why I really wish This Book Will (Help You) Change the World was around when I was younger.

It is the kind of book that opens up the world of politics and explains things in an understandable way and then encourages you to make your own opinion. This should be used as a textbook in school to equip our young people with the knowledge on the power that they hold and how even as young people they can make a difference.

It is a quick read with real life examples in it. A must have for all school libraries.

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Every so often I will stumble across a book that feels like a book that should be in schools everywhere. This feels like one of those books. When I was at school I very clearly remember how little we talked about and studied politics. Apart from one afternoon when local MPs came in to talk about the importance of voting (I went to an all girls school and it was quite satisfying watching the smirking, patronising faces of three men slowly fall as the questions being were asked were intelligent and relavent and actually challenged them), there was nothing on the British political system.

What Turton has created heroes a guide that lets young people with very little exposure to politics begin to learn about, experience and hopefully challenge things in the future. I loved the way the book was divided up and I think its a very effective in providing the tools for teenagers and beyond to start thinking about how they can effect change for the things they care about. Obviously being aimed at teenagers this was a very simplistic overview and more reading would be required to fully explore the topic. It's a start though.

A great read for a younger audience who want to be proactive in society and also a great learning resource.