Despite his efforts to stay on the right side of the law, Rico is angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home and around the world. When he is approached by Speech, a mysterious man who shares Rico's hacktivist interests, Rico is given the perfect opportunity to speak out.

Rico knows what trouble is.

And he knows to stay away from trouble as best he can. Because if there is one thing he has learnt, it's that he will always be a suspect.

Rico also knows what injustice is. He sees it happening to him and he sees it happening around the world.

He is angry and frustrated. He wants to speak out - but how?

Then a stranger gives Rico the perfect opportunity.

Which is where everything goes wrong...

The powerful new novel from Benjamin Zephaniah

Terror Kid takes an uncompromising look at the problems of prejudice in both policing and society and is a timely reminder that skin colour or ethnic background should not be used to determine guilt