Product Description Most kids meet their parents when they’re born. All they need to do to impress them is poop, sleep and make goo-goo ga-ga sounds. But I’m twelve. None of that is going to impress my father. Sam thinks he’s a weird-looking white kid with an afro. He lives with his white mum (annoying but not smelly) and brown dog Trevor (smelly but not annoying). He’s never met his father. He just knows that his father is black. But a surprise visit has Sam questioning who he really is. Is he a white kid with a black dad? Or a black kid with white skin? Or half-black and half-white? Not only does Sam want to know these answers, he has to know them to finish his annoying homework and perform in the school concert. But how can he make his outside match his inside if he doesn’t know who he is? A delightfully funny story about family and identity, and what it means to be truly Sam. Other Details Author: Anton Clifford-Motopi lllustrator: Sam Onche Reviews 5 family, belonging, identity, racism, primary school, single parenthood, ethnicity, friendship, afro, South Africa Posted by Novel Insight Reviews on 19th Mar 2024 Sam is a white kid with an afro. He lives with his white Mum, believing that his black father isn’t interested in the two of them. One day, when Sam’s father Lebone visits Brisbane, Sam finds out that his father never really knew about him at all. All of a sudden, Sam finds himself frightened of his father’s rejection. How can he impress his dad? Seeing his father in person has Sam questioning his ethnicity, and what that means for who he is and how he’s going to grow up. On top of this confusion, his classroom teacher Mr Peacock has him doing an infuriating “Who Am I and Where Do I Come From” assignment. Sam has to figure out how he’s going to answer those questions before the assignment deadlineand he has never been more bamboozled by them in his life.