PIGEON ENGLISH BY STEPHEN KELMAN

PIGEON ENGLISH is about a boy called Harrison Opoku, more commonly known as Harri, who is 11 years old and newly arrived from Ghana and now living in an inner city housing estate. He is blissfully unaware of the danger he faces when he and his friend Dean start to investigate the stabbing of a teenager outside Chicken Joe's fast food restaurant. 
What will happen to naive Harri on his maiden voyage through life in his personalised trainers with the adidas stripes drawn on with a marker pen . . . . . ? Well, you'll just have to read the book to find out!
10/10 a great read.
Please check with your parents before reading due to bad language.