Jordan Collins wrote Where? at just 14 years of age. With dark skin and curly hair, Jordan was faced by a constant question: ‘Where are you from?’

Jordan tells us that what people really meant was, why is your skin that colour? Why does your hair look like that? Or what they really wanted to ask … Why don’t you look like me?

Jordan is an African-American-Greek-Australian. After much encouragement from teachers and mum, Jordan performed his poem, ‘Where?’ at the 2015 Poet’s Picnic in Sydney, which led to this book of the same name.

So, where is Jordan from?

Here is a little of what Jordan says:

I am from the mountains, The seas and the sky. I am from children of millions of years, A timeline of humanity. I am from this planet And all others.

I would encourage everyone to read this beautiful poetic prose and to lose oneself not only within the words but within the magnificent illustrations that speak to us on every page.

A triumph.

Reviewed by Merle Morcom
Age Guide 8+