Book Week Fun Continued…
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Two Wolves (Senior Fiction)
by Tristan Bancks
One afternoon, police officers show up at Ben Silver’s front door. Minutes after they leave, his parents arrive home. Ben and his little sister Olive are bundled into the car and told they’re going on a holiday. But are they? It doesn’t take long for Ben to realise that his parents are in trouble.
Trailer | Solve some detective mysteries | Do a jigsaw | For teachers
The Simple Things
by Bill Condon.
Illustrated by Beth Norling.
Stephen has never met his great aunt Lola, and he doesn’t want to. She sends him money twice a year and he always writes back, but Lola is almost eighty – what will they have to talk about? When they arrive at her house, Stephen discovers she’s grumpy, scary and really, really old. He wants to turn around and go home, but his mum says they have to stay until Lola’s birthday – three weeks away.
Fun activities | Do a jigsaw | Interview | Author’s website
The Cleo Stories
by Libby Gleeson.
Illustrated by Freya Blackwood.
In the first story, Cleo desperately wants a necklace. Her parents say special presents are only for birthdays but Cleo doesn’t want to wait. In the second story, it’s her mum’s birthday and Cleo doesn’t know what to give her until she has the best idea of all.
Do a jigsaw | Author’s website | Illustrator’s website
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain
by Steven Herrick.
Jesse is an eleven-year-old boy tackling many problems in life, especially fitting in to a new school. Luckily he meets Kate. She has curly black hair, braces and an infectious smile. She wants to ‘Save the Whales’ and needs Jesse’s help but they haven’t counted on Hunter, the school bully.
Do a jigsaw | Author’s website
Figgy in the World
by Tamsin Janu.
Figgy has two problems. One is her name. Nobody in Ghana has that name. The other is that her grandmother is ill and needs special medicine. Figgy can’t do much about her name, but she can do something for Grandma Ama. She will go to America and bring back the medicine, and Kwame, her special goat, will go with her.
Video | Find Ghana on the interactive map | Do a jigsaw of the flag of Ghana | For teachers
Withering-by-Sea: a Stella Montgomery Intrigue
by Judith Rossell
High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful aunts but one night, Stella sees something she shouldn’t have seen, something that will set in motion an adventure more terrifying and more wonderful than she could ever have hoped for.