Description
Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level
About the Author
Book Information
ISBN 9780007307906
Author Berlie Doherty
Format Paperback
Page Count 56
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Series Collins Big Cat
Weight(grams) 130g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 4mm
Two spooky stories from double-Carnegie-winner, Berlie Doherty. Dark and atmospheric these two tales send a chill down the spine. A desolate winter moor is the backdrop to the first story of a haunting friendship, and, in the second, when the past comes back to haunt Charlie, it becomes impossible to tell what is real and what isn't.
- Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
- Text type: Two stories by a significant author.
- A feelings bar chart on pages 54-55 show the rise and fall in the narrators emotions during the first story, Nightmare.
- Curriculum links: Citizenship: Living in a diverse world.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
About the Author
Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.
Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a Buffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
Book Information
ISBN 9780007307906
Author Berlie Doherty
Format Paperback
Page Count 56
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Series Collins Big Cat
Weight(grams) 130g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 4mm
