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Category>>Reading Programme>>Secondary Four
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Calling A Dead Man |
| Ages:11+ |
| by Gillian Cross |
| John Cox is dead, killed in an explosion while at work. His younger sister Hayley can't believe he's gone. Determined to see the place of his death, she flies to Moscow with John's fiancée, Annie-but the site they're shown isn't where John died. Suddenly it seems that there's more to his death than a tragic accident. .. |
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Blade...Mixing It |
| Ages: Suitable for teens |
| by Tim Bowler |
| This thrilling series for teenagers combines an enormously likable and engaging central character with the harsh realities of street life and the youth gang culture that is so prevalent in today's news. The mysteries and cliffhanger endings of these short, accessible books will have the power to tempt all readers as they gradually become absorbed into Blade's dangerous world... |
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Borderland |
| Ages:Suitable for teens |
| by Rhiannon Lassiter |
| Making friends doesn't come easily to newcomer Zoë. She's always been the outsider, watching the 'in' crowd from afar and longing to be part of it. So when beautiful, popular Laura Harrell notices her, Zoë is desperate to impress. Soon Laura lets Zoë into a secret. In the woods behind her house there is a hidden doorway to another world; a world Laura and her brother Alex treat as their playground.... |
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The Kite Rider |
| Ages:11-14 |
| by Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Haoyou knows that his father's spirit lives among the clouds above Ancient China. He also knows that to save his mother from being forced into a new marriage he must now follow in his father's footsteps and take to the skies, riding a kite through the clouds and the spirits of the dead... |
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NWS: Flowers for Algernon |
| Ages:14-16+ |
| by Daniel Keyes |
| Charlie Gordon, who desperately wants to be able to read and write, undergoes a brain operation which dramatically increases his intelligence. But can his emotional development keep pace with the intellectual? Can Charlie develop normal relationships with women? |
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NWS: Animal Farm |
| Ages: 14 |
| by George Orwell |
| A story of the highest excellence, beautifully written and absorbingly interesting.' Times Literary Supplement Led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, the animals drive out Farmer Jones from Manor Farm and set up an Animals' Republic in which all are to be free and equal. But the expected saviours turn out to be as greedy, vain and oppressive as the original tyrants. |
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CWS: Crick Crack Monkey |
| Ages:14-16 |
| by Merle Hodge |
| When Tee wins a scholarship she has to say goodbye to her hilarious Aunt Tantie. She must leave her home with all its warmth and spontaneity for the pretentious middle-class society of Aunt Beatrice. Alone and alienated, Tee struggles to understand the world she now inhabits. Her acceptance of Aunt Beatrice's values would mean rejection of the people that she knows and loves. On CXC Suggested Reading List. |
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NWS: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Ages: 14-16+ |
| by Maya Angelou |
| Maya Angelou's classic autobiographical account of her childhood and early youth is a powerful and moving evocation of a black girl's struggle against her oppressors. |
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NWS: A Kestrel for a Knave |
| Ages:14 |
| by Barry Hines |
| Billy Casper has few prospects. Determined not to follow his brother down the pit, he is floundering at school and under pressure at home. The wild hawk he finds and trains gives him a direction and passion he has never experienced before. But events threaten not only the fate of the hawk but also Billy's growing self respect. The power and emotional range of this novel have made it one of the most popular and widely-read stories currently in use in schools. |
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NWS: Old Man & The Sea |
| Ages:14-16+ |
| by Ernest Hemingway |
| This powerful and dignified story about a Cuban fisherman's struggle with a great fish has the universal appeal of a struggle between man and the elements, the hunter and the hunted. It earned Heminway the Nobel Prize and has been made into an acclaimed film. |
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NWS: Nineteen Eighty-Four |
| Ages: 14-16+ |
| by George Orwell |
Big Brother, Thought Police, Newspeak, the Ministry of Love - in Nineteen Eighty-Four the party controls every aspect of life. But Winston still remembers a time when men and women lived by instincts and loved with passion. He thinks he is alone in his 'thought-crimes', but then he meets Julia... |
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NWS: Other Side Of Truth |
| Ages:11-14 |
| by Beverley Naidoo |
| A tragedy - and a terrible loss for Sade and her younger brother, Femi, children of an outspoken Nigerian journalist. Now terror is all around them and they must flee their country. This novel tackles themes such as injustice and the complexities of political asylum. |
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NWS: Spies |
| Ages:14-16+ |
| by Michael Frayn |
| It's wartime Britain, and Stephen's friend Keith makes the momentous announcement that his mother is a German spy. Determined to find the truth, the two boys begin to spy on the 'spy'. The boys discover that Keith's mother does have secrets to hide, but they are not the ones they had suspected. |
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NWS: Things Fall Apart |
| Ages:14-16+ |
| by Chinua Achebe |
| Okonkwo, from the Ibo tribe in Nigeria, is a person of substance, character and promise. But he and his people are doomed to be destroyed by the superstition-bound customs of tribal life and the arrival of the white man. |
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NWS: To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Ages:14-16+ |
| by Harper Lee |
| Scout and her brother Jem interrupt their games to champion their lawyer father when, in a racist town in America, he battles to defend Tom Robinson who is black and accused of attempted rape. |
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NWS: Generations |
| Ages: 11-16+ |
| Edited by Mike Royston,
Consultant: Lindsay McNab |
Generations is a stimulating collection of short stories and contextualizing non-fiction. |
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NWS: Reality Bites |
| Ages:11-16+ |
| Edited by Sarah Matthews |
| Reality Bites is a stimulating collection of non-fiction and media texts. The texts, arranged by purpose, range from short and accessible to challenging. The activities help develop student's abilities to analyse, review and respond, investigate the stylistic conventions, and consider the relationship between producer, purpose and audience. |
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NWS: Stories from Two Centuries |
| Ages:11-16+ |
| Edited by Clare Constant |
| This accessible collection is ideal for teachers looking for a wider range of pre-1914 and post-1914 stories for comparison. It is especially useful for lower-ability Key Stage 4 students. Story pairs include: The Call by Robert Westall with The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell; The Front by Jan Mark with The Man With the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl by Ray Bradbury with The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. |
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NWS: Stories from Different Genres |
| Ages: 11-16+ |
| Edited by Mike Hamlin, Christine Hall and Jane Browne |
| This collection is ideal for exploration of genre at Key Stage 4. Each genre includes a pre-1914 story, tales by well-established post-1914 writers and activities for comparison work. |
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NWS: Touching the Void |
| Ages:11-14 |
| by Joe Simpson |
| Touching the Void is the heart-stopping, true account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote peak, Siula Grande. A few days later, Simon staggered into base camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that Joe was dead. What really happned to Joe makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship. |
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