Beth Webb's Stardancer transports the reader back to the late iron age, the border of prehistory and history. Bridget Carrington finds there is much to discuss that resonates with the present day. Aimed at students in year 7, these suggestions could also be adapted for mature year 6 classes at the transition stage.

When fifteen-year old Tegen is declared the Star Dancer - the one ...

Pauline Francis novel about the final days of Lady Jane Grey, the forgotten Queen, can be powerfull incorporated into the QCA History unit that focuses on the problems inheriter by Elizabeth I. It might also be used for group reading. These notes focus on teaching suggestions for years 7 and 8 but they can be adapted for mature Y6 classes.

 This is a powerful historical novel tha ...

These discussion notes for The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle cab be used to support group reading.

This teaching guide for Conor Kostick's Epic provides chapter by chapter activities suitable for a class study of the novel either in KS3 or for fluent readers at the top of KS2

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Teachers' notes for Aubrey Flegg's The Cinnamon Tree focus on the discssion of global issues, landmines and involvement in Africa.

Losing a leg to amputation after she steps on a landmine, Abonda must learn to walk again and make a new life for herself, and when she meets Hans and travels with him to Ireland for treatment, he helps her find a new purpose....

Teachers' notes for Aubrey Flegg's Wing's Over Delft are a useful resource to support group reading.

 As the daughter of a wealthy Dutch family, Louise Eeden knows that certain things are expected of her. When her father commissions a famous artist to paint her portrait, she reluctantly agrees.

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Teachers' notes for Oisin McGann's  The Gods and their Machines could be used to support group reading.The book is likely to have particular appeal for boys.

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Bernard Ashley's Smokescreen is a thought provoking read for students in KS3 or for mature Y6 pupils at the transition stage.

Beverley Naidoo's short story collection charting the history of apartheid in South Africa provides opportunities for cross-curricular teaching in English and Citizenship

Isobel Dams teaching notes for Catherine Fisher's Corbenic provide plenty of creative suggestions for whole class teaching.

Cal has struggled to cope with his mother's drinking and her psychotic episodes since he was six; cooped up in their dirty council flat he dreams of a new life. So when he leaves to live with his uncle Trevor in Chepstow he is ruthless a ...