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Berlie
Doherty: Dear Nobody
Helen and Chris are
in their last
year at school when Helen becomes pregnant. Deeply unhappy and
confused,
Helen resolves to break off their relationship, but Chris is bitter and
wants to be involved in her plans for the baby. The author won the
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Map
of Sheffield
Interview with
Berlie Doherty
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K.M. Peyton: A
Midsummer Night's
Dream
Jonathan Meredith did
not like
Robin, the English master at Meddington Boarding School. It was not his
inability to control his classes that he disliked, but rather his
indifference to the feelings of others. When Robin drowns in the river
close to the school, Jonathan suspects murder.
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Vocabulary list
Words: mountain
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Lois Lowry:
The Giver
It is a world without
conflict,
poverty and inequality. Conformity and happiness are a way of life. But
for Jonas, things are different. While his friends are selected to be
doctors
or teachers, Jonas is sent to the Giver where he discovers the secrets
that lie beneath the surface of his world.
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Online
Reviews
Summary
Story
characters
L. Lowry "About my
life"
Interview with
L. Lowry
Song:
"World
has changed"
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Kate Cann:
Hard Cash
Rich is sick of not
having any
money. He wears the same old gear and the girl he fancies won't look
twice
at him. But when fortune smiles on him, he finds himself with lots of
money.
And with it comes everything else. Rich is on a roll and nothing's
going
to stop him now.
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Here's chapter 16 - then you'll want to read the
whole book.
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Paul Zindel: The Pigman |
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N.H. Kleinbaum: Dead Poets
Society |
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Morton Rhue: The Wave |
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S.E.Hinton: The Outsiders |
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