Collins Big Cat - Nightmare: Two Ghostly Tales: Band 17/Diamond
Paperback
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.
RRP: £8.00
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-730790-6
Accelerated Reader Level
4.4
Publication Date
01-09-2009
Format
Paperback
Pages
56 pages
Dimensions
148x210mm
Product Description
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.
Author
Berlie Doherty, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
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.
Imprint
Collins
ISBN
978-0-00-730790-6
Accelerated Reader Level
4.4
Publication Date
01-09-2009
Format
Paperback
Pages
56 pages
Dimensions
148x210mm
Product Description
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.
Author
Berlie Doherty, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat
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.