Durant l'été 1946, dans un petit village anglais, des jumelles, Madeleine et Grace, vivent au rythme de leurs quinze ans, aimant les mêmes choses, le même garçon, Colin. La mort tragique dans un accident de Grace transforme la vie de Madeleine, qui prend l'identité de sa soeur, la préférée. La tante de la jeune fille porte aussi un lourd secret, mais la mémoire du passé resurgit.

Profond Secret

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

 Catrin lives in Wales, and prefers drawing animals to spending time with friends. One night, she hears an eerie howl from the nearby mountain - a wild cat. Can she confront her shyness and go in search of this rare animal? This sensitive story by award-winning author Berlie Doherty shows that courage and friendship can come from unexpected places.

 Pearl/Band 18 books offer fluent readers a complex, substantial text with challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension, bridging the gap between a reading programme and longer chapter books.

 Text type: A mystery story.

 Curriculum links: Citizenship: Choices.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Wild Cat - Band 18/Pearl

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.

Nightmare: Two Ghostly Tales - Band 17/Diamond

This is a collection of 12 classic fairy tales from all over the world. They include Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel. They are retold here for a new audience.

Contes de fées

The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes.

 When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls.

 Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends. only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe.

 Will Jim ever manage to be free?

Street Child

La Bicyclette Magique - Occasion

Dear nobody

En 1866, a la mort de sa mere, Jim, un jeune garcon de 12 ans, se retrouve enferme dans un terrible orphelinat londonien qui a tout d'une prison. Son unique objectif: s'enfuir. Mais il est loin de se douter que la vie qui l'attend de l'autre cote des barreaux n'est pas de tout repos. Jim devra apprendre a se battre a chaque instant pour survivre...Sur le theme de l'enfance malheureuse et maltraitee, un portait d'enfant dans l'Angleterre du XIXe siecle.

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