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Sherwood's Online Work
Sherwood's Online Work
Sherwood's Online Work
Sherwood's Online Work
Sherwood's Online Work
Whinfell's Class Books
Whinfell's Class Books
Whinfell's Class Books
Autumn 1 - Around the World In 80 Days (by Jules Verne)
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Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. Accompanied by Passepartout, he leaves London by train at 8:45 P.M. on Wednesday, October 2, 1872, and is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, Saturday, December 21, 1872. Will he make it back in time to win the bet?
Other books by Jules Verne:
Watch the trailer for the film:
Watch Michael Palin's own trip around the world in 80 days:
Autumn 2 - Freeze (by Chris Priestley)
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When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and more uncomfortable. She features in each of her friends' creepy tales and they start to feel a little too real. Finally, when a mysterious new girl stands up to read the last story of the day, the light outside dims and it starts to snow. The classroom starts to freeze but everyone is trapped. Can Maya stop the story before the nightmare comes true?
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Other books by Chris Priestley:
Spring 1 - Darwin's Dragons (by Lindsay Galvin)
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The year is 1835. Charles Darwin, a young British naturalist, is exploring the remote Galapagos Islands during his voyage of discovery around the world. With him is Syms Covington who joined HMS Beagle as a cabin boy but is now Mr Darwin’s trusted assistant. When a fierce storm breaks, Syms finds himself thrown overboard and washed up on an unexplored, volcanic island. Thinking he just needs to survive long enough to be rescued, Syms is unprepared for the monstrous, screeching beast that swoops from the sky to attack him. Is he hallucinating or might this be a previously undocumented species? On an island with no fresh water and little food, he is likely to die before he can share any discovery with the rest of the world.
Other Darwin books to read:
Spring 2 - Lightning Mary (by Anthea Simmons)
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One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her.
Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away. Mary must depend upon her unique courage and knowledge to fulfil her dream of becoming a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions. What will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all...?.​​
Other Darwin books to read:
Summer 1 - Goodnight Mister Tom
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Set during World War II, Goodnight Mister Tom features a boy abused at home in London who is evacuated to the country at the outbreak of the war. In the care of Mister Tom, an elderly recluse, he experiences a new life of loving and care.
Other WWII books to read:
Summer 2 - Wonder (by R. J. Palacio)
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August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.
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Other books about being different: