Nightmare: Two Ghostly Tales: Band 17/Diamond (Collins Big Cat)

· HarperCollins UK
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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.

About the author

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.

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