Jennifer Webb

Foster by Claire Keegan

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Jennie Corcoran Author: Claire Keegan Form: Novella Length: 101 pages Brief Synopsis: A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, …

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When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Claire Peasegood @MrsPeasegood Form: Prose Novel Length: 320 pages Brief Synopsis: YA novel written by Jewish author whose family has been impacted by the Holocaust. Three friends whose …

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GCSE Narrative Writing: Form Fragments

‘Creative’ Writing on the current GCSE specs isn’t really ‘creative’ in the real sense of the word. Students must respond to an unseen prompt in timed conditions and attempt to demonstrate a particular set of skills within that limited frame. It’s not creative writing. It’s a strategically crafted show-piece. Frustrating as this is, I actually …

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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Author: J. D. Salinger Form: Prose Novel Length: 234 pages Brief synopsis: This novel details two days in the life of 16 year old Holden …

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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Form: Dystopian Novel Length: 288 pages Brief synopsis: Set in a dystopian society where the state has sanctioned human cloning, this novel centres on a private institution …

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Rat by Patrice Lawrence

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Author: Patrice Lawrence Form: Prose Novel Length: 152 pages Brief synopsis: A realistic novel about a teenager living in challenging circumstances – his mother is …

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I am the Minotaur by Anthony McGowan

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Author: Anthony McGowan Form: Prose novel Length: 136 pages Brief synopsis: Realistic story about a teenager living in challenging circumstances and being bullied at school. This …

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The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley Author: Nadia Mikail Form: Prose Novel Length: 192 pages Brief synopsis: A “pre-apocalyptic” road-trip novel set in Malaysia: it has been announced that the world is …

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