Key Stages: 2 - 3

Description

Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel

Number of pages: 318

Reading Age: 10-12  Interest Level: 11-16

Accelerated Reader: Book Level 3.6  Interest Level MY

Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.

An eleven-year-old boy is permanently confined to an isolation unit due to an immune system disorder, but conspires with his new nurse to have an adventure outside.

Branford Boase Shortlist 2017

Younger Teen novel