This author's work is deeply influenced by a childhood immersed in stories and an early understanding of narrative's shifting perspectives. Her writing excels at exploring the nuances of human experience, drawing on a rich tapestry of observation from diverse cultures and extensive travel. She masterfully crafts prose that delves into historical settings, examining complex relationships and the psychological depths of her characters. Her distinctive voice brings a unique clarity and insight to explorations of the human condition.
Designed to support the Yellow Bananas series, this teacher's guide offers a variety of engaging activities aimed at reinforcing core reading skills. It provides educators with resources to enhance student learning, ensuring a comprehensive approach to reading development. The guide includes strategies and tools tailored to enrich the educational experience, making it a valuable asset for teachers looking to foster literacy in their classrooms.
This posthumous retrospective of the popular winner of the Costa Book of the Year with Inside the Wave (2017) covers ten collections written over four decades. Expanded from Out of the Blue (2001).
The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -- half Mer, half human -- can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, and face this terrifying creature -- and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone!
This text is a collection of stories from Helen Dunmore, ranging from Victorian tragedy to the tale of a dinner-lady's love, from the death of a lighthouse keeper's wife to the birth of babies from the Superstock catalogue.
Leningrad in 1952: a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of sixteen year old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their private happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, Volkov, he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game of life and death - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you. A gripping and deeply moving portrait of life in post-war Soviet Russia, The Betrayal brilliantly shows the epic struggle of ordinary people to survive in a time of violence and terror.
The breathtaking conclusion to the critically-acclaimed Ingo series, by prize-winning novelist Helen Dunmore. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo - a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Ervys, his followers and new recruits, the sharks, are determined that Sapphire and Conor must be stopped - dead or alive...
Whilst German tanks surround Leningrad during September 1941, two families struggle to stay alive. As winter grips the city first the furniture is burnt, then the books, but some may not live to see another day
The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'.
An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.
As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.
