
Outsiders
A Collection of Fiction and Non-fiction
Roy Blatchford(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 29. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-521-70325-3 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of newspaper articles, poems, short stories and extracts from novels exploring the theme of ousiders - who have experiences that set them apart from those around them. A variety of texts make up each of the four themed sections: Fictional outsiders; Heroes and heroines; Moving places, moving lives and Feeling different. The collection includes texts by Mark Haddon, Harper Lee, Doris Lessing, Michael Morpurgo, Gervase Phinn and Benjamin Zephaniah.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations, map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-70325-3 (9780521703253)
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Content
1. Fictional outsiders: Why The Whales Came , Michael Morpurgo; The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes; The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Robert Browning; The Third Man, Graham Greene; To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee; The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono; A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens; Silas Marner, George Eliot; Activities; 2. Heroes and heroines: Heroic Failures, Stephen Pile; Blind Spanish Woman Makes Television History, Julian Coman; Marla Runyan, Peter Sheridan; Touching The Void, Conn and Hal Iggulden; On Being John McEnroe, Tim Adams; The Madness of Man, Andrew Alderson; It's Not about the Bike, Lance Armstrong; Moondust, Andrew Smith; Activities; 3: Moving places, moving lives; Coming To England, Floella Benjamin; Refugee Boy, Benjamin Zephaniah; What's Your Problem?, Bali Rai; A Boy Called 'Grenade', Fergal Keane; Mirad, A Boy From Bosnia, Ad de Bont; Zlata's Diary, Zlata Filipovic; Shooting An Elephant, George Orwell; A Stranger's Eye, Fergal Keane; Activities; 4. Feeling different: The Rebel, D. J. Enright; Less Able, Gervase Phinn; Dear Aunty, Patricia Borlenghi; Face, Benjamin Zephaniah; The Rescue of Karen Arscott, Gene Kemp; Red Sky in the Morning, Elizabeth Laird; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon; The Fifth Child, Doris Lessing; The Bus People, Rachel Anderson; Activities; Notes on authors.