In the Mix
A Collection of Writing from Around the World
Published on 27. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-521-70319-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection offers a richly diverse range of texts from a host of countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan and Rwanda. The texts are by turn inspirational, thought-provoking and shocking, and help us understand who we are and where we come from in today's global community. They are arranged in four themed sections: People and relationships; Viloence, war and death; Personal freedom and Cultural traditions. The Collection includes texts by Simon Armitage, Zlata Filipovic, Nadine Gordimer, Roger McGough, Beverley Naidoo and Grace Nichols.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-70319-2 (9780521703192)
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Content
1. People and relationships: The Seal Wife, retold by Jenny Tod; Out of Bounds, Beverley Naidoo; Mr Naidoo's Hundredth Birthday, Norman Silver; Three poems, Choman Hardi; Robert and the Dog, Ken Saro-Wiwa; In the Name of My Father, Ken Wiwa; A Place to Call Home, Simon Armitage; Activities; 2. Violence, war and death: The Hunting of Death, retold by Geraldine McCaughrean; Cassien's Story, Cassien Mbanda; Snipers, Roger McGough; Cut Me and I Bleed Khaki, Terence Blacker; Barefoot Gen, Keiji Nakazawa; Enola Gay, Esther Morgan; Homage, Nadine Gordimer; Activities; 3. Personal freedom: Zlata's Diary, Zlata Filipovic; Cruelty to Children, R. K. Narayan; Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner, Darija Stojnic; The Mailed Parcel, Ibrahim Ahmed; Power, Jack Cope; How to Beat the System, Robert West; Activities; 4. Cultural traditions: Film Boy, Alexander McCall Smith; First Confession, Frank O'Connor; Two texts about jumbies, Grace Nichols; Night of the Scorpion, Nissim Ezekiel; The Long Trial, Andree Chedid; The Storyteller's Daughter, Saira Shah; Activities; Notes on authors.