Use e-mail and letters, diaries and tape recordings, telephone messages and secret conversations, to unravel the mysteries in these thrilling tales:

• The Deathwood Letters
• Diamond Hunt
• Two Weird Weeks

This collection of short, gripping reads contains activities exploring structure, characterisation and different narrative techniques. Age 11+Ideal for Year 7 and transition, consolidating understanding of different kinds of texts. Written in the first person with echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird.To automatically receive all the latest news on New Windmills, why not sign-up for our Heinemann Literature e-newsletter?

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills Ks3 .

There are 224 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited .

Hazel Townson was formerly Chief Assistant Librarian in charge of work with young people in Bury, Lancashire. She now devotes her time to writing and for years has been going into schools and libraries to talk to children about writing. She has chaired the Lancashire Children's Book Award for 16 years.