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The Tulip Touch n/e


New Longman Literature 11-14

No. of pages 152

Reviews
Great for age 11-18 years

What's the hook?

A jaw-dropping novel by popular children's novelist Anne Fine.

What are the themes?

Family and friendship raise PSHE issues such as reasons and the effects of bullying and peer pressure.

Teaching points?

Many excellent passages which are good models for pupils' writing.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature 11-14 .

There are 152 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited .

Anne Fine is a bestselling author, former Children's Laureate and prize-winner with great profile across the trade, libraries and educational markets.

This book contains the following story:

The Tulip Touch
This is the story of a strange and disturbing friendship seen through the eyes of Natalie as she gets to know Tulip Pierce, a delinquent girl most others go out of their way to avoid. Nobody wants Tulip in their gang. She bunks off school, is rude to the teachers and makes herself unpopular with her classmates by telling awful lies. But none of this matters to Natalie who finds Tulip's behaviour exciting and dangerous. At first she doesn't care that other people are upset by Tulip's bizarre games but as the games become increasingly dangerous and sinister, Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far. Way too far...Tulip becomes even more destructive and after a row with Natalie she commits a terrible crime. This is a compelling storywhich explores the dark side of a friendship bordering on obsession, and sensitively depicts one girl's gradual decline into hostility and violence.

This book is in the following series:

New Longman Literature 11-14

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