This is one of the titles for the Oxford Literacy Web fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 & Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy. The stories for Year 6 are: "Space Rock and Five-a-side" by Jon Blake - what it takes to be popular, a hard hitting story involving addiction; "Car Crusher" by Philip Wooderson - a story of unfairness and bias and the proving of innocence; "Skew Whiff" by Anna Perera - can Anjouli and her friends win the maths contest and repair the damage they've done to the house and still be ready for the birthday party?; "Wimmer" by Margaret McAllister - two children find a very curious dog on the run from a research centre. Will they be able to keep him secret when he begins to grow wings?; "War Stories" by Nick Warburton - two stories about children whose lives are changed by war; and "Eva" by Shirley Isherwood - the story of an escape from Nazi Germany and a child's memory afterwards.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Nick Warburton was a primary school teacher for ten years before deciding to become a full-time writer. He has written plays for stage, television and radio as well as books for children, including The Battle of Baked Bean Alley; Normal Nesbitt. The Abnormally Average Boy; To Trust a Soldier; Ackford's Monster; Dennis Dipp on Gilbert's Pond; Gladiators Never Blink; You've Been Noodled! and Flora's Fantastic Revenge.