School Journey to the Centre of the Earth is a hilarious play that is ideal for pupils at KS3, accompanied by stimulating background materials containing great ideas for drama exercises, as well as other activities designed to answer English Framework and NC objectives. A Primary school coach trip to Alton Towers turns into a rollercoaster journey to the underworld. Is Miss Shehan a terrorist double agent? Do all the other women terrorists look like Pat Butcher from Eastenders? Are the "Nasties" really planning to keep them underground and brainwash them all? And does Miracle really not have a TV at home? Or is Tricia making the whole thing up?

 

 

This book features in the following series: Collins, Collins National Theatre Plays .

There are 96 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers .