Build your childs reading confidence at home with books at the right level World War 2 is over and things in Britain are changing. For Philip and his family this means moving out, from the grey, cramped city to wide open spaces. But Gran doesnt want to leave her home for so many years. What will the family do? Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.A pros and cons list of moving to a New Town on pages 54 and 55 help children to analyse the decision making process.Text type: A story set in the pastThis book is paired with Hard Times, a non-fiction non-chronological report about growing up in the Victorial age.Curriculum links: History: How life in Britain has changed since 1948; Citizenship: Moving on, ChoicesThis book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Collins, Collins Big Cat, Diamond Series .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-11 years.

There are 56 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years. Margaret Nash is an up-and-coming author of fiction and won the Silver Smarties Award in 1998. She lives in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. Martin Remphry is a young illustrator with a growing reputation. Principally known for his black and white line work in series such as Sparks, he has enjoyed recent success with picture books such as When I was young. Martin lives in London. Sally Prue is the award-winning author of Cold Tom (Branford Boase Award 2002). She has also written for A&C Black in the White Wolves series.