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.

 

 

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published in 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.