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Livewire


Livewire Series

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No. of pages 32

Published: 2000

Great for age 5-18 years

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In order to ensure accessibility and readability, Hodder & Stoughton have worked with The Basic Skills Agency on "Livewire" - a series of reading material with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten, or for adult students of English as a foreign language. "Livewire" offers teenagers and adults appropriate fiction and non-fiction which is graded at reading ages 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 and 9-10. The books aim to engage the interest of the reader in a motivating and non-patronizing way and lead him or her towards the attainment of a higher reading level. All "Livewire" books are written by experienced special needs teachers. This biography is part of the "Livewire Real Lives" series and examines the life of Pablo Picasso, presenting interesting facts accompanied by lots of illustrations to sustain the interest of the reader. The book is colour-coded for appropriate reading age (either 7-8, 8-9 or 9-10).

 

 

This book features in the following series: Livewire, Livewire Series, Real Lives .

There are 32 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 2000 by Hodder Arnold .

Brandon Robshaw is the author of 21 children's novels and over 60 educational books. His most recent children's novel, The Big Wish , was published by Chicken House in 2015. It was shortlisted for the James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award 2016

 

This book is in the following series:

Livewire Series

Real Lives

This book features the following characters:

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Joan
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Diana
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