Anne Fine
Author
Language
English
Description
A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. At first Ben doesn't want to sit next to Alice in the classroom. She's scary and tells him off for his squiggly drawing and poor...
6) Flour babies
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
7) Countdown
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
�2006
Language
English
Description
Hugo can have the gerbil he wants, but only if he can first endure the boredom of spending seven hours--the length of time he is at school each day--in a nearly-empty room to learn how a caged animal feels.
11) Blood family
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A boy with an abusive father grows up and fears that he has the same potential for violence as his father has.
12) Mrs. Doubtfire
Language
English
Description
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Education
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This book provides a comprehensive guide to everything a would-be storyteller needs, including how to bring a story to life, tips on how to memorise a story and improvise descriptions, and techniques for using tone, movement and timing to engage and involve the children in your class.
14) Mrs. Doubtfire
Language
English
Description
A divorced father who wants to spend more time with his children disguises himself as a British nanny and applies for a housekeeping job in his ex-wife's home. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, he soon creates a whole new life with his entire family.
15) Losing It
Author
Language
English
Description
A travesty. A violation. An ecstasy. A disappointment. An instant. A lie. A theft. A rite of passage. Whatever you call it, there's only one first time. A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Patrick Ness, Anne Fine, Sophie McKenzie, Bali Rai, Jenny Valentine, Mary Hooper, and Andrew Smith. Some of today's leading international YA authors contributed to this hard-hitting collection of original short stories: some funny, some moving, some haunting,...
16) Mrs. Doubtfire
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A divorced father who wants to spend more time with his children disguises himself as a British nanny and applies for a housekeeping job in his ex-wife's home. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, he soon creates a whole new life with his entire family.