Heroes (book series)
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Heroes is a series of short novels and plays intended for young boys, created with series editor Frank Cottrell Boyce
. The series includes teaching resources and is designed to motivate reluctant readers.
The series comprises three novels and one play intended for use in Year 7, and three novels and one play intended for use in Year 8, as part of Key Stage 3
. Each novel and play is also accompanied by an "ActiveTeach" CD-ROM providing interactive learning opportunities linked to the source material. There is also a Teacher Guidebook, Improve Boys' Reading.
Frank Cottrell Boyce
-Awards:*2004: Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature , Millions*2004: Carnegie Medal, Millions*2004: Luchs des Jahres , Millions...
. The series includes teaching resources and is designed to motivate reluctant readers.
The series comprises three novels and one play intended for use in Year 7, and three novels and one play intended for use in Year 8, as part of Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14...
. Each novel and play is also accompanied by an "ActiveTeach" CD-ROM providing interactive learning opportunities linked to the source material. There is also a Teacher Guidebook, Improve Boys' Reading.
For Year 7 teaching
- Eg and Me (by David Grant)
- Ghost Game (by Nigel Hinton)
- i-ssassins (by Christopher Edge)
For Year 8 teaching
- Blood Oath (by Chris Priestley)
- Do Not Wake the Devil (by A&P Peters)
- Monster Island (by Justin RichardsJustin RichardsJustin Richards is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day...
)