Class Information
Teacher – Mr J. Cherkowski
TA – Mrs M. Waite
Lightning Mary – Anthea Simmons
Room 13 – Robert Swindells
Beowulf – Michael Morpurgo
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Bolt Thief – Rick Riordan
Adventure Chapter Book: Land of the Last Wildcat by Lui Sit
Puffin Lau, the 10-year-old protagonist of the story, has lost both of her parents and lives
with her best friend Lance and his grandad Moe. Thankfully, Lance shares Puffin’s love of
adventure, but when her mother fails to keep her promise to deliver a talk to her class on the
Kuri, long, lost wildcat of Linger Island, Puffin takes it upon herself to act as museum guide, a
role she feels well qualified for. Before she has time to complete her talk, her Mum’s boss
Professor Smoult takes over and Puffin, smarting with anger, decides to investigate for herself
just what her Mum felt was so important that she couldn’t be there for her daughter.
Fiction: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
When April heads to a remote Arctic island with her father, who is there for scientific
research, she’s not sure exactly what to expect. The trip to ‘Bear Island’ has the potential to
be a very lonely trip – with endless summer Arctic nights, an isolated wilderness and,
according to her father, no actual polar bears left on the island for April to spot despite its
name Surprisingly, April encounters a real polar bear on the island when nobody else is
around. Isolated from his family, the bear is starving and alone, with nobody to help him.
Over time, a friendship develops and April becomes more determined than ever to save the
bear
Graphic Novel: Nina Peanut is Amazing by Sarah BowieNina is an ordinary ten-year-old with dreams of social media stardom. When a viral cat-inpants moment gives her a chance, Nina’s quest for likes leads to hilarious, disastrous results.
