Monday 27 April 2015

Lit Club Term 2 Week 1

The  Book we introduced this week was ...
From British author Frank Cottrell Boyce—the beloved, award-winning, bestselling author of Millions and Cosmic—comes another hilarious, heartbreaking, and enjoyable childrens novel.    
"Filled with humour and likeable characters, this was a gripping read from start to finish."
Find out why it's not easy being green in the hilarious story from Frank Cottrell Boyce: The Astounding Broccoli Boy! Rory Rooney likes to be preparedfor all eventualities. His favourite book is Don't Be Scared, Be Prepared, and he has memorized every page of it. He could even survive a hippo attack. He knows that just because something is unlikely doesn't mean it won't ever happen ...But Rory isn't prepared when he suddenly and inexplicably turns green. Stuck in an isolation ward in a hospital far from home with two other remarkably green children, Rory's as confused by his new condition as the medics seem to be. But what if it's not in their genes, or a virus, or something they ate? What if turning green actually means you've turned into a superhero? Rory can't wait to make it past hospital security and discover exactly what his superpower might be


Can you work out from the clues below 
what classic childrens book this is ?….
  •   This book was written in in 1881 but published in 1883 by a Scottish Author.)
  • ·     This book was SET (PLACE)  ·on ,an island off the coast of “Spanish America” (an unnamed carribean Island)
  • ·     The inspiration for this book comes from the authors son who had made up  and drew a map of an imaginary island.
  • ·     It is a narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold" by the narrator teenager Jim Hawkins .
  • ·     It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. and has been adapted to live thatre , film and tv.