The pack even goes a step further by offering a selection of resources and activities at the end of the pack to support teachers in the classroom. This resources will encourage and support pupils to explore unknown vocabulary, classify tiered vocabulary independently, explore the wider application of newly acquired vocabulary and enhance classroom vocabulary display which ultimately leads to improved retention.

Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away. Mirabelle says “It’s amazed me at how much I can relate to the book with starting a new school in a new place.The treating doctor thought Carl should be flown home to the UK for the operation, despite the risk that he might suffer further problems either before or during the flight itself. Being back into the world of a primary school first of all really took me back to my own school experience. When your first book won the Calderdale Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for nearly every other Children’s book award, did you feel under pressure to match that achievement with subsequent books?

She’s still writing stories and though she doesn’t teach now, she still visit schools … only now they’re all over the country. Fly Me Home enchanted me from the first page with the tale of Leelu, a girl coming to London from abroad and finds it difficult to settle in, until she finds magical objects and meets some rather special friends.The prose, imagery and writing style is completely gorgeous, and the ending was perfect (I was in tears). In my opinion Leelu's struggles with being in a new country and missing her dad was the best part of this book.

Contemporary But with an air of magic or mystery that softened Leelus experiences for the younger reader. Looking around me, I could see that living in a city could be incredibly isolating for many people at certain periods of their life although I think this could be said for anywhere, where different issues would crop up. Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family's struggle to adjust to life in a new country. If you haven`t discovered Polly Ho-Yen`s lyrical, magical and utterly unique novels yet I can`t recommend them enough. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie, is a must-read for 9-12 readers.Not knowing why they had to leave and why her father was left behind, I looked hard for clues in the story. Every single character in this book, good or bad or in between, is superbly written and I loved Leelu and her brother Tiber, who also faces some issues when arriving in England, especially. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie , is a must-read for 9-12 readers. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. At the heart of this is a charming friendship between two immigrant children, perhaps my favourite aspect of the book.

Her first novel, Boy in the Tower, published in July 2014 by Random House Children's Publishers, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. In this case, we agreed with the treating doctor's assessment of the risks in flying Carl home, set against the risks associated with carrying out his operation in West Africa.

Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family's struggle to adjust to life in a new country. I love the pervasive warmth in this book, even as Leelu faces the challenges of fitting in to a new country and a new school as her family unravels around her. When her mum takes on a job working nights and her brother starts sneaking out of the house, Leelu begins to feel even more isolated. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Part of what I love about them is that I think if you really know your city, if you look around you, if you are part of your place, then you won’t live in a bubble.