Fourteen-year-old Mark Jackson has broken his leg - but that's the least of his worries. Lying in a hospital bed, waiting for an operation on his shattered bone, he begins to realise that several of his fellow patients have not returned from their own trips to surgery. Patients with no one to visit them in the evenings, or miss them should they vanish without a trace. Patients just like Mark, in fact... Our range of Teen Reads has an established reputation with both teachers and students in secondary schools. Teen Reads are visually appealing and age-appropriate for struggling teenage readers, helping to develop confidence and foster an interest in reading, whilst bridging the gap between more specialised books and full-length novels.The complete collection of 46 books has characters diverse in gender, sexuality, ethnicity and background to ensure they are relatable to a wide range of readers. Themes vary from horror and the supernatural to sci-fi, crime, adventure, family breakdown, relationships and moral conflicts.Accessible and appealing in equal measure, and with content to suit many different tastes, Teen Reads are an asset to any school library.
| ISBN: | 9781788371179 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2014 |
| Author: | Donbavand, Tommy |
| Publisher: | Badger Learning |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |