Rollercoasters: Where the World Ends

This historical novel tells of the fight for survival of a group of men and boys marooned on a remote sea stack off the coast of Scotland. Struggling to comprehend their situation, they begin to believe that nothing but the end of the world can explain why they have been abandoned to endure storms, starvation and terror.

Features

  • Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award, the Blue Peter Book of the Year award and the Blue Peter Special Book to Keep Forever award
  • Ideal for independent reading or classroom study
  • Free downloadable Rollercoaster Resource Pack of teaching and learning materials available

Rollercoasters comprises a wide-ranging list of award-winning titles by award-winning writers, themed collections that are ideal for introducing students to the texts and poetry they will encounter later in their studies.

Authors

Geraldine McCaughrean

Level

Ungraded

Language

English

Pages

280

Collection

Rollercoasters

Isbn

9781382035934

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