Some more fantastic new titles now available through Listening Books!
All of our schools that are connected to the emPSN network, have free access to the Listening books taster catalogue which is updated on a monthly basis. Below are the newest titles available to schools this month, with more coming soon. If you would like to know more or how to access Listening Books, contact a member of the team at support@empsn.org.uk
Troublemakers by Catherine Barter
“In three years, I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email, which was such a tiny thing but look what happened.” Fifteen-year-old Alena never really knew her political activist mother, who died when she was a baby. She has grown up with her older half-brother Danny and his boyfriend Nick in the east end of London. Now the area is threatened by a bomber who has been leaving explosive devices in supermarkets. It is only a matter of time before a bomb goes off. Against this increasingly fearful backdrop, Alena seeks to discover more about her past, while Danny takes a job working for a controversial politician. As her family life implodes, and the threat to Londoners mounts, Alena starts getting into trouble. Then she does something truly rebellious.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in Germany any longer. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise, that your own father was one of those people. That is what happened to Anna in 1933. She was nine-years-old when it began, too busy with her schoolwork and toboganning to take much notice of political posters, but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler, the man who would soon change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life. Anna suddenly finds things moving too fast for her to understand. One day, her father goes unaccountably missing. Then she herself and her brother Max are being rushed by their mother, in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know – home and schoolmates and well-loved toys – right out of Germany!
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Need a reminder of how to access the taster service or would like to sign up? Please contact support@empsn.org.uk and we will be happy to assist.
