Noah's Gold

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Eleven-year-old Noah shouldn’t have even been on the school minibus, the one in which the teacher entered the wrong details into the SatNav and now he and the five other students, including his sister, who won’t admit she knows him, are stranded on a deserted island.

It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Her quirky pictures will keep the reader entertained and focused as they work through the book, or simply dip into the pages for ten minutes of calm colouring. Noah’s creation of a treasure map to distract the group and the subsequent discovery of gold all ads to the adventure.He used to run a Punch and Judy show, earning a fortune in small change, and just like Damian in Millions, he is a Catholic who is fascinated by stories of the saints. Despite one in three children in the UK estimated to be living in poverty, the realities of growing up poor just aren't reflected in the majority of books for children and teens.

You guys were so fab and Dawn was such a lovely presence in the schools - I will absolutely be in touch next time I'm in your neck of the woods.Author spun a clever story around our children's use of their phones and what happens when they have to go back and do things in an old fashioned way, ultimately figuring out along the way that it's a fun and adventurous way to go about life. I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs , Noah's Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Told in letters that are mainly written by Noah to his parents in which he shares all about what the children have been up to over the course of five days (and nights), which includes foiling a robbery.