Brave New Words

Presents sixteen stories by contemporary writers. Based on the national curriculum list of recommended contemporary writers, this collection is designed to help students move up from Level 4 to Level 5. It introduces students to the concept of genre through four sections: humour, history, diaries, and sport.

Humour
The Gnomecoming Party Anne Fine
More bits of an autobiography I may not write Morris Gleitzman
School Days Bill Bryson
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat Roald Dahl

History
A Place on the Piano Eva Ibbotson
The Daughter Jacqueline Wilson
The Princess Spy Jamila Gavin
Real Tears Celia Rees

Diaries
Worth It Malorie Blackman
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot
Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three Alan Gibbons
Double Thirteen Eleanor Updale

Sport
Left Foot Forward Jan Mark
The Jump Anthony Masters
Head Race Michelle Magorian
Going Up Robert Swindells