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Established British author of several children's books for the 8-12-year-old age group (including Time-Travelling Cat and When Poppy Ran Away) Julia Jarman confronts the painfully recurrent issue of bullying.
As with all her books, before starting to write she spoke to lots of children and adults and collected a great deal of 'real life' data. Her method works. Hangman is simply written and easy to read but its story is not an easy one. When Danny, the odd, detached, pedantic boy Toby knew at Primary school, turns up at his secondary school Toby is not pleased. He's worked hard to get in with the cool, laid back sporty set and he doesn't want to feel responsible for an odd ball. While Toby sits on the fence his other 'friends' take over. Danny is remorselessly bullied both in and out of school. Things come to a head on a school trip to Normandy, close to the D-day beaches where men fought against Fascism. A mean game goes dreadfully wrong and a simple children's story becomes a totally absorbing, frightening and sobering lesson in life. A truly powerful read. (Ages 8 to 12). --Tamsin Palmer --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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""Hangman" is for any who's ever been a playground thug or just stood by while someone else was being picked on . . . read this incredible book and take note." --"The Times"
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very direct powerful story about ordinary school children from middle class families who go too far. It shows the maliciousness of the 'clever' bully, the powerlessness of his victim and the pivotal role of the bystander. It's about a Year 7 group of pupils and climaxes on a school trip to the D-day landing beaches in Normandy. I have used successfully,with several year groups from Year 5 to Year 9. As they identify with all three main characters in turn - readers get a powerful insight into the nature of bullying - and they are gripped by the narrative which builds up to nail-biting climax.
One Year 9 pupil wrote:
"This book was such a good book. It must have to be one of the most powerful books I have ever read and it has made a real impact on how I think and feel about bullying."
One Year 9 pupil wrote:
"This book was such a good book. It must have to be one of the most powerful books I have ever read and it has made a real impact on how I think and feel about bullying."
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Julia Jarman was a frequent "Visiting Author" at both of the schools of which I was Head. She knew how to ask big questions which made us all think. Her novel "Hangman" considers some of the biggest. Most of us at some time in our lives, have ignored, sniggered about, or excluded another person on purpose. What makes us do that? Why should labelling someone "different" make us think it's ok to bully them? Is it ever possible to be a truly innocent bystander? Or do we all share the guilt when bad things happen? Do people really have to die before we realize that in bullying others we betray not just them but ourselves and those we love too?
"Hangman" puts such questions into a powerful , exciting and ultimately optimistic story which thinking students will find hard to put down. I think every school and library on the planet should have a copy!
"Hangman" puts such questions into a powerful , exciting and ultimately optimistic story which thinking students will find hard to put down. I think every school and library on the planet should have a copy!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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In an exciting, fast-moving tale of a school trip to France a young boy with Asperger Syndrome experiences bullying at the hands of his class-mates as the class investigates the events of World War 2; disaster is narrowly averted but uncomfortable and seemingly eternal truths about human nature are sensitively dealt with in this thought provoking children's book. It has much to offer to our efforts to promote a society which can accept and warm to 'difference' of whatever origin and teachers wishing to promote peer awareness of children on the autism spectrum as well as those wishing to probe some of the issues around 'bullying' will benefit also from the accompanying schemes of work for Year 7 pupils.
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An extraordinarily powerful book
The reviews already here give a very good overview of this book.
Julia Jarman makes powerful and thought provoking links between bullying and war that everyone of all ages... Read more
Julia Jarman makes powerful and thought provoking links between bullying and war that everyone of all ages... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Amanda
'Hangman' by Julia Jarman
'Hangman' is a bleak story which believably shows the depths of depression and depravity teenagers can sink to. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2004
This book is all about bullying in and out of school.
I think that Julia Jarman's new book "Hangman" is a very good book.I am the first person from Lambwath Primary School to read it. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2000 by Mr. P. G. Mcglinchey
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