- Hardcover: 200 pages
- Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (25 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0582434556
- ISBN-13: 978-0582434554
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,557,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story of a boy's search for his true identity
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What’s the hook?
Two different perspectives provide interesting contrast in the exploration of issues of adoption and identity.
What are the themes?
Families, generations and identity.
Teaching points?
Provides numerous opportunities for speaking and listening activities and creative writing.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a very interesting read. I really enjoyed the book and read it cover to cover in less than a week, which is very quick for me. It is about a teenage boy who lives to dive. He has known all his life that he was adopted as a baby, but now as he is older, he feels incomplete and wants to find out where he comes from. The only clue he has to finding his mother is an ammonite (the snake stone) and a torn piece of paper with half an address on. James lies to his parents and sets off an epic adventure to find who he really is. The book is well worth reading and if you come from around the midlands I would reccommend it even more. From the first page I felt it was gripping, it is a book which I am definately glad I have read.
Format:Paperback
A good little story this, recommended to me and claimed to be true but after reading it I don't believe it to be biography but, nice non the less
Format:Paperback
I plucked this one from the bookshelf recently having not decided upon a longer book to get my teeth into. I am very glad I did.
This is a really lovely, heart rending, at times sad and with little bits of really tongue in cheek humour that can make you laugh out loud. it is a short book that can easily be finished within a few days or one sitting.
James is adopted, this has never been a secret kept from him and he is happy at home with Mum and Dad. However, he does really want to know who his biological mum is and sets out to find out. He is also an up and coming champion diver and the description and technical data relating to this part of the story is accurate. The adventure he sets out on to try to discover his Mum's identity is well crafted and makes the book difficult to put down.
The writing is concise and flows well. I couldn't find anything to fault in this book and would recommend it to all ages although it is aimed at the young teen market. I will be reading more books from this Author.
This is a really lovely, heart rending, at times sad and with little bits of really tongue in cheek humour that can make you laugh out loud. it is a short book that can easily be finished within a few days or one sitting.
James is adopted, this has never been a secret kept from him and he is happy at home with Mum and Dad. However, he does really want to know who his biological mum is and sets out to find out. He is also an up and coming champion diver and the description and technical data relating to this part of the story is accurate. The adventure he sets out on to try to discover his Mum's identity is well crafted and makes the book difficult to put down.
The writing is concise and flows well. I couldn't find anything to fault in this book and would recommend it to all ages although it is aimed at the young teen market. I will be reading more books from this Author.
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great book
Heart rending story of an adopted child's journey to find his birth mother and through this understand himself. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by Ms. P. H. Golding
One boys struggle to find out who his real parents are.
This is a book about a boy called James who is adopted. He has always known that he was adopted and he has always been free to ask anything. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2000
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