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A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide is a companion to A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) by Steve Pemberton. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for ages 8 to 12.
A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) Discussion Guide is a companion to A Chance in the World (Young Readers Edition) by Steve Pemberton. This guide can be...
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Steve Pemberton's incredible true story teaches us that no matter how broken our past, no matter how great our misfortunes, we have it in us to create a new beginning and to build a place where love awaits. This new adaptation of A Chance in the World for children ages 8 to 12 shares Steve's journey with sensitivity, honesty, and hope.
Since its publication in 2012, Steve's story has inspired thousands of people around the world. He has shared his...
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English
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In this stirring follow-up to his memoir, Steve Pemberton gives practical encouragement for how you can be a "human lighthouse" for others and through these inspiring stories will renew your hope for humanity.
Our polarized, divisive culture seems to be without heroes and role models. We are adrift in a dark sea of disillusionment and distrust and we need "human lighthouses" to give us hope and direct us back to the goodness in each other and in our...
4) Whitechapel
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BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood in this compelling crime drama. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. The locals live in fear and the police remain clueless. But this is not the 19th Century and the time of Jack the Ripper. This is now. Assigned to the case is fast-tracked DI Chandler - a novice in the business of murder, but an expert in the politics of policing. Can Chandler...
5) Psychoville
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A chilling message draws five seemingly disparate characters into a dark tale of blackmail and desire in this nightmarish comedy from the creators of The League of Gentlemen. A blind recluse with an unusual hobby, a love-struck telekinetic dwarf, an embittered hook-handed clown, a murder-obsessed man-child, and a deranged but caring midwife all receive the same ominous message sending their already bizarre lives into turmoil. All are affected by the...
6) Mr. Stink
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. He was the stinkiest stinker who ever lived. Daydreaming schoolgirl Chloe is unhappy at home and has no friends at her new school. So she befriends a stinky tramp and his dog in the local park, and in uncovering Mr Stink's sad past she ends up on a journey that takes her to Number 10 Downing Street and eventually brings her dysfunctional family back together again.
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Inside Number Nine volume 3
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English
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Tom is a primary school teacher with ambitious ideas of becoming an author. When he tries to repay a good deed from a late-night caller, he gradually becomes the victim of his own generosity.
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Inside Number Nine volume 5
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English
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Tony Warner's performance as Macbeth is the toast of London's West End. It would be very bad luck indeed if he was suddenly indisposed in some way; except for Jim, his ever-hopeful understudy, of course.
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Inside Number Nine volume 2
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English
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In this silent farce, we enter the beautiful, modernist home of Gerald and Sabrina - a beautiful home with lots of beautiful things in it. When cat-burglars Ray and Eddie decide to break in, they have to dodge all manner of obstacles - including the warring couple that live there - to get their hands on a priceless painting.
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Inside Number Nine volume 1
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English
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It is the day of Rebecca and Jeremy's engagement party, and everyone (well, nearly everyone) has turned up to the old house to wish them well. However, one of the bedrooms, the one with all the old baggage in it, has been left unlocked.
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Inside Number Nine volume 4
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English
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Tamsin is a very sick little girl, so Jan and Graham have asked WishmakerUK to brighten up their daughter's birthday. The charity is bringing along a very special guest indeed - none other than the legendary singer Frankie J Parsons.
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Whitechapel volume 3
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English
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The final act begins - the Ripper must kill one more victim to complete his re-enactment of the 1888 murders. Chandler is near to breakdown as he struggles to find an answer. Forensics and CCTV are useless, and the team is forced to rely on its instincts, hoping that the past will provide some clue to the killer's identity. But time is ticking away, and history tells us that Jack the Ripper was never caught.
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Whitechapel volume 2
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English
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Chandler continues to clash with his team, led by the cynical DS Miles. Further suspects lead to dead-ends as the detectives attempt to penetrate the conspiracies and myths that surround the legend of Jack the Ripper. Frustrated, Chandler pins his hopes on trapping their latest suspect, a solider named Leary, but the operation goes horribly, tragically wrong.
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Series
Whitechapel volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ambitious DI Joseph Chandler is assigned an open-and-shut case, the killing of a woman in the East End of London. Get a quick result, he is told, and you will get the promotion you have been waiting for. Unfortunately for him, however, things don't turn out to be so straight forward.