FREE ‘Crime File’ to assist with the delivery of a whodunit class reader specifically designed to appeal today’s young people.
‘The Case of the Caretaker��s Keys’ is the opening title in the Great School Detective series of books by Chris Martin aimed at students aged from Year 8 to 13. The series, published by Hogs Back Books, follows the adventures of a schoolboy detective called Inky Stevens who goes undercover at Blinkton High School in order to solve a variety of perplexing crimes. This ‘Crime File’ is a FREE PDF document supporting the delivery of the novel in the classroom. Written by Head of English, Jamie Foster, it contains over 70 differentiated lesson ideas over the course of 60 fun-packed pages.
Information from the novel’s flyleaf…
Oh we do like to scream beside the seaside!
The Great Storm, which shook Blinkton that September, would live long in the memory of the isolated coastal town. At its height, each wave crashing against the harbour wall sent seawater spewing upwards as a dense curtain of brine which hung perfectly still for the briefest of seconds, before thumping down with the force of a thousand fists. This darkest of times provided cover for the darkest of deeds. As the storm swelled to its climax, a malignant force sat, poised to enact a deed of unspeakable evil. For them, the thrashing jaws of the tempest offered the perfect distraction… "
ISBN: 978-1-907432-53-8