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      • Michael Morpurgo - The Dancing Bear
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      • Jamia Wilson - Young, Gifted and Black
      • Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines
      • Anthony Horowitz - Stormbreaker
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      • Zaro Weil
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      • Project manager and all video content - Bob Usher LGfL Content Manager
      • Live events co ordinator and author and publisher liaison - Caroline Horn ReadingZone
      • Additional project development support - Phil Hedger CEO - LEO Academy Trust
      • Literacy resource development - Nadine Williamson Director of Literacy - LEO Academy Trust
      • Literacy resource development - Christopher Perrott Vice Principle (Curriculum) - Cheam Common Junior Academy
      • Literacy resource development - Isabella Adams Cheam Park Farm Primary School
      • Website design and construction - John Laker AdEPT Education
      • Additional project development support - Laura Smith LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
      • Teaching material portal creation - Bradley Dardis LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
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      • Home
      • About this Resource
      • Lessons
        • Year 1/2 Lessons
        • Sarah McIntyre - The New Neighbours
        • Oliver Jeffers - Here We Are
        • Alex T Smith - Foxy & Egg
        • Mini Grey - The Last Wolf
        • Mini Grey - Toys In Space
        • Mini Grey - Hermelin
        • Year 3/4 Lessons
        • Philip Reeve - Oliver and The Seawigs
        • Philip Reeve - Pugs of The Frozen North
        • Jacqueline Wilson - Lizzie Zipmouth
        • Michael Morpurgo - Pinocchio
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Fox & The Ghost King
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Dancing Bear
        • Year 5/6 Lessons
        • Jamia Wilson - Young, Gifted and Black
        • Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines
        • Anthony Horowitz - Stormbreaker
        • Michael Morpurgo - Arthur High King of Britain
        • Cressida Cowell - How To Train A Dragon
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Wreck of Zanzibar
        • Jacqueline Wilson - The Illustrated Mum
      • Authors
        • Author Interviews
        • Alastair Chisholm
        • Alexander Gordon Smith
        • Alex T Smith
        • Ali Sparkes
        • Annabelle Sami
        • Anne Cassidy
        • Andy Griffths
        • Andy Jones
        • Andy Mulligan
        • Andy Riley
        • Andy Seed
        • Anthony Horowitz
        • Anthony McGowan
        • Ben Lyttleton
        • Caryl Hart
        • Cath Howe
        • Catherine Johnson
        • Cressida Cowell
        • Christoper Edge
        • Dan Freedman
        • Em Lynas
        • Emily Lockhart
        • Emma Carroll
        • Emma Yarlett
        • Fleur Hitchcock
        • Frederick Forsyth
        • Geraldine McCaughrean
        • Gill Lewis
        • Gillian Cross
        • Guy Bass
        • Henry Winkler
        • Holly Bourne
        • Holly Webb
        • Isabel Thomas
        • Jacqueline Wilson
        • Jamia Wilson
        • John Kane
        • Joseph Coelho
        • Joshua Seigal
        • Julian Clary
        • Karen McCombie
        • Kate Pankhurst
        • Kieran Larwood
        • Lauren Child
        • Matt Goodfellow
        • Maz Evans
        • Michaela Morgan
        • Michael Morpurgo
        • Mini Grey
        • Nick Butterworth
        • Oliver Jeffers
        • Pete Johnson
        • Phil Earle
        • Philip Reeve
        • Rhian Tracey
        • Robert Muchamore
        • Roger Stevens
        • Roma Agrawal & Katie Hickey
        • Sally Gardner
        • Sally Nicholls
        • Sarah McIntyre
        • Sarah Rubin
        • Sibéal Pounder
        • Sophie McKenzie
        • Steve Cole
        • Steven Lenton
        • Stewart & Riddell
        • Sufiya Ahmed
        • Suzy Senior
        • Teri Terry
        • Tony Ross
        • Vashti Hardy
        • Zaro Weil
      • Search via Key Stage
      • Credits
        • Credits
        • Project manager and all video content - Bob Usher LGfL Content Manager
        • Live events co ordinator and author and publisher liaison - Caroline Horn ReadingZone
        • Additional project development support - Phil Hedger CEO - LEO Academy Trust
        • Literacy resource development - Nadine Williamson Director of Literacy - LEO Academy Trust
        • Literacy resource development - Christopher Perrott Vice Principle (Curriculum) - Cheam Common Junior Academy
        • Literacy resource development - Isabella Adams Cheam Park Farm Primary School
        • Website design and construction - John Laker AdEPT Education
        • Additional project development support - Laura Smith LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
        • Teaching material portal creation - Bradley Dardis LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
      • Feedback
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        Using Point is extremely simple: when the user hovers the cursor over a word, Point displays a small box containing symbols illustrating the meaning of the word. Learn more about Point here .

Holly Bourne

Holly Bourne is an author and a champion for the mental health charity SANE. Holly's first two books, Soulmates and The Manifesto on How to be Interesting, have been critically acclaimed and translated into six languages. The first book in the Spinster Club series, Am I Normal Yet?, was chosen as a World Book Night book for 2016 and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. The Spinster Club series has also inspired the formation of Spinster Clubs across the UK and Ireland.

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Holly Bourne Interview

Holly Bourne

Holly Bourne is an author and a champion for the mental health charity SANE. Holly's first two books, Soulmates and The Manifesto on How to be Interesting, have been critically acclaimed and translated into six languages. The first book in the Spinster Club series, Am I Normal Yet?, was chosen as a World Book Night book for 2016 and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. The Spinster Club series has also inspired the formation of Spinster Clubs across the UK and Ireland.

Before becoming a full-time author, Holly was editor of TheSite.org - a charity-run advice and information website for young people. Follow Holly on Twitter @holly_bourneYA and Instagram @hollybourneya.

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