The 10pm Question book and activity pack
The 10pm Question book and activity pack
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A witty and poignant family drama for readers aged 12+
“The 10pm Question is a warm, funny, heartfelt novel with a hugely relatable lead protagonist, a cast of heart-warming, quirky characters and an engaging, multi-layered plot perfect for early teen readers. It's packed with empathy and tackles issues many young readers will be able to relate to."~Sarah
Frankie Parsons is twelve going on old man - an apparently sensible, talented boy with a drumbeat of worrying questions steadily gaining volume in his head:
Are the smoke alarm batteries flat?
Does the cat, and therefore the rest of the family, have worms?
Will bird flu strike and ruin life as we know it?
Is the Kidney-shaped spot on his chest actually a galloping cancer?
Only Ma takes seriously his catalogue of persistent queries. But it is Ma who is the cause of the most worrying question of all, the one that Frankie can never bring himself to ask. Then the new girl arrives at school and has questions of her own: relentless, unavoidable questions. So begins the unravelling of Frankie Parsons's carefully controlled world.
New Zealand author Kate De Goldi is a literary superstar in her homeland, winning many awards for her writing for both children and adults, and reviewing and teaching creative writing. The 10PM Question was a New Zealand Post Book of the Year
The activity pack includes stickers, book club-style questions to ponder and a welcome note from Kate De Goldi. There’s also a word puzzle inspired by birds of New Zealand to solve and a recipe for Anzac biscuits, alongside jokes and further reading recommendations.
Activity packs are a handy A5 size and printed on uncoated paper which is fully recyclable.
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Our packs are wrapped in a simple paper sleeve and sent out in a cardboard book wrap – we would be so grateful if you could recycle both.
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We are a monthly book subscription by post for children aged 5 to 14, focused on helping families discover new and different chapter books.
This title was sent to subscribers in the Macaw reading group, aged roughly 12 to 14, who need books that feel grown-up but aren’t quite ready for all young adult books.
