Whispers in the Graveyard

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Solomon is a Scottish boy in the last year of primary school who is considered to be stupid and lazy, though he is actually dyslexic. He is bullied by his form teacher at school, and at home his father, who it is revealed is also dyslexic, drinks all the time and neglects him. Solomon often goes to the local graveyard for refuge. I honestly do not really understand how (and why) Theresa Breslin was awarded the 1994 Carnegie Medal for her middle grade ghost story Whispers in the Graveyard (and that indeed some of the Carnegie nominees for 1994 I have read such as in particular Michael Morpurgo's Arthur High King of Britain are in my opinion vastly superior to Whispers in the Graveyard). For honestly, Breslin features in Whispers in the Graveyard (and in a short, choppy and majorly unflowing writing style that I for one can only actively despise) far too many and often even rather adversarial and contradictory plots and genres at the same same time and with the featured text thus at times even seeming almost inadvertently ironic and satiric, as Theresa Breslin's multiple story threads, themes and genres for Whispers in the Graveyard are not only majorly outline-like and feel more like a brainstorming exercise, in a supposedly finished and completed novel this also feels like nothing is actually taken sufficiently seriously (and with the literary mish-mash encountered in Whispers in the Graveyard also leading to multiple plotlines which frustratingly and annoyingly equally seem move and meander all over the place without really ever successfully and believably intersecting, mixing, and not to mention not coming to any decent conclusions either, or perhaps more to the point moving towards an ending for Whispers in the Graveyard that in fact makes little to no common sense and frustratingly unbelievable). On a school trip to research the history of a graveyard, a group of students unearth a lot more than they bargained for! This excellent adaptation retells Theresa Breslin’s timeless, Carnegie medal-winning story. Richard Conlon and Theresa Breslin adapted the novel as a play, which was published by Heinemann in 2009. Theresa Breslin is the critically acclaimed author of over 30 books for children and young adults whose work has been filmed for television, broadcast on radio, and is read world-wide in many languages. A respected contributor to professional journals, she is passionate about children’s literature and literacy. She travels extensively, doing research for her books and speaking at international conferences and book festivals.

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I also loved the honest portrayal of a kid/teen with learning difficulties and how frustrating Solomon finds it. Om alleen te zijn, verschuilt Simon zich dikwijls op een oud kerkhof. Maar dan beginnen er rare dingen te gebeuren op het kerkhof. Er worden werken uitgevoerd om de rivier te verleggen. Graven zullen worden weggehaald en de oude lijsterbes wordt gekapt. Simon ziet dit met lede ogen aan. Ook ontdekt hij dat op een stuk grond waar niets wil groeien, een heks begraven is.

Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - Not really,’ says Ms Talmur. ‘It’s an old custom in this country, to plant a single rowan. There’s one growing by the door of practically every croft house in Scotland. They are supposed to deter evil spirits.’ A great, creepy little read with important stuff to say about bullying and learning to face up to your problems.

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Solomon is full of anger – with the teachers and his father who have failed him, with his mother who has left him, and also with himself. He cannot bear to be at school or home. His refuge is one corner of the kirkyard, where nothing flourishes except a single rowan tree. Then workmen uproot the tree and, as it dies, a terrible force comes to life. This book was okay. Not that fond of saying Dyslexia isn't a disability: "It's difficulty, not a disability." Those words mean the same thing. Disability is not a dirty word. Whispers in the Graveyard is a children's novel by Theresa Breslin, published by Methuen in 1994. Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal in 1994 [2] from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [3] In a retrospective award citation the librarians call it "a gripping, powerful and haunting story". [3] [ citation needed] This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. urn:lcp:whispersingravey0000bres_t4h7:epub:e805cd6c-ecd5-4919-af51-be0990519f1c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier whispersingravey0000bres_t4h7 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t03z73t8w Invoice 1652 Isbn 0749723882Solomon is dyslexic, but his teachers think he is inattentive and stupid. A primary grade teacher discovers his problem and she begins to work with Solomon. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-06-13 14:03:19 Boxid IA1825910 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Re-reading as an adult, the themes of dylexia and a difficult home life were well done. Sadly, the main spooky plot I had chosen the book for in my younger years was less so, with the conclusion coming across a bit rushed and messy (especially the mirror part? That seemed to come a bit out of the blue.) She won the Carnegie Medal, the UK’s most prestigious award in children’s literature, for Whispers in the Graveyard, her compelling story of a dyslexic boy. Before taking up writing full time Theresa worked as a librarian. Her books range from those for younger readers such as The Magic Factory series to middle readers like Bullies at School and the four Dream Master books - funny time-slip adventures exploring aspects of storytelling. She writes books for children and young adults, with some titles especially suitable for EAL readers. Divided City, exploring themes of prejudice, friendship, citizenship and conflict resolution has been shortlisted for ten book awards, winning the Catalyst Book Award and the RED Book Award. She has a range of historical novels including the The Nostradamus Prophecy and bestselling Remembrance and The Medici Seal, touching on the life of Leonardo da Vinci and shortlisted for the Book Trust Teen Book Prize and the Royal Mail Children’s Book Award. She has also written shorter books - her most popular title being Alligator, published as a play for schools. And yes, every part of Whispers in the Graveyard both my inner child and also my adult self have generally only found annoying, unrelatable and simply majorly textually frustrating. For while Theresa Breslin begins Whispers in the Graveyard as a realistic novel (describing the desolate struggle of main protagonist Solomon trying to unsuccessfully cope with severe dyslexia at school), the author gives her young readers far too many problems and which are also simply thrown at them like some huge shopping list but never really in any manner actually and truly examined (with Solomon's mother having left, his father being an alcoholic, most of Solomons's teachers being described and depicted as unbelievably one-dimensional bullies, and new teacher Mrs. Talmur then appearing like a deus ex machina heroine, immediately noticing Solomon's learning issues and basically at once staring to successfully remedy and fix his dyslexia), leaving a feeling of extreme textual shallowness for Whispers in the Graveyard and with in my opinion every presented character (including the main protagonist, including Solomon himself) not at all fleshed out and just existing and acting within Theresa Breslin's text like undeveloped and thin cardboard cutouts.

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I really liked the history that went into this book, all the little details about burial practices and the smallpox epidemic, etc, it was really interesting. With the encouragement of Ms Talmur, one of the teachers from school who has helped him throughout the book but leaves to get a promotion at the end, he begins to change his life, although he knows it will be an uphill struggle. His father agrees to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous class to perhaps change his life also. According to the author, her work as a librarian exposed her to "parents asking for books about dyslexia, for names of help groups, names of special tutors etc." She attended a local meeting of the British Dyslexia Association and recognised the pain and frustration of children, their families, and educators. She determined to write a book featuring a boy, in the first person and present tense. [5] Solomon has problems reading and writing… but he loves stories. One of his favourite places to be is an old graveyard in his home town where he looks at the monuments and carvings and make up his own stories in his head. But a new road is being built, the land is being cleared, and excavations have already started. The earth has been disturbed and Solomon senses that that something is wrong. At the same time, graves in the town's graveyard are being relocated, and, in the process, an evil spirit is set loose.

Simon kan niet goed mee op school. Zijn leraar pest hem voortdurend. Ook op persoonlijk vlak heeft Simon het moeilijk. Zijn vader is aan de drank en zijn moeder heeft hen verlaten. Find sources: "Whispers in the Graveyard"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Merciful heaven!’ Professor Miller drops the sheeting. ‘I do apologise. I had no idea it had reached that state.’ He ushers us away.