Brightstorm: 1 (The Brightstorm Chronicles)

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All across the USA, people are showing up dead. The deaths don't appear to be connected in any way until one particular death occurs and gets the Secretary of Defense's attention. He arranges for a task force to investigate. I love the environmentalist theme of the story. I normally don’t really love political statements, but the environmental issue is near and dear to my heart. (I have a hippie mom to thank for that.) I love nature and I want my great grandchildren to enjoy it as much as I do. Anyhow, Maud and Arthur are on a ship powered by water instead of pitch. This gives them an advantage in the race south because water is a readily available resource, unlike pitch. They also visit a city that has converted to hydro and wind power instead of pitch and has experienced great success. Hmmm. A parallel to any current issue? I think so! What can we Learn from Hardy? Twelve-year-old twins Maudie and Arthur’s world comes crashing in when their explorer dad is reported dead in his mission to get to South Polaris. Not only that, their family name is tainted when he is accused of stealing another skyship’s fuel before he died, which means they are unable to inherit their family home. This book was amazing! Ive read it 3 times and i love it every time! The characters are well described and the sense of mystery is always there. The ending was very good and overall the story line was very well thought out and executed perfectly! This resource explores a few characters from the story and focuses in on descriptions of those characters. This helps your children identify the terminology used by the author and the effect that has in building up a picture inside the reader’s head. Your KS2 children will also have the opportunity to reflect on the descriptions and answers questions, identify links and make comparisons.

Vashti Hardy is a children’s book author who lives near Lancashire, England, with her husband and three teens. She has an honors teaching degree and an MA in creative writing from the University of Chichester. I really enjoyed this book. It was not quite as good as the Brightstorm books for me but I still really enjoyed it! Vashti Hardy is so easy to read and so much fun! I liked Orin and the world of Ironhold and the tree it was really well done. Amelia Earhart was an inspiration for the character Harriet Culpepper in Brightstorm, and this book makes Earhart's story accessible to the young reader. The tale of this intrepid aviator is simply told alongside vivid illustration, and travels from her childhood dreams to her achievements and eventual disappearance. Twelve-year-old twins Maudie and Arthur’s world comes crashing in when their explorer dad is reported dead in his mission to get to South Polaris, and they race to restore the family name.A real edge-of-your-seat Victoriana romp. I did a spoiler-free interview with author Vashti Hardy on my YouTube channel, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/GFD21aGDSVEIt was equally exciting and sad. Arthur and Maudie have been my trusted companions and have grown into young adults by the end of Firesong, but I’ve loved delving into another aspect of the world. One of the thrilling thing about creating a fantasy world is that there are any number of possible stories to be told in any number of locations and points in time. MEN WANTED for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful, honour an recognition in case of success.’ In addition to his death, he is blamed for having stolen fuel from another airship before his death and is accused of violating explorers’ laws, which led to losing everything under his name. Arthur and Maudie have nothing left and are sold and listed for servitude by a slave family. In this activity your children will work on the use of apostrophes from chapters 1 and 2. Some of your children will recognise and identify how an apostrophe is used for a contraction and others will look at apostrophes to show possession.

The Eastern Isles are not easy to find and holds a lot of secrets. The twins are for the first time separated to live in places they know nothing about. Will they later be reunited? Will they be able to find out what Eudora is up to before it’s too late?I loved Orin and his journey - it was exciting and rather fast-paced. Cody, his companion, was incredible and I loved their friendship. It even got a little emotional by the end too, but oh so wonderful! I also love the world Vashti paints too, so much thought and care went into it (including time) and I could visualise this world as being so real, as if it could happen. Lontown for London (I don’t know if this is what was meant, but I couldn’t unmake this connection in my mind.) It drew me in instantly as a fabulous call to adventure and I began to consider what sort of person would reply to such an advert. What if two children, a boy and a girl, replied? They would need an extremely compelling reason. Then Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm arrived in my imagination and I started building their story and the situation with their explorer father and the history of their mother. I decided on a fantasy world with similarities to our own, yet with many more places waiting to be discovered, populated by humans and creatures just as intelligent called sapients. The world of the Wide was born. Your class will focus on the suffixes: al/ol/le/el in this activity. Using the words from Chapter 17, your children will extend their vocabulary as well as being challenged to locate the words containing the listed suffixes within the chapter.

Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)? Space explorers, whether on the ground as scientists or the astronauts themselves, are a hive of amazing inspirational stories.This book tells the stories of 50 women who have contributed to space exploration from the past to modern day. As the winged ship Aurora sets sail, the twins must keep their wits about them and prove themselves worthy of the rest of the crew. During an attempt to reach South Polaris, Arthur and Maudie’s father dies. However, the twins receive a mysterious clue which leads them which lead them to question the events which were reported to them.Brightstorm a sky ship adventure is an amazing book! I honestly was not expecting it to be this good when I first got it but it was incredible! It’s about twin siblings, Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm who’s father, an explorer has died on a failed attempt to reach south Polaris. They stay to live their housekeeper, Mistress Poacher, but she has absolutely no interest in the twins and simply sells them to Mr and Mrs Beggins, poor people who treat the twins very badly and make them servants! The children live in the slumps (slums) until one day they find an advert for a race to claim South Polaris for the 2nd time. They decide to join Miss Harriet Culpepper, who is also an explorer just like their father, and her team (which includes Felicity Wiggety) on a race to South Polaris. Many exciting things happen to the crew of the Aurora sky ship as they journey deep into the unknown. Will the Aurora team reach South Polaris first? Or will they be beaten to it by Madame Eudora Vane on board her sky ship Victorious? Read the book to find out! Another thing I like about this story is a character called Felicity. She has enormous feet. Her feet can predict things. It is quite silly and quite fun. He writes a number of very likable characters. This is not as good as the author’s other books, for me. Turning the environment into a sentient being isn’t a particular original concept—plenty of science fiction television shows, as well as other books, have done it before and much better. I could call the conclusion from a mile away. adventure Alternate History Celebration Posts Elements of Story Fantasy heist Historical Fiction Horror Humor mystery Non-Fiction Reading Realistic Fiction Science Fiction Self Publishing thriller Uncategorized Writing writing advice Writing Journey Genre Genre Reader Favorites We spoke to some of your favourite authors and illustrators to find out what books they’d recommend for children starting school in September. Whether your child is nervous about making friends or struggling to build…