Whispers in the Graveyard

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one of those rare books that makes you want to put your life on hold for as long as it takes to finish it. …formidably good writing, full of wit and wisdom, from which children will go away encouraged rather than demoralised at the possibilities of the human condition. 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. Worksheets for classroom use of Whispers in the Graveyard. English Teaching Online ( teachit.co.uk). Retrieved 29 March 2010.

Whispers in the Graveyard - The Play - Theresa Breslin

No, and perhaps not for some time. There may be a problem.’ Professor Miller pauses for a moment or two. ‘Oh, I might as well tell you. It will be in the local newspaper this week anyway. It’s almost certain that smallpox victims were interred here. I will have to do a search of the Burial Register in Glasgow before we commence exhumations.’ urn:lcp:whispersingravey0000bres_t4h7:epub:e805cd6c-ecd5-4919-af51-be0990519f1c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier whispersingravey0000bres_t4h7 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t03z73t8w Invoice 1652 Isbn 0749723882 a b "Theresa Breslin: Whispers in the Graveyard: Research". Theresa Breslin. Retrieved 10 September 2012. Simon ontmoet een nieuwe lerares. Ze merkt dat er iets is met Simon, ontdekt dat hij dyslexie heeft en neemt hem onder haar hoede. Simon moet nu bij de kindjes gaan zitten die net leren lezen en schrijven. Hij heeft het daar wel wat moeilijk mee, maar er is een klein meisje, Amy, die direct met hem bevriend raakt en Simon wordt ook erg op haar gesteld. Dan blijkt dat Amy ook door het kerkhof aangetrokken wordt. Solomon doesn't have it easy. He's dyslexic, and his struggles at school are made worse by a bully of a teacher. Life at home isn't easy either - Solomon's mum walked out a while ago and his Dad is often out of work and tends to go on benders. Solomon has one refuge - the local graveyard. But then workmen come to remove an old rowan tree. Solomon discovers that rowan trees were traditionally planted to ward off evil spirits, and once the rowan tree in his graveyard is removed, some very creepy things start to happen.The book is written in the first person – Solomon tells the story himself. In Chapter 14 he is in the graveyard staring at the stones at far end. Also there are his teacher Ms Talmur and Professor Miller, the archaeologist in charge of removing the tombstones… 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.

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Breslin leaves her readers on the edge of their seat, gripped by the storyline and unable to put the book down. 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. Don’t they just?’ he agrees at once. ‘Every single one is an individual tribute to the art of the stonemason. Each humble tradesman or worker would have his own emblem to show his craft.’ He laughs. ‘Even a miller had one.’ He walks across to a very old stone. ‘Look, this one has a sheaf of corn and the weighing scales. Not that millers were very popular. It was a widely held belief that they were dishonest, taking more than was their due of the corn they ground.’Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -