Antislavery campaigner, author, diplomat and political statesmen, Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age. A former slave himself, Frederick fought publicly against slavery and was an inspiration in the fight for social and political change. Written by Amanda Mitchison, find out about this life-long battle to fight for equality.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: A biography
Curriculum links: History, Citizenship"
Antislavery campaigner, author, diplomat and political statesmen, Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age. A former slave himself...
Set in a brutal, chaotic Scotland of the near future, it's business at any cost for the people who live there. Archie Henderson, a passionate hunter, has rewilded his vast Highland estate filling the mountains and woods with wolves and bears. Here he runs wolf hunts with a terrible difference. But when a young man is killed by a bear on the reserve, Detective Inspector Rhona Ballantyne investigates. The death is not all it seems. She uncovers a terrifying truth that will put her own life in jeopardy. A new writer to this genre, Amanda Mitchison has hit the ground running with a new spin to...
Set in a brutal, chaotic Scotland of the near future, it's business at any cost for the people who live there. Archie Henderson, a passionate hunter, ...