As the Life on Earth series demonstrates, asking questions, observing the world, and analyzing what you see is the best way to learn!
Author: Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison provides writing and research services as the CEO of Read.Write.Perfect. She completed her Ph.D. in Children’s and Victorian Literature at Aberystwyth University in Wales, in the UK. After a brief spell in administration, Jen then trained as a secondary school English teacher and worked for several years teaching Secondary School English, working independently as a private tutor of English, and working in nursery and primary schools. She has been an editor for the peer-reviewed journal of children’s literature, Jeunesse, and has published academic work on children’s non-fiction, YA speculative fiction, and the posthuman.
Six Dots is not only a story about braille – it is also a story about reading, and about the power of education and the support and love of family.
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The Girl From Everywhere is utterly enthralling. It is fast-paced and punchy, whisking the reader along on a sea-voyage through time and space, myth and reality, and, above all, adventure after adventure.
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Daughter of the Pirate King, by Tricia Levenseller, is a rip-roaring good story with just the lightest touch of feminism.
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A Psalm for Lost Girls is not only a gripping detective thriller, but also a moving exploration of the human condition of helplessness.