No Angels

What's the hook? The intriguing and thought-provoking parallel narratives gives quite unique perspectives on the subject of homelessness. What are the themes? Prejudice, courage, survival, family, loyalty, homelessness and injustice. Cross-curricular links to history, geography and PSHE are strong. Teaching points? The intriguing and thought-provoking parallel narratives of Nikki in the present day and Nick in the mid-nineteenth century make this an ideal text for Key Stage 3 offering excellent cross-curricular links. Linguistic discussion is provoked by the extensive use of historical dialect.