Selim-Hassan the Seventh and the Wall

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In Selim-Hassan the Seventh, a teenager is determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps (but his great-great-great-great grandfather has other ideas). In The Wall, a young nomadic girl is determined to return her grandmother to the land of her birth, across the Great Wall of China.




Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
Two alternative career paths for Selim-Hasan on pages 54 and 55 help children to discuss the options that Selim-hassan had and the decisions he made.
Text type: Two stories from other cultures
Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.