Oxford Reading Tree: Levels 15-16: TreeTops True Stories: I Runned Away to Sea - Softcover

Gates, Susan

9780199196586: Oxford Reading Tree: Levels 15-16: TreeTops True Stories: I Runned Away to Sea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199196583 ISBN 13: 9780199196586

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Oxford Reading Tree: Stages 15-16: Treetops True Stories: I Runned Away to Sea Walter Claridge soon learns that he has been betrayed into giving up his freedom to become no better than a slave. This is a story about a boy in Victorian times, who is press-ganged into going to sea. The grammatical error in the title is a talking point in itself, as it is derived from his letter home where he tries to account for his actions. Full description

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Inspiring real-life stories from around the world

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This is a very moving story about a young boy in Victorian times, who is press-ganged into going to sea. The grammatical error in the title is a talking point in itself, as it is derived from his letter home where he tries to account for his actions. Walter Claridge soon learns that he has been betrayed into giving up his freedom to become no better than a slave in a frightening world of heaving seas, cruel masters, and the loss of his only friend. The story does have a happy outcome for Walter, but should serve as a useful illustration of a depiction of Victorian childhood that is not often known. It is year 6 title, supporting the basic need for different text-types (non-fiction) reading in NLS. "TreeTops" now branching out into non-fiction, with the same high-quality that the fiction strands enjoy. These books contain full introduction and story background sections, narrative 'faction' text and full supporting contents, index and glossary.

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