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Barrington Stoke LtdPublication date
26th June 2007ISBN
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Assassin
Tony Bradman
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Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. This is a terrific page-turner that will have particular appeal to children of 9+ who have a reading age that is below that level. Tony Bradman has created a really believable and powerful adventure set in Roman times that will have the reader asking for more. Barrington Stoke's mission is to help children enjoy reading by publishing accessible, enjoyable and unpatronising short books for children who are dyslexic, struggling to read, or simply reluctant to sit down with a book. Legends and Lies is another one from the same stable. For further information do go to their website.
Synopsis
Assassin by Tony BradmanOwen knows what that means. The Romans will burn his village, kill his family, or make them slaves. Can his tribe fight against the power of the Roman army? Should they just give up now? Or can Owen save his tribe - by murdering the Roman leader, the Emperor Hadrian?
About The Author
Tony Bradman was born in 1954 (not during the Jurassic era, as his children have been known to claim). He went to school in London, and then Cambridge University. After university he worked in the music press, then became Deputy Editor of Parents magazine, and began reviewing children’s books. He had his first book for children published in 1985 and became a full-time author in 1987.
He is perhaps best known in the UK for his Dilly the Dinosaur stories. His books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and he has been published in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Japan amongst others.
Tony loves films and popular culture. He lives in Beckenham, Kent with his wife Sally and their three children Emma, Helen and Thomas and Rufus the cat.
TONY BRADMAN Q&A:
If you were a Viking warrior, what would your name be? And what about your battle cry?
I
love Viking warrior names – my favourites are Erik Bloodaxe, Ivar The
Boneless and of course, Harald Hardnut. I’d like my name to be exciting
too! But the Vikings had a great sense of humour, and I’m not very
tall, so I’d expect they would call me stumpy or something like that.
My battle cry would be easy – “Yaaaaaaagggghhh”
Which of the places in the book would you most like to visit: Russia, Norway or Constantinople? Why?
I’d
like to visit them all. Constantinople is now called Istanbul, and it’s
an ancient city full of interesting things. I studied Russian at school
and so I’d love to visit places like Novogorod and Kiev. And in fact,
I’ve just booked up to go to Oslo, capital of Norway – and the first
place I’ll visit is the Viking Ship Museum….
If you were a
Viking warrior, and could have any person from history/film/books in
your gang – who would you choose? And Why? What would the gang be
called?
I’d pick all the great Viking warriors – Harald
Hardnut, Erik Bloodaxe, the Godwin brothers Tostig and Harold, maybe
Thor the Norse God, Beowulf, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir and
Faramir from Lord of the Rings and loads of others. What would we be
called? Why The Cool Vikings, of course!
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