Real life accounts from those who experienced the Chernobyl nuclear disaster first hand. Lives pull apart and collide again in this gripping story set around civil war in 1960s Nigeria. And look out for a companion list later this term, aimed at younger secondary readers. If you do have futher suggestions then please feel free to add them to the thread below. In part, this is unavoidable because we have limited each author to one entry. It is by no means definitive and apologies in advance for any glaring omissions. This list has been compiled from texts revisited, discovered and explored while putting together an EMC course last term about teaching diverse literature. Rudine Sims Bishop, 'Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors' Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a window can also be a mirror. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author. Print Share Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors: Book List for Sixth Formers and Confident Older Readersīooks are sometimes windows, offering views of the world that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange.
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