Matti's Miracle: Band 15/Emerald

by Ann Jungman, Michael Foreman (Illustrator), Cliff Moon (Editor)

Overview

Berlin in 1938 is not a safe place to be if you're Jewish. For Matti and many other Jewish children it means being sent to England for safety. Placed with a foster family in the British countryside, Matti is happy but desperate for his parents to join him. He starts working on a plan, but will it work out in time?

Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Text type: A story set in the past.

A map of Europe on pages 46-47 shows Matti’s route from Berlin to London.

Curriculum links: History: What was it like for children in the Second World War?

This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007231249
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Collins Big Cat
Edition description:	None
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	9 Years

About the Author

Ann Jungman was born in London, of German Jewish parents. She attended school in Hornsey and then went on to study law at university. Her decision to change careers and become a primary school teacher inspired her to become a writer for children. However, she didn't start writing until 1982 and held a number of jobs after leaving teaching. She worked as a research officer in the Law Department at the LSE; as a research assistant to a Professor of Politics and Sociology at Birbeck College, London; a social interviewer at Essex University; as a part time lecturer in English, European and American Literature and History in the Extra-mural Department at London University; and as a part-time teacher of English and History at the City and East London College.

Ann Jungman spent a couple of years in Australia and she now lives in North London.