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    My Other Life: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band
    My Other Life: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band
    My Other Life: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band
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    My Other Life: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band

    By Polly Ho-Yen and Patricia Hu

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    Book Band: Brown - Ideal for ages 7+

    Thought-provoking contemporary fantasy from best-selling author Polly Ho-Yen.

    Mae spends a lot of time in hospitals. She's had asthma since she was little and sometimes she just can't breathe. She was in hospital the very first time she saw the hole - a tear in the universe which seems to appear only to her.

    Before she knows it she is drawn into a parallel world, where things aren't quite the same...

    This powerful fantasy story is full of big ideas and a great way to talk about chronic illness with children. It has beautiful black-and-white illustrations from Patricia Hu throughout, and is ideal for children who are developing as readers.

    The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com.

    'Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed … Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.' Books for Keeps
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 9, 2020
    ISBN9781472972583
    My Other Life: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band
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    Polly Ho-Yen

    Polly Ho-Yen nació en Northampton y se crio en Buckinghamshire. Estudió literatura en la Universidad de Birmingham antes de trabajar en el mundo editorial durante algunos años. Ha sido profesora de primaria en Londres y mientras enseñaba solía levantarse muy temprano y escribir historias. Una de esas historias se convirtió en su primera novela, Boy in the tower. Publicada en julio de 2014 por Random House Infantil, fue nominada a la Medalla Carnegie y preseleccionada para el premio Blue Peter Book y el Waterstone de Literatura Infantil. Su segunda novela, Where monsters lie se publicó en 2016 y la tercera, Fly me home, en el 2017. Ambas fueron también nominadas a la Medalla Carnegie. Actualmente, escribe a tiempo completo y vive en Bristol con su marido y su hija.

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      Book preview

      My Other Life - Polly Ho-Yen

      Contents

      The Hole in the Hospital

      The Second Hole

      Rav’s Theory

      The Centre of the Hole

      No One There

      Mum and Dad

      Rav

      Mandy

      Another Place

      The Surprise

      Mandy’s House

      The Fourth Hole

      Right Here

      The Hole in the Hospital

      I was in hospital when I saw the first hole.

      I’ve spent quite a lot of time in hospital.

      When I was quite young, I was diagnosed with severe asthma and if I get a bad attack, I often end up there. My mum says that we’ve had some near brushes which always makes me think of my old hairbrush, clogged up with tangles and dull, dead hair.

      I can’t remember properly the times I was unwell. My dad says I’m the bravest person he knows, but I don’t know what he means by that.

      My friend Rav says: Mae, I think you’re the greatest. And your dad makes the best lunches. I say: Is that why you like me, because I have the best lunches – and I always give them to you? He laughs and says: Of course not, but then he rubs his belly as he says it. I don’t think he even notices he’s doing it.

      My asthma’s not a big deal. Not really. And it’s got better now I am older and understand what I need to do. I know that I have to take my medicine every day. And I know that I have to get help if I feel a tightening in my chest, or a wheeze in my breath. And I also know that, unless I grow out of it, I will have to do this for the rest of my life.

      I don’t like being in hospital. It’s always just a bit too hot for one thing. When I get home after being there, the first thing I do is open up my bedroom window, as wide as it can go, and I leave it like that, all night if Mum doesn’t notice, so I can feel the breeze coming in and all around me.

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