Selim Hassan The Seventh

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level In Selim-Hassan the Seventh, a teenager is determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps (but his great-great-great-great grandfather has other ideas). In The Wall, a young nomadic girl is determined to return her grandmother to the land of her birth, across the Great Wall of China. Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view. Two alternative career paths for Selim-Hasan on pages 54 and 55 help children to discuss the options that Selim-hassan had and the decisions he made. Text type: Two stories from other cultures Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Living in a diverse world. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.