Buddy

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Pupils will be expected to contribute to the reading of "Buddy." (Teacher, volunteers and jigsaw activities.) The book that I have read is buddy by Nigel Hinton. The story is about a teenage boy called Buddy Clark, who is very puzzled.

The book was set in England in the 80s, where work was scarce, there were race riots etc. It is not the perfect picture we have when we sit here, at the bottom of Africa, and think of the green grasses of England. The characters are wonderfully flawed. Our initial view of Buddy is of him stealing money from his mother's purse. We realise shortly that his parents are not happily married. His mother leaves. His father.... well, that would be telling. What was impressive though, is that even though these characters were not doing things we would approve of, Hinton gets us to see both sides - we can understand their reasoning as to why they are doing what they do. Beaver Towers: the Dangerous Journey (1986) (Originally published as Run to Beaver Towers. Adopted the current title in 1997).

Mr Normington is behaving in an unprofessional manner in a number of ways. Discuss each in turn giving your own opinion about each. Whilst visiting the set in the television series based on the first book the author asked why they put a guitar in Buddy's bedroom. The set designer explained that he figured Terry got Buddy a guitar then he gave up when he could not play it. Hinton liked the idea and worked from there. [1] Plot [ edit ]

Buddy is still widely used in English classes at British and Irish secondary schools, [1] [2] sometimes with the TV series to compare the two media.Discussion of key themes -right and wrong, marginalisation, poverty, parenting, prejudice, friendship, education, superstition, bullying