Why Not Read...
Spirit of the Titanic
'a unique angle on the enduring Titanic story ... a valuable addition to a school Titanic project or for any competent reader who loves historical fiction in general and the Titanic in particular'
Gill Robbins
|
 |
|
|
Buy Now
IBbY Honour List 2002
Children's fiction
|
 |
|
|
Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
|
A hilarious book from this first-time author in which a young sporting fanatic is forced to leave his beloved Wexford, home of all his heroes, and move with his family to Tunisia! How will he survive in a place like this? Then he teams up with Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to trouble, crazy escapades, a unique way of communicating, and heartbreaking challenges.
Extract available: read some of this book now ...
Chapter One: Where?
The Author Speaks
Eoin Colfer answers questions from young readers
Eoin Colfer talks about his first books
Links
Eoin's personal website
Teaching Resources: free to view and download
Teaching ideas for sixth class from O'Brien Reading Programme
Teaching guide to the novel by Irene Barber
List of all available resources
Problems viewing resources? You will need a PDF file reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which is available free from
Adobe.
Cover Gallery: other covers for this book
Praise for Benny and Omar
Listed in the 'Top ten essential books for every family' Sunday Business Post
'Colfer smoothly layers adventure, moments of poignancy and subtle social commentary and his comic timing is pitch-perfect' Publishers Weekly
'I thought this book was brilliant. It is definitely a 'One to read' ... I would give this book 9 out of 10. If you want to improve your vocabulary read this book. It is one of the best books I've ever read.' Sixth-class reviewer, Wicklow People
'Hilarious -- there is hardly a page which will not have a reader laughing aloud' The Irish Times
'Eoin Colfer has a very cool line in storytelling.' RTE Guide
'A wonderful book, absolutely hilarious' Robert Dunbar, The Gay Byrne Show
Reader reviews
'A brilliant book, it's so funny. It's the best book I've read so far. I really enjoy reading Eoin Colfer's books, they always want to make me read more'. Ross
|
|
|
