thus is a great mystery gook where the boy try’s to find the culprit will meeting new friends especially homeless people and you find out more about them. The character arc is absolutely brilliant, indeed is the heart of the story. From an uncaring, cruel bully, to an empathetic, considerate hero.

LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. I do think a massive theme of this book is to not judge a book by its cover. There is more to Hector than meets the eye, and the same with Mei-Lei, and the homeless characters of Thomas and Catwomen.Skateboarding around Piccadilly Circus with a friend on afternoon, Hector decides to stay longer by himself, when his sees the homeless man, whose trolley he'd sunk and whose name he has learned is Thomas, suddenly appear and break into a run. Naturally, when another statue goes missing, Hector is convinced it's Thomas doing it, and decides to find him and turn him over to the police. And to do that, he needs to enlist the help of Mei-Li, but will she help someone who she clearly does not like? And together can Mei-Li and Thomas help Hector overcome his need to be bad? The night bus hero is about a boy called hector (he is a bully)who goes around being naughty to loads of people .He takes sweets of little children and is horrible to them.He has got two friends who are also very naughty.One day he thinks he has found a thief and blames it on a homeless man (Thomas).When he works out it wasn’t him they work together to find the real thief .When they work it out and catches them they are so relieved(they also turn into best friend. Readers of around 8 and above will find this a very smooth and intriguing story with some appealing characters. This book touches on many themes, with the main two being bullying and homelessness. Onjali manages to write about these in a serious way, whilst still bringing in a humorous side. I loved going on the journey with Hector and seeing him learn about homeless people and how they aren't bad like he thinks they are at the beginning - the friendship that blossoms between Thomas and Hector is truly beautiful. I also liked seeing how Hector changed throughout the story, learning about homelessness really changed his behavior and way that he views the world, by the end of the book he has settled down and is no longer a bully like his former friends Will and Katie (they may have been the influence on Hector's bullying in the first place). The book challenges stereotypes about both homeless people and bullies, questioning the definition of a hero and whether people really can change?

Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his... Hector has parents that travel the world on charity work missions, a younger brother (Hercules) and older sister (Helen - you might see the theme there), and a couple of 'friends' at school who goad him on as he steals money and sweets and generally makes life in his school a bit of a hell for a lot of other children. Showing off one day at the park, he ends up sending a homeless man's trolley into the lake, observed by Mei-Li, a girl in his class. Unrepentant, he does however later see this homeless man appear to be the culprit behind a series of bizarre but fiendishly clever robberies in the city of London. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - In this follow-up to 2020’s The One and Only Bob, Ruby the elephant is still living at Wildworld Zoological Park and Sanctuary.

I waited for him to shout and scream. But he didn’t. Instead, he took off his yellow hat and his shoulders began to shake. That was how I knew that he was crying. This would make a great class read for upper primary classes. My nearly 10-year-old and I just finished Rauf's debut and I'll be starting this one with him soon. It raises issues I'd like to have a context for so that we can then use for discussions, and Hector is engaging and a character you really want to see change a little. His family life plays a role in his actions and readers will notice that. In this literacy activity, your LKS2 class will have to find evidence from the text to support the statements given.