SuitabookDetermination and achievement
Lila is determined to become a firework-maker and undertakes a dangerous journey to prove or fulfil that ambition.
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Philip Pullman - Author
This is a brisk, fantastical adventure about determination, danger and becoming a firework-maker. Lila’s journey combines perilous tests, a family predicament and a spectacular public performance, with illustrations contributing to the imagined world.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a brisk, fantastical adventure about determination, danger and becoming a firework-maker. Lila’s journey combines perilous tests, a family predicament and a spectacular public performance, with illustrations contributing to the imagined world.
Lila is determined to become a firework-maker and undertakes a dangerous journey to prove or fulfil that ambition.
The book includes life-threatening danger involving fire and volcanic flames, a character being falsely imprisoned, and an animal connected with the imprisonment episode. The ending is described as breathtaking.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
The Firework-Maker's Daughter Whole Class Reading Sequence — Primary English Education Consultancy
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