Name of book: Shadow
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Plot: There is a little boy called Aman who lives in the middle of a war zone in Afghanistan. He has to live in cave and has a dog that is constantly following him just like a shadow, which is what Aman called her. Shadow then saves Aman by telling him to leave the cave where they are a day before people went round there to kill him. Shadow leads him through the forest to this little village which sadly get attacked by the Taliban and shadow is killed in front of Aman who hides in a building. The American army them save him and that is where the story ends.
Sorry this is so short but the book is around 200 pages long.
January 7, 2016 at 10:52 pm
Hi Albion.
This is a reasonable start. To unlock the achievement, you’ll need to add to this with an exploration of what this text taught you about ‘ambition’ as a general theme.
Do have a look at the exemplars of students’ work on the badge itself to get an idea of what other people have done: http://achieve.community.edutronic.net/stage-four-reading/theme-and-genre-study/