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These are the titles for the "OLW" fiction strand for upper Key Stage 2, (Y5 and Y6) designed to fit the National Literacy Strategy. Year 6 contains: "Space Rock and Five-a-side" by Jon Blake - what it takes to be popular, a hard hitting story involving addiction; "Car Crusher" by Philip Wooderson - story of unfairness and bias and the proving of innocence; "Skew Whiff" by Anna Perera - Can Anjouli and her friends win the maths contest and repair the damage they've done to the house and still be ready for the birthday party? "Wimmer" by Margaret McAllister - two children find a very curious dog on the run from a research centre. Will they be able to keep him secret when he begins to grow wings? "War Stories" by Nick Warburton - two stories about children whose lives are changed by war; and "Eva" by Shirley Isherwood - the story of an escape from Nazi Germany and a child's memory afterwards.
