Archives par mot-clé : Rupert Morgan

Walking Dead

« What is Brian ? »

Editions Didier – A book written by Rupert Morgan


The book

 

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The story

Level A1 -> A2

The story takes place in England at a school and at Jenny and Jack’s house. They are brother and sister. Jack is 13 years old and Jenny is 14 years old. Jenny and Jack are students. They are English.

The problem is about a meteorite which has fallen not far from Jenny and Jack’s village. The day after, the animals and the humans are very strange and Brian has disappeared. Brian has disappeared from the beginning to the end of the story.

CP

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The students’opinion

I like the book because in the story, there is suspense and it is rather funny. Brian wants to eat brains….

CP

 I love this book because it is captivating and funny; but it is a pity that it ends this way.

QV

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Singing to Change the World

 

« Rock Rebels »

Editions Didier – A book written by Rupert Morgan


The book

On the front cover, we can see a man who is singing like a rock star.

We can actually see some people who demonstrate for the peace and love and at the top of the page we can see the title « Rock Rebels ».

LP

 

 

 

The story

Level B1

The book explains the stories of the rock music stars and describes the historical contexts from the song « Jump Jim Crow » to Bob Marley’s songs. And it’s also about Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Clash and Peter Seeger. Some of them, like Bob Dylan, fought against the Vietnam War and played an important part to restore  peace. It was the case for the Vietnam War. Other fought for freedom….and won…

LP

 

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The students’opinion

I enjoyed reading this book because the stars are real and various. This book is brilliant because the intrigue is ingenious and it’s about lots of people. One negative point is the first chapter which is boring to me. I didn’t like it because it wasn’t fictitious. I wished it would be shorter. I thought the book was only about Rock and Roll stars’ lives. I wished there were less historical explanations and more details about the biographies.

LP

Listen to EC ‘s opinion :

A lovely story ?

 

« Romeo and Juliet in Las Vegas »

Editions Didier – A book written by Rupert Morgan


The book

 

In the middle of the front cover you can see the name of the book.

On the left side you can see a girl: her name is Juliet.

On the right side, you can see the boy: his name is Romeo.

CB

 

The story

Level A2 -> B1

The story is based on William Shakespeare‘s play.

The scene takes place in Las Vegas.

The main characters in the book are Romeo and Juliet. They are young.

They belong to the Montague and Capulet families who are rivals. The story takes place in 1979 in Nevada in America. Their love is impossible. Romeo must leave the town and runs away from it because he killed Juliet’s cousin. That’s the reason why Romeo pretends to be dead. It is at this point that Juliet decides to drink poison because she is so desperate. Will they live their love at the end ?

 

The students’ opinion

I think this book is great because I like romantic stories but I don’t like the end because it is too tragic. According to me, the book is interesting because the story is full of suspense.

CB