Theme: Children In Need

Hey Writers and Bookworms!
Our theme for this week is Children In Need! We want the country to raise a massive total to help!

Are you doing anything at work/school, home or in your town? If not then arrange a bake sale or car boot sale to raise donations, every little helps!

Please help those unfortunate children out there. Check out their stories at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjq5gohCz4I

This one is about a little girl called Emily, who was featured in last years children in need. Emily suffers from a bone disease. Children In Need helps make a difference.

Make a donation today!

Our book of the week will follow shortly.

Lets help those children and make a difference today. To make a donation click this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008dk4b/features/cin-donate

See you later!
Signed,
The Pen Pals

Bonfire Night

Hi Writers and Bookworms,

Sorry about the late posts, we will get back on track by next week. 

This week's book of the week is The Gunpowder Plot by Alan Haynes. This is a non-fiction book which we wouldn't normally choose but we thought it looked great.



Here is a short description of the book:


Every child has heard of Guy Fawkes and will most likely have watched a 'guy' being burnt on a bonfire and fireworks lighting up the night sky on Bonfire Night. This book answers the questions of history that lie behind the celebrations of 5 November. Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he come to be below the chamber of the House of Lords in the first hour of 5 November 1605? What desperation drove those involved to plan a horrific massacre of the Protestant royal family and government? Alan Haynes's probing analysis offers the clearest, most balanced view yet of often conflicting evidence, as he disentangles the threads of disharmony, intrigue, betrayal, terror and retribution. In this new, updated edition he gathers together startling evidence to uncover the depth and extent of the plot, and how close the plotters came to de-stabilising the government in one of the most notorious terrorist plots of British history. This enthralling book will grip the general reader, while the scope of its detailed research will require historians of the period to consider again the commanding importance of the plot throughout the seventeenth century. You can buy or read a copy of this book on:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gunpowder-Plot-Alan-Haynes/dp/0752457543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352403195&sr=8-1
Signed,
The Penpals