2021 (first published 1937)
Copper, nicknamed thus after Copernicus, learns a lot from his uncle. Here we have the story of an ordinary school boy. Bullying happens at school.
Copper lives with his mother. His father has died. His uncle is the male role model for him. His uncle helps him to rationalise everything. He writes his notes in a special book and these cover science, philosophy, history and ethics. Copper has a lot of thinking to do.
This resembles a fluent reader book in many ways and Copper is the right aged protagonist for this reader. However, some of the issues that are raised are quite complex and might be of interest to Years 7 and 8
This is a thought-provoking book for the young reader.
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