A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll
Addie is eleven, autistic and lives in a small Scottish village. When her class learns that women there were once accused of being witches and killed, she feels they were punished just for being different. There is no memorial to them, so Addie decides that someone should make one.
- Length
- About 45,000 words
- To read it
- About 30 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 2
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why A Kind of Spark is on the list
- Year 6, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.