Project X: Brown Band: Strong Defences Cluster: Pack of 5

by Anthony McGowan, Mick Gowar, Susan Gates

In this cluster, the children are faced with an imminent attack from the evil Dr X and his robot army - find out what happens in the two part adventure The X-bots are Coming...and Attack of the X-bots! In Lone Wolf, Grey, the wolf cub, is lost in the forest - find out how he survives without his family to defend him. Also, find out more about human defences used throughout history in the two non fiction books, Under Attack and Strong Defences. Each book comes with notes for parents that highlight tricky words or concepts in the books, prompt questions and suggest a range of follow-up activities. The Strong Defences Guided Reading Notes provide step-by-step guided reading support for each book in the Strong Defences cluster, together with guidance about comprehension, assessment for learning and vocabulary enrichment. Hands-on follow-up activities and cross-curricular links are also provided for each book.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Anthony John McGowan is an English author of books for children, teenagers and adults. He is the winner of the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal for Lark. In addition to his 2020 win, he has been twice longlisted (for The Knife That Killed Me in 2008 and Brock in 2014) and once shortlisted (for Rook in 2018) for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and is the winner of the 2006 Booktrust Teenage Prize for Henry Tumour.