Buy the demon headmaster demon headmaster 1 book online. Instead, quite abruptly, all sounds in the playground stopped and. Nicholas gleaves plays the titular character, a mysterious head teacher with strange powers and dreams of world domination. F acing the demon headmaster is in the demon headmaster series, and is sometimes funny, but often scary and action filled. Buy the revenge of the demon headmaster book online at best prices in india on. Facing the demon headmaster the demon headmaster fandom.
But at lizzies school this has been taken to extremes. The demon headmaster by gillian cross teaching resources. The book follows dinah is an orphan who has just got adopted by the hunter family. Total control is a book written by gillian cross, which was released in 2017 and is part of the demon headmaster series summary edit. Revise unseen fiction is an examfocused, studentfriendly workbook filled with activities designed to consolidate your students skills and prepare them for. The answer is fear but what is the secret of the headmasters control. Books by gillian cross author of the demon headmaster. My children have all really enjoyed the demon headmaster books and audio tapes. An accessible pageturner, the demon headmaster is impossible to resist. The demon headmaster by gillian cross comprehension ks2.
On the first day at her new school, dinah realizes something is horribly wrong. But the story reads well enough without line drawings, and we have now bought all the other five books in this series. The resource is designed for use with the drama text version but can be adapted for the prose novel. The demon headmaster by gillian cross is now marketed as a modern classic of childrens literature. This is one book id heard about long before i ever got the chance to read it.
I, to my shame, had never read it, and so decided to address it by reading it yesterday. Demon headmaster the demon headmaster by gillian cross. Master storyteller gillian crosss exciting new novel, set in london and somalia, grapples with issues of identity, trust, and family. Buy a discounted paperback of the demon headmaster online from australias. The demon headmaster gillian cross is ideal for teaching this popular text at ks3.
Blgillian cross has won the carnegie medal, the whitbread childrens novel award, and the smarties prize, and is a highlyacclaimed author. She won the 1990 carnegie medal for wolf and the 1992 whitbread childrens book award for the great elephant chase. Anne fine has written so many excellent books about the problems of ordinary everyday life that it is difficult to pick a. The demon headmaster series gillian cross i think the headmaster is a marvellous man and this is the best school ive ever been to. The demon headmaster is a british television series based on the childrens books by gillian cross of the same title.
Determined to find out the secret of the headmasters control and aided by her foster brothers, lloyd and harvey, she gradually. An excellent mystery with an unusual setting good book guide childrens. Made for cbbc, the drama was first broadcast on 14 october 2019, and is the second adaptation of the books, following the 1996 series. Lloyd and harvey hoped theyd seen the last of the demon headmaster. When their new foster sister dinah arrives she wants to find out why. She was educated at north london collegiate school, somerville college, oxford and the university of sussex.
And i also like the bit when deaina got to school late and when the demond headmaster hyipnotize the children taking off his glasses. It sound scary when the demond hemaster is speaking. The extract is from dinahs first experience of the school and her first encounter with the demon headmaster. The demon headmaster by gillian cross hes back, and the. This is my thirtyseventh book from the popsugar 2015 reading challenge list a book based on or turned into a tv show. Will look good on your book case after reading but may not be suitable as a present unless hard to find elsewhere most images are stock photos. Strange things happen at lloyd and harvey hunters school. Instead, quite abruptly, all sounds in the playground stopped and the children turned round to stare at the school. The prime ministers brain, later republished as the demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain 1985. When dinah is fostered by the hunters she thinks her biggest problem will be fitting in with her fosterbrothers. A lighthearted, funny and ingenious story school librarian.
The demon headmaster by gillian cross an extensive collection of teaching resources for ks3 english prose, including classic texts and more obscure works. The demon headmaster series fantastic schools and where. A group of friends take a stand against the actions of their headmaster, who wants to take over the world. For a while, it seemed as if the demon headmaster was gone forever. I would recommend it to anyone who likes weird but funny books teen titles. I like the part when he kept taking deainas blood with a neadle.
But there is something very strange going on at the school. Facing the demon headmaster is the sixth book in the demon headmaster books series which was written by british author gillian cross. The headmaster in the fifth book onwards is actually a clone of the original, lacking any of the real headmaster s memories, although this is only really relevant in the first book featuring the clone comic book time. An extract from the demon headmaster by gillian cross. The demon headmaster by gillian cross 9780192745767.
Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Her classmate ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football. They are unique as they are able to measure a child and a book on the same scale ensuring the right book gets to the right child at the right time. Good book guide gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening.
Buy the revenge of the demon headmaster book online at low. Gillian crosss many demon headmaster fans will love this book with its new slant on subliminal power. If you sympathise with dinahs position, not being able to remember her real mother and father, you might enjoy this book by jacqueline wilson. See the complete the demon headmaster series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. We cover both the original demon headmaster series with splat, books 16, the 1990s television series, and the new 2019 series of characters led by lizzie warren. Although now a fulltime writer who often travels and gives talks in connection with her work, she has had a number of informal jobs including being an assistant to a member of parliament. The demon headmaster awardwinning authorillustrator by gillian cross author look inside.
An extract from the demon headmaster by gillian cross, read by lindsey russell dinah walked on round the playground, waiting for the bell to ring or the whistle to go. The demon headmaster 1 by gillian cross 9780192755827. She asks herself why is this, and why does she find herself conforming. She is the author of several childrens books, including the popular demon headmaster stories, comprising of. An attractive, easyflowing style with interesting characters and a lively story junior. Buy the demon headmaster paperback by gillian cross. New, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the ks3 framework for. Description of the book facing the demon headmaster. Fantastic offers on quality books, collections, audio cds and more exclusive to book people.
The demon headmaster is a series of books by gillian cross which were later adapted as a television series starring terrence hardiman in the title role and frances amey as dinah the title character is a strange being with the powers of hypnosis and a desire to take over the world, as he believes it will be better under his ordered rule. I recently spotted it in a class bookshelf and after flicking through a few pages, memories of my old teacher using voices to enthral us in the book. All powerpoint slides are fully editable and can be changed, adapted and tweaked to suit your teaching needs. She also wrote the demon headmaster book series, which was later turned into a television series by the bbc in january 1996. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. The demon headmaster by gillian cross, paperback barnes. The demon headmaster is a british television series based on the childrens books by gillian cross of the. Gillian cross has 100 books on goodreads with 16769 ratings.
The children are strangely neat and much too well behaved. The demon headmaster gillian cross something is very wrong indeed at dinahs new school. The demon headmaster teaching resource for ks3 unit of. A rattling good yarn the times literary supplement. The demon headmaster, the demon headmaster and the prime minsters brain, the revenge of the demon headmaster, the demon headmaster takes over and facing the demon headmaster. Brought bang up to date with contemporary references and injokes that kids can fully engage with and understand, gillian is hugely talented and its fabulous to see this new book ready to give kids the odd headmasterrelated nightmare read it daddy gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. The demon headmaster book the demon headmaster fandom. Gillian cross born 1945 is a british author of childrens books. Any more ideas or material based on this book would be appreciated. The demon headmaster and its sequels five successors, one reboot are not magic school stories in the classic sense, unlike harry potter or schooled in magic. The demon headmaster by gillian cross book shelf is a collection of resources based on famous authors, stories and novels such as harry potter, charles dickens, roald dahl, micheal morpurgo, anthony horowitz, philip pullman, ted hughes, gillian smith and dick king smith. The demon headmaster is the title of the first demon headmaster book which started off book series which was written by british author gillian cross. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. The demon headmaster and the prime ministers brain, the revenge of the demon headmaster, the demon headmaster takes over, the demon headmaster strikes again, and facing the demon headmaster.
This book was later adapted by cbbc and became to the first half of series one of the 1990s tv series. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office. Booktopia has the demon headmaster by gillian cross. But the demon headmaster is equally determined to stop her. The demon headmaster by gillian cross search results. David holmes of burpham primary school has sent in a great set of activities for this gillian cross book. Gillian cross is one of the best childrens novelists today and her stories of the demon headmaster are both fun and quite frightening. Demon headmaster series gillian cross collection 7 books bundles. Return of the demon headmaster, the revenge of the demon headmaster, and several more.
Gillian cross was born in london in 1945, and studied at somerville college, oxford and the university of sussex. Mandy marched matter mean miss mouth move never nodded once playground pocket prefects pulled question quickly quiet quiz reached remember rose round shook shoulder shouted shut side sitting slowly smile snow snowballs sound speak stage stared started steps. I was aware it was a successful childrens tv show a while back. It quite often features as a reader in schools, and is a permanent fixture in school libraries. Dinah glass moves in with a new foster family and begins to attend the same school as her new foster brothers. Great fun and just a little bit frightening, gillian crosss beloved classic still holds readers under its hypnotic spell, even after thirty years of being in print. With terrence hardiman, frances amey, gunnar cauthery, thomas szekeres. He has piercing light green eyes, which he normally. Ideal for an english lesson, whole class readingguided reading, homework, tuition or intervention. Facing the demon headmaster was published in 2002, but is set seemingly no more than a few years after the first book, and. The demon headmaster gillian cross i vividly remember my teacher in year 3 reading this book to our class when i was younger.
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