The Nowhere Thief

We love this book because it is:

• a unique adventure across different dimensions

• great for introducing complex story plots with multiple settings

• about two children struggling to find their place in the world

• about friendship & family

Learning opportunities:

• Writing: create your own somewhere and write a description of it

• PSHE: Elspeth steals from other somewheres. Is she a bad person? Are her actions justified?

• PSHE: trust ~ what makes a person trustworthy? Does Elspeth trust the right characters?

• PSHE: family relationships. Compare Elspeth and her mum’s relationship to Idris and his grandmother.

• Reading: how does our opinion of Racine change throughout the story?

• Writing: write a diary entry after Elspeth discovers the truth about her family

• Comparison: compare with other books where characters travel through time or space (eg. Strange World’s Travel Agency, Train to Impossible Places, Alex Nobody)

• Writing: create your own method of travelling through time/space. How would it work?

• Writing: design an object from another Somewhere

• DT: make a kaleidoscope

Follow the link to Nosy Crow for discussion ideas & resources: Nosy Crow