When My Ship Came In: Set D Reader (Pathways to Literacy (Year 4/Stage 5)) - Tapa dura

Set in 1901, this book is about a little boy in Liverpool whose African father is a sailor.

Alan Gibbons trained as a teacher and through working with young people discovered his literary voice. He started writing fiction for his pupils and published his first novel in 1993.

Alan has also appeared on the BBC education programme Writer’s Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, radio 4’s Front Row, and is a regular contributor to TES, Junior Education, Carousel, Books for Keeps and other journals.