Publisher's Synopsis
The Hodder Reading Project Level 4-5 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 4 to Level 5. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers.
Reader 5, At the Edge edited by Sue Hackman. From Aron Ralston's extraordinary story of having to cut off his own arm trapped by a boulder to Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest; from surviving nuclear attack in the 20th century to Sir Walter Ralegh's letter to his wife before his execution - amazing testimonies from sporting heroes, mountaineers, explorers, soldiers and ordinary people who have lived life close to the edge.
