![]() ![]() Use the videos and corresponding teaching notes below to explore different topics of inspiration for Lucy’s books – from real-life places and historical events, to art and literature. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Our Castle by the Sea. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. In this haunting and compelling follow-up to The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Lucy Strange takes a seafaring myth and grounds it in the stark reality of World War II. ![]() ![]() The Ghost of Gosswater teaching resources for KS3 are created by English teacher Nicola Paulson on Twitter).Īnd now, inspire your class to write with Story Starters with Lucy Strange, created by Shapes for Schools! Spark students’ imaginations with these Story Starter Videos featuring Lucy herself. Our Castle by the Sea - Kindle edition by Lucy Strange. ![]() You can find brilliant resources for Our Castle by the Sea on Authorfy, and the KS2 resources for The Secret of Nightingale Wood and The Ghost of Gosswater below have been created by primary school teacher Emily Weston. Lucy's novels are historically rich adventures with interwoven themes of family, friendship, mystery and magic. Lucy Strange is the award-winning author of four middle grade novels for Chicken House: The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Our Castle by the Sea, The Ghost of Gosswater and Sisters of the Lost Marsh. ![]()
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![]() From the busy landscape of Chicago to the blue sea waters and crystal clear waves. The scenery in "Message in a Bottle" is absolutely stunning. The only character who seems to be at all alive here is Paul Newman, as Blake's father, who masters every scene he is in. ![]() Is that a bad thing? Not really, but when a movie is trying to form romance chemistry, well, this is not the way to do it. Theresa asks Garret many questions, but all Mr. When she does meet him, a boat worker named Garret Blake, (hey, Blake is my first name, isn't that neat) romantic music instantly surrounds them. She becomes curious as her friends find more evidence leading to this man that she deeply wants to meet. ![]() They meet when a Chicago newspaper worker named Theresa finds a bottled up note on the shore while jogging. In the new romantic drama "Message in a Bottle," all that the two main love birds do is ask each other and respond to questions. ![]() How do you form romantic chemistry between two characters in a movie? If there isn't already dramatic fire when you look at two characters, then you have to form it will dialogue. MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (1999) *** Starring: Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman, Ileana Douglas, Jesse James Director: Luis Mandoki 126 minutes Rated PG-13 (for sexuality)īy Blake French: What do you do when somebody asks you a question? Well, if you're like any normal person, you'd answer it. ![]() ![]() She finds herself judged by the family of the man she's now seeing, likely, she believes, because of their interracial relationship. Middle sister Kirby is trying to clear her head on Martha's Vineyard after getting arrested for protesting and ending an affair with a married man. Blair, the eldest sibling, pregnant with twins, gave up a promising career and a shot at Harvard at the behest of her astrophysicist husband, Angus, who is preoccupied with the upcoming moon landing and has deep spells of depression Blair flees to Nantucket when Angus says he cheated on her. Kate has agreed to let her family's longtime caretaker Bill stay on their property with his grandson Pick in exchange for using Bill's army connections to keep Tiger safe and away from the front. ![]() Mother Kate Levin has taken to drinking after her only son, Tiger, is drafted and sent to Vietnam. ![]() Hilderbrand (Winter in Paradise) delivers a superb novel about the goings-on of a family during the summer of 1969 in Nantucket, centered on four siblings. ![]() |