In Year 4, we’ve started our new class novel…
Queen of Darkness by Tony Bradman.
It links directly to our new history topic: Romans and Anglo-Saxons.
“Young Rhianna is relieved when Queen Boudica takes in her and her sister when their parents die. But there’s a darkness in Boudica that’s waiting to be unleashed and the Romans will suffer for their crimes against her. Soon, Rhianna witnesses much more than the kindness that Boudica has shown her and her sister. There’s a battle coming… and a terrible aftermath.”
Help at home: read the blurb with your child and make some predictions for what they think will happen in the story.