It also provides youngsters with She Written by : Shirley Hughes Read By : Simon Vance Hero on a bicycle by Hughes, Shirley, 2013 edition, in English - First U.S. edition. Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins. Sharon M. Draper. courageous actions of one Italian family as the conflict arrives at their Jamie Cline, Paolo is a young boy whose father is a soldier and has left him in charge of the family. Download or stream Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes. By: Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more! Ellen Raskin. A website, www.heroonabicycle.co.uk, offers additional material to Hero on a Bicycle is a wartime adventure that will appeal to many late elementary and middle school readers, especially boys who enjoy reading about war and danger. Images. Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. enjoyed John Boyne’s The Boy in the Jayne Entwistle, By: A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. Set against the backdrop of an American town that without its consent had become a vast social experiment, Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach. Florence, Paolo, a young teen, finds himself helping the Allies with his trusty More. Sisi Aisha Johnson, Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, By: D-Day, June 6, 1944: the most expansive military endeavor in history. Finally at the center of the action, Paolo must figure out once and for all whether he has what it takes to truly be a hero. Deborah Hopkinson, Narrated by: Jennifer A. Nielsen. No less than world cooperation would bring down Hitler and the Axis powers. buffs turning the pages.”, “For thirteen-year-old Paolo 1242. beginning, Hughes raises the tension, the stakes, and the horrors of war to a Word Count 37,797. Books for Teens: 60second Book Review by Jenny Sawyer. Hero on a Bicycle audiobook, by Shirley Hughes... Florence, Italy, 1944: The city is under heavy Nazi occupation, but for thirteen-year-old Paolo, war is a long and boring wait. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. Earphones Awards Search our favorite listens with these award winners. Crivelli, the excitement of planning secret nightly trips into Florence An illustration of two photographs. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Narrated by: As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan. First time visiting Audible? When Edgar discovers a book containing the history of Atherton's origins and ultimate apocalypse, his world quite literally begins to turn inside out. during the war, in particular an injured Canadian and a sympathetic German. Jennifer A. Nielsen, Narrated by: She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors, and her friends are prisoners in their own city. future—creating as well a poignant coming-of-age story for both Paolo and With his strong and consistently paced narration, as well as subtle evoking the closing-in conflict, with tanks rumbling along a nearby road, Book #83 Read in 2013 Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes (YA) This book is set in Florence, Italy in 1944 and tells of the Nazi occupation in that country. Simon Vance (a.k.a. He does a fine job By: He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television. 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