Help Key Stage 3 students move from Level 3a to Level 4c in reading.The book will be available in time for the 60th anniversary commemorations of D-Day in June 2014. Archive photography and newly commissioned illustration bring the historical events described to life. This first-person narrative follows them through the anticipation and boredom of waiting to boarding ship in bad weather at Southampton, the Channel crossing, to the fear and tumult of landing on Gold Beach.įactual pages contextualise the narrative, giving readers the bigger picture.

Will he and his best mate Joe get through the German defences and make it home alive? It's June 1944 and he is about to take part in the biggest invasion in history: D-Day. Tommy Doran is an infantryman in the British Army. Waves wash up dead bodies floating face down. Bullets whistle and punch into the beach. People should think why are they being made to do something they don't want to do.We splash onto the shore and start running. 'The fans will refuse to back down and it will mean them being criticised. They should have stood strong but are kicking it on to the supporters. 'I don't think the club should have done it. 'There are people in this city who can't afford to eat when millions are being spent on putting a crown on someone's head, it's a preposterous situation. There will be foodbanks outside the ground when millions are being spent on the coronation in London. 'It's galling when the country is going through what it is. He added: 'Different people will have different views but, generally, Liverpool is out of step with the rest of the country in that we'd prefer to be a republic. John Gibbons from Liverpool fan podcast The Anfield Wrap says the club's fans 'don't appreciate these celebrations being forced on us'. Liverpool supporters have a history of booing the anthem - it also happened at last season's Carabao Cup final and the 2012 FA Cup final. The national anthem is being played at top-flight matches on Saturday to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Jurgen Klopp says 'the club's position is my position' after it was confirmed Liverpool will play the national anthem before their game against Brentford on Saturday, despite saying they know some fans 'have strong views on it'.

Whose Side Are You On? by Alan Gibbons