https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3 Chalkline en-us 2018-02-19 11:44:07 UTC 2018-03-12 11:37:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292294 2018-02-26 11:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292294 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292329 2018-02-26 11:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292329 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292807 Jane Mitchell is an award-winning author of books for children and young people. Her novel Chalkline was endorsed by Amnesty International Ireland for contributing to a better understanding of human rights. She lives in Ireland.]]> 2018-02-26 11:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/235292807 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019260  Jane Mitchell is one of Ireland’s leading authors for children and young adults. She has published seven novels—several of which are awardwinners—and three short stories. In 1994, her debut novel When Stars Stop Spinning won Ireland’s premier youth literature award: CBI Bisto Book of the Year Award. Chalkline won the inaugural CBI Children’s Choice Award in 2010. Jane lives in Dublin and works in an NGO providing services for people with disabilities. ]]> 2018-03-05 11:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019260 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019366  Rafiq is only nine when Kashmiri Freedom Fighters raid his village in search of new recruits. Tall for his age, he is the first boy to cross the chalk line into a life of brutality and violence. Jameela cannot forget her brother. While Rafiq is trained to kill in the rebel camp high in the mountains, she keeps his memory alive. When finally their paths cross again, Rafiq is unrecognisable as the boy who left the village. Will Jameela know him? ]]> 2018-03-05 11:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019366 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019822  Fourteen year-old Rafiq leads a team of children as they ambush an armed convoy high in the mountains of Kashmir, north India. Rafiq is a hard taskmaster, using every opportunity to tutor the younger boys in the skills they need to ambush successfully. They are nervous of him, which hints at Rafiq’s tougher side. The ambush is successful and the boys escape into the hills with their plunder. ]]> 2018-03-05 11:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238019822 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238020300  Fourteen year-old Rafiq leads a team of children as they ambush an armed convoy high in the mountains of Kashmir, north India. Rafiq is a hard taskmaster, using every opportunity to tutor the younger boys in the skills they need to ambush successfully. They are nervous of him, which hints at Rafiq’s tougher side. The ambush is successful and the boys escape into the hills with their plunder. ]]> 2018-03-05 11:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238020300 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238020610  For three days, Rafiq hides out alone in the cave. He is tormented by terrifying dreams and images, and doesn’t know what to do. When he finally returns to the camp, it seems he is the only survivor: the settlement has been razed to the ground and the occupants killed. Rafiq is distraught and confused. He collects a few items from the remaining huts and discovers the underground munitions store has not been raided. He loads up a wandering horse with weapons and leaves the camp forever, riding through the gathering darkness as he plans his revenge. ]]> 2018-03-05 11:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238020610 15etobin https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238021520  Rafiq whirls around when he hears his name called out. He searches the crowds wildly to see if any freedom fighters have survived, but only sees the old woman and the girl. He is angry with himself for being distracted and is about to return to his task when the girl climbs the steps to him. She asks him if he is Rafiq, if he is her brother. Rafiq is confused and startled. He can’t answer such a question lightly in the middle of strangers. He considers her response. But some tiny spark lights up in his memory and he replies yes, he is Rafiq. ]]> 2018-03-05 11:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/15etobin/558kdtgt26z3/wish/238021520