Author, Author
Tom Palmer, author of modern teenage fiction, visited Highgate Junior School on Thursday 30 April. The talk to Year 4 pupils about the work and inspiration behind the author’s new series called Football Detective turned into a much talked-about penalty shoot-out.
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As well as being a football fan, Mr Palmer has an international reputation in reader-development. He is the coordinator of the Reading Partners consortium and works with The Reading Agency, Booktrust and the National Literacy Trust. Year 4 had a great morning of entertainment, literary quizzes and impromptu football!
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