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A comparison between GCSEs and IGCSEs was conducted by the Department of Education in 2019. The study found that it was easier to achieve a grade A in English Language and English Literature in IGCSEs but harder to achieve a grade A in science subjects. Most other subjects were roughly equivalent. [12]
Wandering Souls is a British novel by French-born author Cecile Pin, published on 21 March 2023 by Fourth Estate (a HarperCollins imprint). The story of a family of Vietnamese refugees adapting to life in the United Kingdom, it features references to various atrocities and disasters that afflicted refugees in the 20th century.
Cecily Nicholson is a Canadian poet, arts administrator, independent curator, and activist. Originally from Ontario, she is now based in British Columbia. [1] As a writer and a poet, Nicholson has published collections of poetry, contributed to collected literary works, presented public lectures and readings, and collaborated with numerous community organizations.
Girls of Many Lands is a series of books from the American Girl collection introduced in 2002. Each story is about a 12-year-old girl [1] living in a different time period in different parts of the world. [2] [3] The books, written by award-winning authors, originally came with a matching doll intended for display. The series was discontinued ...
Pin was born and raised in Paris to a French father and a Vietnamese mother who had arrived in the 1970s from a camp in Thailand. [2] She also spent four years of her childhood in New York, where she attended a French School. [3]
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English.
Cécile, 18, and Andrée, 23, are daughters of the Marquis de Maurepaire of Vraulx Saint-Mein in Picardy.Cécile is a joyous may-fly of a girl, just out of her convent and at once married off by her father, for money, to serious Gabriel de Rieux, 25 ("my heavenly bridegroom" [1]), whom she does not love.
Though fans of the book series criticized it for veering away from the book in plot and character personalities, Ziegesar stated that the major plot outline remained true to her vision, and that she was pleased that "at least it takes place in New York City". [6] On May 16, 2011, Ziegesar herself made a cameo appearance in the fourth season finale.