Board: AQA
Examination: English Language & Literature
Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered:
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
Type: Set Text Study Guide
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Combined revision and practice books for Blood Brothers
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Our study guides are specifically written to support your revision
for the closed book AQA GCSE English Literature examination.
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This study guide covers the chronology of the text and focuses
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Books in this series cover the following:
Paper
1 Section A - Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth)
Paper 1 Section B - Nineteenth-century novel (The Sign of
Four, A Christmas Carol, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde)
Paper 2 Section A - Modern texts (Blood Brothers, An
Inspector Calls,Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies)
Paper 2 Sections B and C - Poetry (Love and Relationships
anthology, Power and Conflict anthology and Unseen)
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