Senior Library Books
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LEVEL 1
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

LEVEL 2
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

LEVEL 3
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Other books by Andy Mulligan
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Andy says: "I don't normally do animal books, but I was talking at a primary school when a boy interrupted my blather with a classic non-sequitur: 'Hey, mister. I've got a dog.' 'That's nice,' I said. 'No, it's not,' said the boy. 'He wants to be a cat.' The audience laughed, and that same night I started writing about a pet in crisis. I invented a rejected puppy with paralysing doubts about his instincts and orientation, and out came DOG: a troubled book, but so full of joy. It was a joy to write, anyway."
Introduction
Raphael Fernández is a “trash boy”: he’s 14 years old and he lives in a shanty on a giant landfill called Behala, spending his days collecting trash to sell for food. Raphael works with his best friend, Gardo, who looks after him. Behala’s residents mostly collect plastic, clean paper, and rags to sell by the kilogram. Since not many people in their city have toilets, human feces—or, stupp—ends up wrapped in paper and thrown in the trash, which is what most of Behala’s residents spend their days wading in as they dig out garbage with their feet or hooks that they fashion out of metal.
Litcharts. (2022). Trash Summary. Retrieved from
Movie
Daldry, S. ( Director).(2014). Trash [Film]. Working Title Films
Andy Mulligan
Best known for his young adult fiction - and 'Trash' in particular - Andy is a prolific author writing radio plays and screenplays as well as prose-fiction. He has won The Guardian Children's Fiction prize, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His books have been translated into thirty-two languages, and his first adult novel - 'Train Man' - will be published on July 4th 2019.
Andy Mulligan books. (2022). Andy Mulligan. Retrieved from
Payatas Manila
Featr. (2016, May 11). Payatas Manila (Poverty in the Philippines, the Consumption of PAGPAG) People Documentary Series [Video File]. Retrieved from
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