The Sophie series is appropriate for Key Stage 2, looking at various African themes or at cross-cultural friendships. It is part of Writeaway's excellent Reading Theme 'Visions of Africa'.

The Yellowcake Conspiracy is suitable for Key Stage 3. Beth Morrisey, reviewing for the journal School Librarian wrote: "This novel would make a wonderful basis for class discussions of globalisation, terrorism, nuclear weapons, modern warfare, modern Africa and much, much more."

The 'Teach It' Library includes many worthwhile classroom activities based on The Yellowcake Conspiracy, which can be downloaded for free as Word documents or pdfs:

Browse 'Yellowcake Conspiracy' Activity Guide

Heinemann have published an educational edition of the Yellowcake Conspiracy as well as a Yellowcake Conspiracy Teaching and Assessment Pack. This set of resources includes:

• 15 lesson plans linked to Framework Objectives to help you with your planning
• editable teaching resource sheets ready-made to save you time
• video clips and images to stimulate discussion, explore concepts and make lessons even more engaging
• regular homework activities to consolidate learning
• self, peer and teacher assessment tips to measure students' success
• a final APP assessment task with the accompanying marking guidelines to help measure students' progress.