As a former teacher, Scott conscientiously employs a mix of simple and intense English which will entertain and challenge readers of all ages. There’s plenty of action, emotion, values, ethics and an entire melting pot of cross curricular material.
Scott aims to provide stimulating material for an audience of GCSE students (14 to 16 year olds). The teenage characters in his novels would surely enjoy the amusing juvenile humour which is lightly scattered throughout the stories. The names of the people and the communities, NutJob, DustyOldFossil, the Cedyrn, the Pennites and the ShamelessNickers provoke the imagination. The novels interweave diverse discussions of climate change, civics, animal welfare, crime and punishment, love and affection, commerce and industry, and science, in an entertaining way.
Family life, systems of governance, and ethical behaviour are all discussed in the context of the survival of the human race, and a balance between order and chaos. Characteristically in tune with educational trends, there is no sex, no politics, and no religion. Love and affection, yes! Taxation and representation, yes! Life, death and the afterlife, yes! All covered in a way that introduces younger readers to these subjects with no eroticism, no party politicking, and no representation of faiths nor their established beliefs. And there is no profanity.
These are the novels that you wish your parents and teachers had introduced you to when you were a 10 year old. Your kids will love them, and you will surely love them too!