Lucy Strange

About Lucy Strange

Lucy Strange is the award-winning author of four middle grade novels for Chicken House: The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Our Castle by the Sea, The Ghost of Gosswater and Sisters of the Lost Marsh.

Lucy's novels are historically rich adventures with interwoven themes of family, friendship, mystery and magic. You can find brilliant resources for Our Castle by the Sea on Authorfy, and the KS2 resources for The Secret of Nightingale Wood and The Ghost of Gosswater below have been created by primary school teacher Emily Weston. The Ghost of Gosswater teaching resources for KS3 are created by English teacher Nicola Paulson (@NicolaPaulson10 on Twitter).

And now, inspire your class to write with Story Starters with Lucy Strange, created by Shapes for Schools! Spark students’ imaginations with these Story Starter Videos featuring Lucy herself. Use the videos and corresponding teaching notes below to explore different topics of inspiration for Lucy’s books – from real-life places and historical events, to art and literature. They are the perfect classroom starters not only to help children explore Lucy’s stories, but to come up with ideas for their own!