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Half-past Two

by U.A. Fanthorpe (1929-2009)

A small boy kept in the schoolroom as a punishment becomes lost in a timeless world because he cannot yet read a clock, and a careless punishment becomes an accidental gift of escape.

ChildhoodTimeAuthorityInnocence

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4ET1 Component 1 (Unit 1) Section B, and the modular 4XET1. All sixteen are compulsory, not a choice. Expressly NOT part of 4EA1.

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All sixteen texts in Part 3 are compulsory.

Part 3 of the anthology, page 56.

Source: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology, Issue 8, February 2026 (read 2026-09-19).