Reading Ladder A beautifully crafted chapter book by Michael Morpurgo. When Stevie Rooster is mean about Nick"s old dog dying, Nick throws Stevie"s best conker into the pond. But Grandma says there"s a better way to get back at Stevie - become Conker King of Jubilee Park. Nick must use some conkers from the tree in the old scrapyard. And in that scrapyard is a skinny, starving dog who looks just like Nick"s old pet. Can Nick rescue the animal and become conker champion? A moving story about grief, redemption and the love of a family pet.