Download or read book Daggers written by Roger J. Green and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Caroline goes to see her Great Aunt Clara in the old people's home, she's not prepared for the revelations that follow. How could her boring old aunt possibly have killed anyone? And the more she talks to her aunt, the more Caroline thinks there might be a family secret buried in the past which her father is desperate to hide.
Download or read book Recreating the Past written by Lynda G. Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1994-06-30 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning grades 1-10+, this annotated bibliography of 970 recommended American and world titles published through early 1994 includes adult titles suitable for young readers; at least 200 of the titles are award winners. In support of interdisciplinary English and social studies curricula, librarians and teachers can easily assemble a basic list of books on a geographical place and time period. Geographical sections are divided into historical time periods within which entries are organized alphabetically by author. Each entry contains both reading and interest grade levels, a short incisive annotation about the historical event, setting, plot, protagonist and theme, current publication availability, and awards won. Seven reference appendices allow for easy searching. These helpful appendices and an authors, a titles, and an illustrators index help to make this volume a critical professional tool.
Download or read book Out of the Blue written by Sue Welford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kegan is a lonely boy, who finds making friends hard. His family life is complicated and difficult.But Kegan is a gifted artist, and his one pleasure is to watch and draw a family of foxes which lives in the local scrapyard. When developers show an interest in the scrapyard, the foxes' lives are put in danger. Will Kegan be able to save them? Will fighting for them restore his faith in the future?
Download or read book The School That Went on Strike written by Pamela Scobie and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can you do? Nobody listens to children. Oh no? Then we'll MAKE them listen. Based on true events, this novel is about a group of children who come together to fight for justice on behalf of their teachers.
Download or read book Witchy written by Ann Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aggie, a young girl living in the Fens in the 1890's, is thrown out of home on suspicion of being a witch - She has to make her own way in the world, but wherever she goes, the gossip follows her, until she almost begins to believe it herself.
Download or read book Jack Holborn written by Leon Garfield and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed pirate story, with bloodcurdling deaths, terrifying ghosts and adventures galore on the high seas. Orphan Jack Holborn stows away on a ship, little guessing the dangers and excitements that lie on his journey ahead. Before long he finds himself caught up in the middle of a mystery surrounding his long-lost mother, but before he can discover the truth, he has to survive the quest through an eerie African jungle for a famous diamond, worth more than Jack's wildest dreams.
Download or read book The Hidden Hand written by Roger J. Green and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dark night, Sally's life changes for ever.Suddenly, she finds she holds the life of Noah North, her cruel employer, within her power. She alone can decide whether he will live or die.Alone, on a fearful night of wind and rain, with her whole world collapsing around her, Sally must make her own decision...
Download or read book A Rag a Bone and a Hank of Hair written by Nicholas Fisk and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the end of the 22nd century. The birthrate is falling and the government has begun to manufacture reborns. Brin, an arrogant 12 yr old, is sent to live with a reborn family, recreated from 1940, in order to monitor the experiment. 9 yrs+
Download or read book Mr Corbett s Ghost and Other Stories written by Leon Garfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects three spine-chilling stories from Leon Garfield. The title story tells of a young apprentice who makes a pact with a strange old man one New Year's Eve to rid the world of Mr Corbett, his cruel employer. Corbett meets an untimely death, but returns to haunt his apprentice.
Download or read book Cuckoos written by Roger Green and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful story about a boy who is the victim of a school bully. He's not bullied physically, but the psychological bullying is just as bad as any violence, if not worse. The story has been praised for the way in which it tackles this difficult issue - putting across the point of view of the victim and the bully, who, we discover, is a victim himself.
Download or read book Sea Dance written by Will Gatti and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willie Cormack hates the sea. He sees it in his nightmares, the raging ocean full of the ghosts of drowned fishermen, beckoning to him. But Willie lives on a peninsula on the west coast of Ireland and the sea is all around him. The only way to make a living is from the sea, and Willie is afraid of his future. And then a lone sailor is shipwrecked on the coast in a storm and the tiny community is thrown into turmoil by the stranger who is so suddenly thrust among them. In the atmosphere of bigotry and suspicion that follows, a terrible tragedy seems inevitable unless Willie can meet his own fears face to face and pit himself against the very elements that haunt his dreams. Will Gatti is head of English at a girls' school in Surrey. He taught for a while at a school in Dublin and lived on the west coast of Ireland for a couple of years, which is where he returns every summer, and where he has set Sea Dance, his first novel for OUP, which is now being reissued in a smaller mass-market paperback format.
Download or read book Challenging the More Able Language User written by Geoff Dean and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition takes into account the greater recognition of language users in schools and the working parties which have been set up to enable the more able to enjoy opportunities to display and develop their special talents. This new edition also explores models of language learning and offers some strands of linguistic development on which teachers of English/literacy can build more specific developmental intentions. This book will help teachers recognize, challenge and support children who show advanced skills in reading and writing so that they can enable them to achieve their full potential. Through exploring effective ways in which pupils can be assisted to develop linguistically, teachers will be better prepared for planning appropriately differentiated activities for these pupils. Areas covered include methods of challenging and improving able readers and writers, and learning from alternative text sources. The book will be particularly helpful to language coordinators in primary schools, heads of English departments and teachers of English in secondary schools. It will also be of interest to parents of able language users.
Download or read book Growing Point written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland 1800 2000 written by Keith D. M. Snell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature, this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition, other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used, such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author, title, and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete, from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition, bibliographical method, popular readerships, trends in output, and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.
Download or read book Literature Connections to World History 712 written by Lynda G. Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-06-15 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes, these books help you locate resources on world history for students. Each is divided into two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within specific geographic areas and time periods. They are further organized by product type. Both books cover world history from Prehistory and the Ancient World to 54 B.C. to the modern era. Other chapters include Roman Empire to A.D. 476; Europe and the British Isles; Africa and South Africa; Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica; Canada; China; India, Tibet, and Burma; Israel and Arab Countries; Japan; Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand; and South and Central America and the Caribbean. The second section has an annotated bibliography that describes each title and includes publication information and awards. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at l
Download or read book A Guide for Using A Christmas Carol in the Classroom written by Judith DeLeo Augustine and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1993-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sample lesson plans, pre- and post-reading activities, a biographical sketch of the author, book summary, vocabulary list and suggested vocabulary activities, book report ideas, research ideas, a culminating activity, options for unit tests, bibliography, and answer key.
Download or read book The Throttlepenny Murder written by Roger J. Green and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
