Download or read book Skeleton Island written by Angie Sage and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Araminta and her best friend Wanda are going on a school trip to Skeleton Island, a place rumored to be the site of a scary ghost shipwreck. And when the pair is stranded overnight, they discover that there might be more truth to the island's name than they would have preferred. Now some terrifying pirate skeletons are on the loose, and they want to take the girls down to Davy Jones's locker with them! Will Araminta, Wanda, and an unexpected friend be able to thwart the ghostly crew, avoid a watery fate, and maybe find some lost treasure to boot? Told with her trademark wit and a dash of scary fun, along with black and white illustrations throughout, Angie Sage's latest tale is perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Jacqueline West.
Download or read book Araminta Spook Skeleton Island written by Angie Sage and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Araminta and her best friend Wanda go on a school trip to Skeleton Island, they don't expect to get stranded there overnight. And they certainly don't expect the island to be haunted by ghostly skeletons of pirates! It certainly makes for a spooky sleepover. Luckily these ghoulish pirates just want someone to help them find their lost treasure, then they'll happily set sail on their ghost ship once more. But someone else wants the treasure for themselves – can Araminta find what is lurking in the depths before it's too late?
Download or read book Araminta Spookie 5 Ghostsitters written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Araminta’s almost-grown-up cousin comes to babysit she brings two naughty ghosts with her—another fun, kooky adventure in the Araminta Spookie series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. If you’re looking for chapter books for kids ages 6-10, this series is a great choice. Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac are heading off to Transylvania on Araminta's birthday—without Araminta. To make matters worse, Araminta will have a babysitter. When that sitter turns out to be Araminta's supercool cousin, Mathilda, things start to look up—except Mathilda shows up with two rowdy ghosts who destroy the house and ignore all the rules. Can Araminta come up with a Plan to get rid of these two bad ghosts once and for all?
Download or read book Fortunately the Milk written by Neil Gaiman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes a spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure with lip-smackingly gorgeous illustrations by Chris Riddell
Download or read book Love That Dog written by Sharon Creech and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.
Download or read book Yr 4 Stories with Historical Settings written by Karina Law and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying the specially-commissioned White Wolvesfiction range, which has been written in consultation with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, each of these books contains five literacy lesson plans and five photocopiable activities for each of the three graded story books in the Year 3 and 4 strands. The activities are designed for guided reading sessionsin schools, in which each class is divided into groups of children witha comparable level of reading experience. The teacher spends timehelping each group to negotiate a book specially chosen to match theirexperience level, and also sets the children literacy activities whichthey can work through by themselves. Guided reading helps children develop strategies for reading which enable them to become independent readers.
Download or read book Araminta Spookie 1 My Haunted House written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Araminta, the star of a delightfully "spookie" chapter book series from Angie Sage, author of the bestselling Septimus Heap series! Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
Download or read book Araminta Spookie 4 Vampire Brat written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Drac’s creepy vampire nephew comes to visit and Araminta wants him gone—another funny, weird adventure in the Araminta Spookie series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series. This fun and spooky chapter book series is perfect for growing readers in first or second grade. What's lurking in the basement? Araminta thinks something horrible is hiding in the deep, hidden passages of Spookie House—could it be a werewolf? Then Max, Uncle Drac's creepy nephew, arrives and Araminta is sure he's up to no good. Araminta comes up with a plan to figure out what Max is up to—and also to capture the werewolf. But will it work?
Download or read book Outbreak written by Alison Prince and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miriam doesn't understand why her mum is buying more food than they need, and storing it away. Or why her parents have given her the nickname, Mandy. Her friend Pam says it's because war is coming. And, if the Nazis invade, it will be dangerous for her to have a Jewish name. But that's not going to happen, is it? Outbreak is a historical story set at the start of World War II.
Download or read book Araminta Spookie 1 My Haunted House written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.
Download or read book Septimus Heap Complete Collection written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 1701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy adventure at its best! This collection contains all seven books in Angie Sage's internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series. Readers will love the enchanting and humorous adventures of a wizard apprentice and his quest to become an ExtraOrdinary Wizard. New York Times Bestselling Series “Readers will be indubitably hooked—worrying, laughing, and gasping over the nonstop adventures of this engaging troupe.” —VOYA (Starred Review) The series follows the adventures of Septimus Heap, who, as a seventh son of a seventh son, has magical powers. After he becomes the apprentice of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, he starts his studies for seven years and a day to become an Ordinary Wizard (or maybe an ExtraOrdinary?). His adventures take place in a fictional world full of secrets and mysteries, a world where rats are messengers and can speak, a world where spells are common and where the dark forces are trying to penetrate. In addition to Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, and Fyre are The Magykal Papers, a wonderful full-color compendium of extras such as maps, guides, and journals, and The Darke Toad, a 96-page novella packed with the action, humor, and magic.
Download or read book Anagram Solver written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Download or read book The Little Puppet Boy written by James Riordan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petrushka is part of Russian folklore, but is not a folk tale. It is in the European tradition of 'Harlequin' and 'Punch', performed in a puppet theatre at travelling fairs. Petrushka is tired of being a clown in a puppet show. He wants to save pretty ballerina from Strongman and take her in his arms far, far away. His mind is made up and, encouraged by Skeleton, the next day he challenges his rival to a duel. But he's no match for Strongman and ends up in a lifeless, crumpled heap. 'That old ragdoll needs chucking out,' says the showman. But Petrushka has other ideas...
Download or read book The Dentist of Darkness written by David O'Connell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archie McBudge's lazy summer has just turned into a magical meltdown! The second adventure in this madcap magical mystery series is perfect for fans of How to Train Your Dragon, amateur detectives and anyone who loves SWEETS! Archie McBudge was planning a sweet summer at Honeystone Hall. Picnics by the loch, watching the honeydragons flying around the hillsides, chasing ghosts through the shadowy castle hallways, and of course, testing out all the new sweets from the McBudge Confectionery Factory. But now the Wyrdie Tree, source of all the magic in the town of Dundoodle, is dying, and the guardian must save it before Dundoodle's magic is gone for good. And who's the guardian, you ask? That's right, Archie McBudge. With enemies on every side, puzzles to solve and secrets to uncover – not to mention a very scary dentist to avoid – Archie's summer's looking less like a strawberry marshmallow dream and more like a super-sour sherbet lemon with exploding bits that make your mouth go numb for a week! The follow-up to David O'Connell's The Chocolate Factory Ghost, this is a must read for anyone who loves ghosts, monsters, toffee, marshmallows, and wants to explore more of the weird and wonderful town of Dundoodle.
Download or read book Araminta Spook the Sword in the Grotto written by Angie Sage and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl and her ghosts! Second book in a funny, spooky series by bestselling author of Septimus Heap - released in paperback for the first time
Download or read book Fyre Septimus Heap written by Angie Sage and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spellbinding finale to an epic series, Septimus Heap must decide once and for all where his heart lies - with Magyk or with Alchemie and Physik. When, at last, Marcia agrees to allow the recently reinstated Castle Alchemist, Marcellus Pye, to open the Great Chamber of Alchemie and Physik, she fears she is unleashing more than she understands. But Marcia must learn to trust Marcellus, and together they must rid the Castle of the evil Two-Faced Ring. Caught between the two, will Septimus be able to bring both sides together?
Download or read book Araminta Spookie 2 The Sword in the Grotto written by Angie Sage and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of the ghost Edmund, Araminta and Wanda survive a trip through a secret tunnel to bring back a present for Sir Horace's birthday.
