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This collection places fiction and non-fiction genres side by side, encouraging readers to explore the way writers write and readers read. Stories include: Not at Home, Richardson; I Used to Live Hear Once, Rhys; May and June, Rendall; The Forgotten Enemy, Clarke; Getting Awayfrom it All, Walsh; Among the Rhinos from Speak to the Earch, Wattervile; Journeys by Railway from Stranger on a train; The Pleasures of Railways, Theroux; Roald Dahl, Micorsoft Encarta; Flying from Roald Dahl, Treglown; Survival from Going Solo, Dahl; and many more.

Fourteen-year-old Jim Hawkins has had a difficult time since his father mysteriously vanished a year ago. Recovering from the shock hasn't been easy for him or his mother, and it's all they can do to hold on to their Ontario farm. So when Ruth Rose, the troubled stepdaughter of the local pastor, tells Jim that she believes his father was murdered by her stepfather, he doesn't want to believe her. After all, she is crazy, isn't she? But Ruth's determination is infectious, and soon Jim joins her in a quest for the truth. As they delve into the past, painful secrets come to light, and Jim begins to realise just what the pastor is capable of. The Boy in the Burning House is an excellent novel to explore the narrative techniques of the thriller genre. The beautifully drawn setting also provides opportunities for learning about different cultures. Thematic contrasts between charity and suspicion, love and hate provide good discussion points. 'This is a gripping read and a thoughtful, realistic and sustained examination of trust, guilt and betrayal.' Books for Keeps

When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An Octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?

Winnie the Pooh is hungry.He looks in the house.Oh, no! There is no honey here.The bees have honey…

King Richard of England was away. His brother John took his place. Prince John wanted to be king – and he wanted money. Poor people became poorer. Robin Hood hated Prince John. Robin and his friends robbed him and gave the money to the poor. Let’s follow Robin and his friends in Sherwood Forest!

A non-fiction book, ideal for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the world stopped as terrible news come from Dallas, Texas ...

Theres daggers in mens smiles (Act II, Sc. III) Tag Ambition PowerIn this Reader you will find: - Focus on - PET-style activities - Glossary of difficult words - Exit Test - Comprehension activities - A section focussing on CLIL Physical Geography Scotland in the eleventh century.Macbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until, that is, he meets three evil witches after a battle against King Duncans enemies. They tell him that one day he, Macbeth, will be King of Scotland. This is the beginning of a story of ambition and evil, involving him and his calculating wife, Lady Macbeth. What follows leads them to terrible violence, murder, madness and ultimately to their own destruction.

Freddy lives on a Pacific Island. There, the fishermen-and Freddy's father-can only make good money from shark finning. Will sharks have to die so Freddy can go to college? Or can he and his friends bring money to the island and protect the sharks?

When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing men's clothes and riding a horse, Mulan leaves her family and fights bravely for the Emperor in her father's place. She is soon a hero for all the soldiers in the Chinese army. One of them, Ye Ming, is her best friend. But does he know that she is a woman? And can Mulan fall in love with a riend?

Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.

'This is the story of Danny and of Danny's friends and of Danny's house. It is a story of how these three became on thing.' Danny returns from the Great War to inherit two houses in the shabby district of Tortilla Flat. He falls in with a group of poor paisanos. Together, they gossip, talk about life and plan the next drinking binge. And, when money does come their way, the parties are the kind that are not easily forgotten.

Experiment 626 is a new kind of life. The little blue creature is fast and strong – nothing can hurt it. On Earth a little girl called Lilo lives on a beautiful Hawaiian island, but she is lonely. Maybe Lilo needs a pet? On another part of the island something strange happens. A spaceship falls from the sky … Experiment 626 is free to follow his nature … but what is his nature and can he help Lilo?

A baby whale is stranded on a beach after an oil spill. It is hot and the whale can’t breathe. Lots of people come to look but no-one knows what to do until Rawiri arrives. Rawiri has got a plan. Is

All the mothers are afraid of Skater Boy. Hes the fastest kid in town. But all the children love Skater Boy because hes the fastest kid in town.One day, while the mothers are planning to catch Skater Boy something terrible happens. Baby climbs and climbs to the top of the climbing frame.And Skater Boy is the only one who can save him.

'Are you scared Gordon' asks Heather. Four friends talk of ghosts in a hotel in Scotland. That night Gordon sees and hears something strange in his room. But is it really the ghost of Lord McCoy These six stories tell of ghosts friendly sad and bad from Britain Australia New Zealand America and Egypt.

When we are happy we are always good says Lord Henry but when we are good we are not always happy. Lord Henry s lazy clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven even murder if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

Ferdinand forbids his widowed sister to marry again.á When he discovers that she is not only married but had a child he is driven mad with fury.á The Duchess of Malfi is a study in strong characters, dark deeds and dreadful revenge. This edition includes close textual analysis, notes on different interpretations, interviews with actors and directors and a selection of critical scenes.

This version of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' is designed to help pupils understand the play and its language, and includes a plot overview, background information and questions and activities that encourage pupils to see the play as a script to be performed.

'It's true that you can't buy love or happiness with money, but it is interesting to see what you can buy.' When a bag stuffed full of ten pound notes comes hurtling out of the sky and lands a Damian's feet, he doesn't realise at first how hard it will be to spend it all. And he has to spend it quickly because in seventeen days time the Euro will be introduced and it will be worthless. Damian wants to use the money to do good deeds, but his brother Anthony, with his eye for an investment has other ideas.

With his father's dying words ringing in his ears, Torak knows that time is running out. Soon, the demon bear will kill again - its evil power strengthened with each slaughter. Nothing is safe. But Torak won't be alone in the Forest for long. Strangers lurk between the whispering trees, eyes watching his every move. With only an orphaned wolf cub for company, Torak must keep his promise to find the Mountain.