It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect. With "Case Histories", Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own.
Kate Atkinson - Started Early, Took My Dog Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge.
Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television series by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC Two. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". Gaiman later adapted the series into book form. The series & novel were partially inspired by Gene Wolfe's novel Free Live Free.
Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt within herself but never fully understood . . . until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world.
This reader will help your child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading while they learn about the life of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who encouraged non-violent protest to fulfil his dream of a world where people would be judged by 'the content of their character, not by the colour of their skin'. This reader is part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme, which uses lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 4 readers have rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure, additional information, and alphabetical glossary to help challenge growing readers and build literacy skills.
