Jaws is the story of a Killer Shark staking a claim off Amity Island. The island is filled with small town people and a mayor who wants to keep a lid on things to keep the tourists coming. Brody, the chief of police, is doing his best to get to the bottom of the shark attacks, warn people in town, and stop the shark from killing. Along the way Brody teams up with Hooper, a handsome and smug Marine Biologist, whose trying to understand the shark's pattern. He's also having an affair with Brody's wife. Brody's wife loves Brody very much and the affair is brief, sexual, and more curious than anything else...
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 30 January 2011
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The Veiled One
Elderly Gwen Robson is found murdered in a shopping-mall garage and Inspector Wexford and partner Mike Burden investigate. Rendell's reputation for literary grace, ingenious plots and arresting characters is borne out again in her latest stunning mystery! It's a spellbinder.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around the woman's throat. The body crumpled. The other train speed off.
These leveled readers offer students access to a variety of informational nonfiction texts on their instructional level. The books give teachers the tools to address the individual needs in the classroom. They match the student to the text, reinforce core skills and strategies, and include literacy activities and comprehension questions. The Teacher's Annotated Editions include suggestions for teachers on how to use the leveled readers.
There are already three people in artist Imogen Cameron's marriage -- herself, her husband, Alex, and their son, Rufus -- and that's just the way she likes it. But all that's about to change! When the Camerons hit dire financial straits they are forced to move out of London and accept an offer from Eleanor Latimer of a rent-free cottage on her estate.