Tim's grandmother comest to stay and he is very embarrassed by her. She wears jeans and listens to rock music. But when bullies stop Tim winning a competition, he realises that only his grandmother can help him...
Mira Patel loves bird watching. But when she follows a rare bird down a cliff she finds a mysterious man and an ancient wood circle. What is he trying to hide in the circle? Level 3 (1000 words)
Added by: Annathar | Karma: 29.16 | Fiction literature | 17 December 2008
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A follow up to DAY OF THE DRAGON, the second book in THE WAR OF THE ANCIENTS trilogy, the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past. While back in the present, the Dark Lord Sargeras sets in motion a plan to overrun the free peoples of the world.
An odd book in that it mixes elements of science fiction with psychological analysis, Slaughterhouse-Five tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a GI prisoner of war. He time-travels and wanders through a mysterious ether where spatial-temporal relationships are at odds with what we accept as reality.
Colonel Colin Campbell, alias Dr Richard Ames, 23rd-century writer, traveller and bon viveur, is the hero of this story. Framed for murder, married to the exquisite Gwen, fleeing for his life in the Wild West enterprise zones of the moon, he is pursued by mysterious agents of an unknown power.
Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for the moon in spite of mysterious setbacks.
