Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 32,82 MB
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1631633813
Meet Clara—a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she’s right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry, she’s determined to make it to the top in showbiz as a renowned director.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912006669
These hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Meet Thomas - a boy sailing with his parents aboard a merchant ship in the 18th century and prone to daydreaming about living an exciting life as a pirate on the high seas. When the ship is boarded by a pirate crew led by Captain Bartholomew Morgan, Thomas stows away and is accepted into their motley gang. However, life as a pirate proves far less romantic than he was expecting... ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912904942
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Alexander is a fourteen-year-old boy living in Athens in the 5th century BC. He wants to be a great warrior like his father, but he can barely lift a spear. When he’s tasked with accompanying a great Greek warrior, Dracon, to the Olympic Games in Oympia, he might just get his chance to prove himself in the sporting arena instead of on the battlefield. Will he become an Olympian legend or will the Greek poets be composing songs about how terrible he is? ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912233193
These hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history. Anne Mansfield is a 14-year-old girl in Victorian England obsessed with collecting dinosaur fossils and frustrated by the lack of respect she receives from scientists. Seizing the opportunity to search for fossils in the USA, she finds herself being sucked into the notorious Bone Wars, a rivalry between American professors wanting to be the first to make new discoveries by whatever means necessary. Can Anne overcome her mistakes, the dangers of the West and the prejudices and petty infighting of her male peers to make a name for herself as Britain’s greatest dinosaur hunter? ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1913337170
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Suki is a 14-year-old girl in 16th century Japan who wants to become a samurai warrior like her father and brother. Despite her disastrous training, when a party of bandits threaten her village whilst the men are away at war, Suki has to defeat them. Will she prove herself a legendary samurai, or will it all end in disaster? ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 24,79 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912904233
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Robert, a boy living in Southwark in early 17th century London, finds himself employed as an actor in the Globe theatre, playing roles written by the greatest playwright of the age: William Shakespeare. But when the coronation of a new king, James I, threatens the future of the theatre, Robert has to come up with a cunning plan to save the company. If he doesn’t succeed, Robert will have to go back to collecting dog poo for a living. ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912537443
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Ahmed is an apprentice photographer in Egypt who becomes involved in Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon’s hunt for the final resting place of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun and his treasures. Will Ahmed help the team to uncover Tutankhamun’s tomb? And will he fall victim to the tomb’s supposed curse? Come to think of it, given all the disasters he keeps causing, is he cursed already? ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1912537265
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Marcus is a 15-year-old boy living in Pompeii in 79 AD. During a trip to Rome with his merchant dad, he finds himself tricked into becoming a gladiator and forced to fight deadly warriors in the arena. ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.
Author : Tim Collins
Publisher : Scribo
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 2019-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781912904662
This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Clara is a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915, at the beginning of the Hollywood era. Suddenly, she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry for a big-shot producer called Mr Cheeseman. Can she make it to the top in showbiz and become a renowned director, or will her new career end in disaster?'Get Real' fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the endmatter.
Author : Subhadra Sen Gupta
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143331752
A light-hearted story that will appeal to teenagers with its breezy language and fun attitude.
