Author : Nigel Hinton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0141927100
The first adventure in the BEAVOR TOWERS series. A magic spell whisks Philip away on his new kite to a far-off island where he meets the beavers - Mr Edgar and his grandson, Baby B. They tell him of the terrible danger that threatens them. The wicked witch Oyin has imprisoned most of the island's inhabitants in Beaver Towers, and when her powers are complete she will put them to death and rule the island. Philip has to get her spell book in order to save them.
Author : Nigel Hinton
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0141927097
The second BEAVOR TOWERS adventure. Once again Philip has been transported to the island to help his friends the beavers in their fight against the wicked witch, Oyin. But Oyin is planning a terrible revenge on the island's inhabitants.
Author : Nigel Hinton
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1402243774
Forced to flee his home by a cruel aristocrat, 13-year-old Leo must leave his poverty-stricken family behind and make his way through war-torn Poland in 1870 as he desperately heads to America.
Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101637420
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author : Robert Swindells
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 1992-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140349669
Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.
Author : Murray Weiss
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 006050823X
The first comprehensive inside look at the investigation into Al Qaeda, and at John O፥ill, the FBI counter–terrorism agent who warned that an attack like September 11 was imminent. For many people, September 11 was the day ೨e unimaginableߨappened. But one FBI agent, John O፥ill, had repeatedly warned the US Government that such an attack was possible. Ironically, O፥ill lost his own life on September 11, just days after beginning a new job as head of security for the World Trade Center. As one of the FBI's foremost counter–terrorism experts, John O፥ill played a leading role in almost every major investigation of terrorism against Americans in the past decade. O፥ill was a dashing, larger–than–life character who irritated many members of US and foreign governments with his aggressive, hands–on tactics and his insistent, repeated warnings about the possibility of an attack on US soil. Disillusioned by his experiences with the FBI, O፥ill left governmental service to assume the position of chief of security for the Twin Towers in August 2001. Full of twists and turns, John O፥ill's tragic story reveals how one man's unheeded warnings came back to haunt the country he worked so hard to defend.
Author : Derek Curtis BOK
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674028465
Derek Bok examines the complex ethical and social issues facing modern universities today, and suggests approaches that will allow the academic institution both to serve society and to continue its primary mission of teaching and research.
Author : Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1444002392
Marcus Sedgwick's award-winning debut novel about surviving in a sinking world. Winner of the Branford Boase Award, FLOODLAND is an unstoppable force in young adult fiction. Imagine that a few years from now England is covered by water, and Norwich is an island. Zoe, left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped, survives there as best she can. Alone and desperate among marauding gangs, she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud and gets away to Eels Island. But Eels Island, whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby, is full of danger too. The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage and determination that leads to an unexpected and touching conclusion. FLOODLAND has a powerful and emotive theme, handled with warmth and humanity.
Author : Nigel Hinton
Publisher : Tricycle Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781582462370
Set against the backdrop of post-WWII Britain, this explosive story of boyhood camaraderie follows four friends as they confront the issues that have set their country, their community, and their lives ablaze.
Author : Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2001-10-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0547530978
From a Newbery Medal–winning author, an “exciting novel” about a colonial girl’s experience during the French and Indian War (Saturday Review). In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War. It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister’s baby, Captive, born on the trail. Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history. “Vital and vivid, this short novel based on the actual captivity of a pre-Revolutionary girl of Charlestown, New Hampshire, presents American history with force and verve.” —Kirkus Reviews
