18 Ergebnisse.

The stories in this book are about a fed-up guard dragon, a skateboard which turns into a time machine, a disaster caused by Prince Neptune and his friend Gloria the crab who aren't as clever as they think they are, an ancient box of potions which give amazing powers to anyone who takes them, a girl who tells herself scary stories at bedtime, there are also three poems.

We solemnly swear to seek adventure, excitement and danger and to rescue anyone in peril." So proclaim the Freewheelers, Gina, Claire and Mandy, as they set out on a new adventure - to stop the Greatest Robbery Ever in the seaside town of Coombe Bay where they live. When the Freewheelers learn about a plot to steal the carnival charity collection they know they have to foil it. If all goes according to plan they will stop the robbery and fix t...

Until he won a short story competition with a prize of £50, 000, E. Rick Jones didn't have any problems or at least no more than any other neurotic writer who spent most of his life in his writing shed at the end of his garden. The problem was that in order to claim the prize Rick was required to be the British representative at the Digitalquill Freedom Conference in Argentina. Unfortunately, certain ruthless people (who denied they had anythi...

E.Rick Jones was a penniless author while Fred, his twin brother, was a successful inventor and entrepreneur. Fred's advice on how Rick could improve his life was never any use because Rick, although he dreamed of becoming like his brother, in reality was hobbled by his timidity. When Rick was accused of being a paedophile, he found himself being investigated by the police and hounded by the media. The evidence appeared conclusive. No one woul...

There are 2 stories in this book. 1.The Big Sniff. When Abby sniffs she can smell things that aren't there - such as horses when the road is full of cars, which is very worrying. She decides to sniff very carefully, but one day she forgets and takes a huge sniff - and sees men on horseback charging towards her. Then something terrible happens. 2. The Last Quarryman. John wants to explore the tunnels where quarrymen like his great-grandfather...

All this happened to me last summer. I really lost it. It was like I'd blown every circuit in my head." Mike can't stop thinking about sex: his whole life is an emotional seesaw. And then he meets a student nurse who doles out pills like there's no tomorrow. Before he knows it he's stolen a wad of money and is riding happily through the countryside in a horse-drawn caravan. But is this really the trip of a lifetime or one of his hallucinations...

The Freewheelers - Gina, Mandy and Claire - are a bicycle gang with just one thing missing - bikes! When they discover that a little girl has been kidnapped in their home town, with a £1000 reward for her rescue, it seems like their chance for an adventure and at the same time earn the bike money they need. But, as usual with their plans, things don't go as they expect and before they know it they are freewheeling into more trouble than they e...

When Amanda and Timmy build themselves a snowman called Mr Crystal they want him to live forever. But warm weather is coming and Mr Crystal begins to melt. As he gets smaller he becomes sillier and puts himself in danger. How can they stop him melting? Can Father Christmas help?... There are five Mr Crystal adventures involving the children who made him, also Father Christmas, Jack Frost, reindeer, a lost penguin, a camel, elves...As The Mail ...

Prisoners of a Shadow World tells the story of Louis-Philippe who is half French half English and of Madeleine who is Jewish. They live in France during the Second World War under the German Occupation which casts a terrifying shadow over their lives - and the darkest shadow is cast by the Gestapo, the secret police. To make the situation even more dangerous, Louis-Philippe's grandfather runs an escape network for RAF aircrew who have been sho...

Quernstone is our valley. It's a different world from what most people know...But Fay is different from everyone else in Quernstone. It's as though she's two people in one." When someone threatened to kidnap Fay she turned to the Ooser to save her and ordered Gavin to wear the ancient mask. What happened next meant disaster if anyone found out. As usual, Gavin felt it was Fay or the Ooser in control of his life. He could have done without more...

We solemnly swear to seek adventure, excitement and danger and to rescue anyone in peril." So proclaim the Freewheelers, Gina, Claire and Mandy, as they set out on a new adventure - to stop aliens taking over the world! No one believes them when they try to warn the world about the danger it faces. It is up to the Freewheelers to act alone! Can they stop the aliens before it is too late - or will their plans go wrong as usual?

At least you once had a life - and perhaps one day I'll have one, " Seb tells his great-grandmother, but only occasional words draw a response. Her bitterness at being placed in an old people's home is fading as her memory melts away. During Seb's visits she scatters hints of a life she has kept secret from her family. Did she once have another identity? What did she do in the war? Why does no one know? And what has she forgotten that torments...

E. Rick Jones was stoically living out his final days in an old folks' home when a young woman dropped a time-travelling device onto the tartan rug which encased his withered limbs. This did not surprise him because he had written about something of the sort in a short story. The opportunity to travel in time presented him with the chance to repair the injustices of a lifetime and revenge himself on the literary establishment which had ignored...

Warning! Strange things happen in The Giraffe Tree and Other Tall Stories. Do you know what to do if the evil Investigator Black from the Ministry of Birthdays invites himself to your party? Or what you must definitely not do if you are locked in a library overnight? Or what to do if you are a garden gnome who has lost his garden. Or how to save yourself if you are a helpless snail about to be eaten by a thrush? And who should you trust if you...

In the Second World War everyone was on the front line. No one was too young to fight and you didn't even have to leave home. That's why it was called the Home Front. The war came to you. Young people found their homes bombed and their countries occupied by foreign armies. Home Front tells how the war turned them into evacuees, resistance fighters, fugitives and heroes.

When Superman's mixed-up clone, Bizarro, kidnaps Jonathan Kent, the Man of Steel travels to his weird, cubic home-world to save his adoptive father. But Bizarro's world is a backwards and dangerous place, where the clone is feared and hated.

Gary and Lynn were the first to have the new sort of dream. It was after they'd held the egg-stone. But that was only the start. Soon they discovered that they had the gift of mindreading. Then they found that those who didn't have the gift felt threatened by them. Even their own families wanted to control them. Their most dangerous enemy was a teacher at school. There was no one they could trust. Can those who learn to read minds ever lead no...

Tanya, 16, mouse-blonde, the plain one who is always paired with a more attractive friend, wants her life to explode into a dazzling new pattern. She is ready for something to happen. Then HE walks into her life... 'Dear Diary - This is the first day of my new life. I suddenly feel more alive than I've ever felt. This is going to be the new beginning I've been looking for. The future is mine. I'm going to let go of my old hesitations, nervousn...