Joe and Maya are exploring a ruined castle in Scotland when they uncover the story of a stolen chalice and a curse that led to the castle's downfall 750 years ago. Journeying back to the 13th century, they embark on a search for ythe chalice, hoping to restore the castle's fortunes. Will they suceed or will the castle fall 'to wrack and ruin' as the curse foretold?
ADVENTURE STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Harley lives in a high-rise flat on an inner city estate, but his passion is for free-running and survival skills. So when he sees an advert for a Bushcraft Survival Competition with his hero Mr Wilderness, he is determined to enter!. Ages 9+
Grace is determined to stay in London with her mother. But when their Battersea home is bombed during an air raid, Grace agrees to evacuate and stay with her mysterious aunt—for her mom's sake. The trouble is she misses her mom too much! This story will help readers better understand what Londoners went through during World War II.
Elderly Michael's brother disappeared many years ago, during World War II, and it's up to time-traveling detectives Joe and Maya to find out just what happened Joe and his cousin Maya stumble upon an old house in the middle of the woods. It's occupant, Michael, has a sad and strange tale to tell. Michael was evacuated to Dorset during World War II with his twin brother, Danny. While there, Danny mysteriously disappeared and was never heard from again. Can Joe and Maya succeed where the police failed, journey back to 1941, and trace Michael's missing brother?
Maddie has been convicted of a crime she didn't commit and sentenced to death, and it's up to time-traveling detectives Joe and Maya to prove her innocence When Joe Smallwood goes to stay with his Uncle Theo and cousin Maya, life seems dull until he finds a strange smartphone nestling beside a gravestone. The phone enables Joe and Maya to become time-traveling detectives, and takes them on exciting adventures back to the past. The two young sleuths must journey back to Victorian times to try and save the life of an innocent girl. Can Joe and Maya save innocent maidservant Maddie Musgrove from the gallows?
When notorious feline felon Snaffles and his dim canine sidekick Bonehead are caught red-pawed trying to steal the Sensational Salmon of Sumatra, not everything is what it seems. Their capture leads them on a top secret mission for the Ministry of Secret Shenanigans.
“An arresting and meticulously researched collection of poems” about the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first black woman to publish a book in America (Ms. Magazine). In 1773, a young African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry, Poems on various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773). When Wheatley’s book appeared, her words would challenge Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Her words would astound many and irritate others, but one thing was clear: This young woman was extraordinary. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by award-winning writer Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, imagines the life and times of Wheatley: her childhood with her parents in the Gambia, West Africa, her life with her white American owners, her friendship with Obour Tanner, her marriage to the enigmatic John Peters, and her untimely death at the age of about thirty-three. Woven throughout are poems about Wheatley's “age”—the era that encompassed political, philosophical, and religious upheaval, as well as the transatlantic slave trade. For the first time in verse, Wheatley’s relationship to black people and their individual “mercies” is foregrounded, and here we see her as not simply a racial or literary symbol, but a human being who lived and loved while making her indelible mark on history.
With a single kiss, a young maid saves her beloved from the Snow Queen’s icy imprisonment. When splinters from an evil troll’s magic mirror get into the heart and eye of Kai, he is tricked into accompanying the Snow Queen to her palace, and only the innocence and kindness of Gerda’s heart can save him. The inspiration for Frozen, Hans Christian’s Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” is one of the most beloved fairy tales in history. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Set in Ancient Egypt, this book is a combination reader and information source. Timeliners aims to put the story back into history. This titles features Hatshepsut, the queen who is married to her half-brother King Thutmose II. She dreams of power, wealth and peace. But first she has to seize the throne.
