The Shadow-cage, and Other Tales of the Supernatural
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780722652435
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The Shadow-cage, and Other Tales of the Supernatural
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780140310733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of stories, both haunting and mysterious, created from everyday life and ordinary things. The author also wrote Tom's Midnight Garden, The Way to Sattin Shore and What the Neighbours Did and Other Stories.
The Shadow Cage
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher: Jane Nissen Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781903252406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn these ten tales of the supernatural, Phiolippa Pearce gives ordinary incidents and objects of everyday life a threatening, frightening power. A green bottle, a stripey dressing gown, an old cupboard - each tale twists uneexpectedly towards a chilling suprise.
Read All about It!
Author: Jim Trelease
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1993-08-01
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0140146555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA treasury of fifty sensational read-aloud pieces for young adults. From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to Maniac Magee, sci-fi to op-ed, “Casey at the Bat” to a moving true story about the reunion of two Holocaust survivors, this wonderfully diverse collection of excerpts from newspapers, magazines, and books has been created by Jim Trelease especially to turn young people on to the many pleasures of reading. Here are thought-provoking columns from Mike Royko and Pete Hamill; excerpts from classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and “Rikki-tikki-tavi”; autobiographical sketches by Maya Angelou, Moss Hart, and others, highlighting the importance of reading in their lives; and much more. With selections representing many different cultures, genres, writing styles, and interests, Read All About It! is a wonderful introduction to the riches of literature and to a lifetime of reading.
The Puffin Book of Ghosts And Ghouls
Author: Gene Kemp
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2018-09-06
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 024138379X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet ready for Halloween with these terrifying tales. . . Have you checked under your bed? Made sure there's nothing hiding in your wardrobe? Good. Then you should be safe to read this book... Settle down for the 14 ghostly stories... Enter the terrifying world of the supernatural and meet an unnerving array of ghosts and ghouls, including a Victorian child with disturbing powers, two children with a gruesome plan, and a bizarre ghost puppy. These shuddering short stories come from highly acclaimed authors, including: Gene Kemp Joan Aiken Penelope Lively Michael Morpurgo Ray Bradbury Are you brave enough to make it through all 14 stories?
Familiar and Haunting
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-11-02
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 006204432X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamiliar Here are stories of everyday life, as familiar as a piece of rope and ... as haunting as fear: Mike knows that he can't swing over the river on the knotted rope, but with everyone watching him, he has to try. ... as haunting as a stranger: Who is the frightened-looking girl stealing plums from Nicky's grandparents' precious tree? ... as haunting as cruelty: How can Joe escape from his mean cousin Dicky during a family reunion?Haunting And here are stories with a supernatural twist, as haunting as the eerie whistling from the hill above Burnt House in the middle of the night and ... as familiar as guilt: A boy forgets the mysterious bottle his cousin loaned him, but when he sneaks out at night to retrieve it, the shadowy whistlers close in on him. ... as familiar as loneliness: A ghost who's unbearably lonesome makes his neighbors suffer until a girl with a sense of the absurd shows him how things could be different. ... as familiar as love: The ghost of a boy comes back to save his father from dying in a ferocious storm. Peopled with vivid, unforgettable characters, this collection of thirty-seven stories is by turns mysterious, humorous, strange, and sad, but it is always familiar, always haunting, and always surprising.
A Dictionary of Writers and their Works
Author: Christopher Riches
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-01-29
Total Pages: 1431
ISBN-13: 019251850X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Tom's Midnight Garden
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780192717771
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Tom is not prepared for what is about to happen when he hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him does not exist."--Page 4 de la couverture.
Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature
Author: Allen Stroud
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-06-12
Total Pages: 579
ISBN-13: 1538166070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.
