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Motivate even the most reluctant readers with this collection of read-aloud mini-plays with parts written at different levels. Perfect for building oral fluency, these plays cover high-interest topics, such as school situations, tall tales, and mysteries. Includes background and suggestions for building fluency and comprehension. For use with Grades 3-5.

Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as «The Golden Compass», the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alike. The extraordinary story moves between parallel universes. Beginning in Oxford, it takes Lyra and her animal-daemon Pantalaimon on a dangerous rescue mission to the ice kingdoms of the far North, where she begins to learn about the mysterious particles they call Dust — a substance for which a terrible war between different worlds will be fought...»This trilogy is one of the great imaginative works in the English language. And it contains one of the bestillains in all literature». (Terry Jones). Philip Pullman has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the «Guardian» Children's Fiction Award, the Children's Book of the Year — British Book Awards, the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award.

Sneak a peek inside the diary of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything she writes is true... or at least as true as it needs to be, in the follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Can Adults Become Human?

Read all about the world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium in this novelization retelling of the entire movie.

What happens when a small, not very gifted boy named N.E. Bode gets lost on a class trip and stumbles into a toy store one rainy day? He is found by a man named Bellini who tells him the most wonderful tales — from A to Z — all about the beginnings of Mr. Magorium's now famous magical toy store. From the Age of Enlightenment to the Wright Brothers with stops along the way to play capture the Flag (for an entire year!) and meet Thomas Edison until finally ending up at Zen, this is the story of Edward Magorium and his Wonder Emporium. And it's all true!

Ryushi and his sister Kia have spent their whole lives hidden, sheltered, learning awesome combat skills the like of which have never been seen in all the Dominions. Now they have discovered what for...

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, set out to find him. They travel to the ice kingdoms of the North, where armoured bears rule and witch-queens fly through frozen skies. Lyra possesses a device that will aid their quest — if she can decipher its mysterious messages. But it knows terrifying secrets about their journey, and the dangers that await them in worlds far beyond their own.

Will is twelve, and he's just killed a man. Now he's on the run, determined to discover the truth about the father he's never known. Then he steps through a window into another world — where soul-eating Spectres haunt the streets of a city, and a strange girl called Lyra is searching for Dust. His mission and hers are mysteriously linked, and together they must find a powerful and secret object that people from many worlds would kill to possess.

Will is the bearer of the subtle knife. He has promised his dying father that he will deliver the terrible blade to Lord Asriel. War is coming, the greatest war there has ever been, and the knife is the only weapon that can defeat the enemy. A stranger in a world that is not his own, Will sets out on a perilous journey. But how can he fulfil his promise when Lyra, his brave companion, has disappeared...?

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What really happened in Dad's Army? How to make a rude noise with a gas mask? Why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty? Discover all the foul facts about the Blitzed Brits — all the gore and more!

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Want to know: • A genuine jester's joke? • Why chickens had their bottoms shaved? • What ten-year-old treacle was used for? Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages — all the gore and more!

This book has everything you could need to plot your path to the past. Using the frightful fold-out map of the city you can take a punt past corpse-ridden Christchurch and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling castle. You can trust Horrible Histories to make sightseeing fun!

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Want to know: • who got cow pats as Christmas presents? • why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? • how to make a dead Saxon happy? Discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons — all the gore and more!

Want to know: Why Norman knights slept with a dolly? Which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint? Why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee? This book lets you discover all the foul facts about the «Stormin' Normans» — all the gore and more!

Want to know: • Why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse? • All about terrible Tudor torture? • Which shocking swear words the Tudors used? Discover all the foul facts about the Terrible Tudors — all the gore and more!

Want to know: • Why some vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? • How to build a vicious Viking longboat? • Which vicious Viking god dressed up as a woman? Discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings — all the gore and more!

Want to know: • What vile Victorian parents called their children? • Who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion? • When the first public loo was flushed? Discover all the foul facts about the Vile Victorians — all the gore and more!

A sturdy steamship sinks like a stone in calm waters. A terrified magician performs a desperate disappearing act on a London stage. Investigating two mysteries, Sally Lockheart discovers a deadly web of clues that lead to a high-society murderer, and to the terrifying secret of the Shadow in the North...

Want to know: • Who made a meal out of maggots? • Which smelly soldiers were sniffed out by their enemies? • Why white knickers could kill you? Discover all the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War — all the gore and more!

Meggie can't stop thinking about Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life. Neither can Dustfinger, the fire-eater who was written into being. Dustfinger finds an unscrupulous storyteller to transport him back into the book — with devastating results. When his apprentice Farid and Meggie follow, the story threatens to unfold in ways they could scarcely imagine.

As the Empire Solidifies its power and stifles all dissent, former Jedi apprentince Ferus Olin must stay undercover? And begin to lay the foundations for the Empire's eventual overthrow. His major rival? None other than Darth Vader.