The rules are simple: don't take off your non-contact suit, don't touch another person, and only virtual reality sports are allowed. Cal knows this, he knows its for his own safety, but beyond the city walls, he takes a chance. Accompanied by a few trusted friends, Cal plays football - real football - with real contact. Until they're found out.
The Morris family got lost trying to find Zoo Gardens theme park. But that's okay. They found another amusement park instead. It's called Horrorland. In Horrorland there are no crowds. No lines. and the admission is free. It seems like a pretty cool place. But that was before that heart-stopping ride on the deadly Doom slide. and that terrifying experience in the House of Mirrors. Because the…
Jack, Ryan and Sam have built the biggest, scariest snowman ever. It's a Monster Snowman - and it even has a phone! But later that night, Jack gets a weird text. It's not from Sam or Ryan. Who wants Jack to come out and play...?
It's quite possible you've never spoken to a typewriter before. This is not your fault. Humans tend to think we can't understand them. But when you sit still for long enough, there is much you can learn
Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942. Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’t sung a note since a family tragedy. With war looming, her father plans to ship her off to a singing school in England for safety. But all Emmy wants to do is stay in Batavia with her best friend, Bakti, even if it means putting up with her snooty classmate, Violet. Then the Japanese army invades—and as war erupts…
Engage your seriously struggling and reluctant teen readers with Barrington Stoke's SEN short fiction. Lights in the Mirror has been specially designed for teen readers with a very low reading age of 6, and is fully illustrated throughout. The blue Golf keeps following Max’s car. It’s creepy - who is in the car, and what do they want.
He's no dummy! Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck? Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happ…
Though money is tight for Timo and his mother, they have each other and it should be enough, but it isn't. What Timo wants most in all the world is a dog to call his own.