'Our mother has been gone now for a long time. It's hard to remember anything about her except her name, which is Thandi Modiba.' Serena runs away to Johannesburg, where the streets are like dongas that the light cannot reach. She is looking for her mother, and her search involves her in the lives of the many people she meets. There is Jane, a white hobo, Sipho and the Cool Blue Gang, and the notorious Beauty Mangele, who holds the key to the mystery of her mother's disappearance. Johannesburg is frightening and exciting. Serena confronts the harshness of city life, and learns about true fear and true courage.

In the heart of Northern England, three respectable couples, married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. Or so they think.

One dark stormy night in 1740, a ship was trying to dock in Table Bay but could not see the fire Beacon clearly. This is a true account o f how the lighthouse in Mouille Point originated.

One day Joffrey gets caught in a storm on the mountain and unexpectedly makes a new friend. This gentle story about friendship will help learners explore their own experiences of making friends.

This easy to use photocopiable resource is designed with a focus on fun as well as learning. This resource can be used alongside the "Classical Comics" graphic novel as well as any traditional text. Many of the activities can stand on their own as introductions to the world of Charles Dickens. Most of the activities look at Dickens's use of language, but you will also see applications for history, ICT, drama, and art. Suitable for teaching ages 10-17, this is a photocopiable study guide to "Charles Dickens: Great Expectations". It is packed with activities to help make Dickens fun. It includes applications in English, history, ICT, drama and art.

An anthology of verse which provides coverage of eight topics: childhood; creatures; landscapes; seascapes; people; mystery; war; reflections. Includes poems by Shakespeare, Lawrence and Emily Dickinson, accompanied by black and white illustrations.

Bite In is a three book graded course for teaching students to understand and enjoy poetry at Secondary school level. This third edition offers a carefully graded selection of poems to cater for all abilities, questions for discussion and written work, activity sections to encourage students to further explore the use of language and dialect in the interpretation of poetry and poems suitable for putting to music to increase students' enjoyment and motivation.

This graded course for teaching students to understand and enjoy poetry introduces students to the pleasures of reading and discussing poetry, through a varied anthology. The many poets of the Caribbean are presented, along with a wide range of material from Africa, USA, the UK and the rest of the world. The series offers: carefully graded selections every poem is supported by questions for class discussion and written work key terms for studying poetry introduced in the activity sections many poems suitable for choral orchestration and a wide selection of new poems and established favourites. This book is an introduction to reading and discussing poetry for second-year students. There are many poems to read out loud and questions suitable for verbal discussion. Derek Walcott, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, is featured in this volume, in "Bite In 3" and in "Time for Poetry".

Working in partnership with the RSC, this brand new series is ideal for introducing students to Shakespeare's plays. Using trusted and established RSC approaches, Shakespeare's plays come to life in the classroom and establish a deeper understanding and lasting appreciation of his work. Comprising the most popular plays used in schools, these full-colour editions include the RSC's active approaches to exploring the text, vibrant RSC performance photographs, page summaries, glosses, contextual information and much more. This unique series aims to motivate and inspire students in their early encounters with Shakespeare's plays whilst giving students confidence for all stages of their study of Shakespeare.

The House That Sailed Away Pat Hutchins Grandma, Mother, Father, Morgan, the baby and Tailcat find themselves catapulted into the wackiest adventure ever when their house floats off down the street and out to sea Hungry cannibals, blood-thirsty pirates, a kidnapping and buried treasure are just some of the hair-raisers in store in Pat Hutchins' own adaptation of her classic children's novel.

In Going Solo, the world's favourite storyteller, Roald Dahl, tells of life as a fighter pilot in Africa. 'They did not think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton, and they were astounded when they came upon my still-breathing body lying in the sand nearby.' In 1938 Roald Dahl was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far from home. However, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF. His account of his experiences in Africa, crashing a plane in the Western Desert, rescue and recovery from his horrific injuries in Alexandria, flying a Hurricane as Greece fell to the Germans, and many other daring deeds, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction. 'Very nearly as grotesque as his fiction. The same compulsive blend of wide-eyed innocence and fascination with danger and horror' Evening Standard 'A non-stop demonstration of expert raconteurship' The New York Times Book Review Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characters, themes, language and contexts, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers Animal Farm by George Orwell, is suitable for all exam boards and for the most recent GCSE specifications.

Charles Dickens' timeless story is brought to life in this vibrant new version by the award-winning playwright Neil Duffield. Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year! Well, it is for everyone except the miserable Scrooge. He prefers to spend Christmas all alone in his large house, instead of celebrating with mistletoe and merriment. Bah, humbug! But one cold, dark Christmas Eve Scrooge is surprised by the ghost of Marley, his former business partner. Marley warns Scrooge that he will be called upon by three spirits - each will take him on a mysterious and magical journey to show him the error of his ways... Can Scrooge discover the true wonder and meaning of Christmas before it's too late?

A picture book of exuberant poems suitable for chanting aloud noisily. The book won the Kurt Maschler Award and was runner-up for the Smarties Prize.