Author: Sophia McDougall
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062294016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
From bestselling UK author Sophia McDougall comes one fresh and funny adventure-filled tween debut about a group of kids evacuated to Mars! Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, this laugh-out-loud series is packed with nonstop fun. When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine Alice Dare and a select group of kids are sent to Mars. But things get very strange when the adults disappear into thin air, the kids face down an alien named Thsaaa, and Alice and her friends must save the galaxy! For when plucky twelve-year-old Alice Dare learns she's being taken out of the Muckling Abbott School for Girls and sent to another planet, no one knows what to expect. This is one wild ride that will have kids chuckling the whole way through.
Mars Evacuees
Author: Sophia McDougall
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062294016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
From bestselling UK author Sophia McDougall comes one fresh and funny adventure-filled tween debut about a group of kids evacuated to Mars! Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, this laugh-out-loud series is packed with nonstop fun. When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine Alice Dare and a select group of kids are sent to Mars. But things get very strange when the adults disappear into thin air, the kids face down an alien named Thsaaa, and Alice and her friends must save the galaxy! For when plucky twelve-year-old Alice Dare learns she's being taken out of the Muckling Abbott School for Girls and sent to another planet, no one knows what to expect. This is one wild ride that will have kids chuckling the whole way through.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062294016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
From bestselling UK author Sophia McDougall comes one fresh and funny adventure-filled tween debut about a group of kids evacuated to Mars! Perfect for fans of Artemis Fowl, this laugh-out-loud series is packed with nonstop fun. When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine Alice Dare and a select group of kids are sent to Mars. But things get very strange when the adults disappear into thin air, the kids face down an alien named Thsaaa, and Alice and her friends must save the galaxy! For when plucky twelve-year-old Alice Dare learns she's being taken out of the Muckling Abbott School for Girls and sent to another planet, no one knows what to expect. This is one wild ride that will have kids chuckling the whole way through.
The Children Of Mars
Author: Norbert Mercado
Publisher: Norbert Mercado Novels
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Written by Norbert L. Mercado, The Children of Mars is novel about an unusual friendship that took place between a Filipino guerrilla and a Japanese Captain in the darkest days of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
Publisher: Norbert Mercado Novels
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Written by Norbert L. Mercado, The Children of Mars is novel about an unusual friendship that took place between a Filipino guerrilla and a Japanese Captain in the darkest days of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
Genre-Based Strategies to Promote Critical Literacy in Grades 4–8
Author: Danielle E. Hartsfield
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440863172
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Draws on critical and radical change theory to equip both aspiring and practicing library and teacher candidates with practical, research-based ideas for enacting critical literacy practices in middle grade libraries and classrooms. Genre Based Strategies to Promote Critical Literacy in Grades 4-8 provides strategies and lesson plans with additional resources and tools for school librarians and teachers to engage middle grade students in reading children's literature through a critical literacy lens. To be critically literate readers and thinkers, students must learn to question what they read, asking themselves who wrote the text, why the text was written, and how the text positions its readers and others. Teaching students how to read from a critical literacy stance is a timely and relevant practice in a world in which text is available instantly and on nearly any mobile device. In many cases, preparation programs for school librarians and teachers do not teach candidates how to incorporate critical literacy practices in library and classroom settings. This book provides both pre-service and in-service school librarians and teachers with that professional development and guidance for teaching critical literacy in children's literature courses.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440863172
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Draws on critical and radical change theory to equip both aspiring and practicing library and teacher candidates with practical, research-based ideas for enacting critical literacy practices in middle grade libraries and classrooms. Genre Based Strategies to Promote Critical Literacy in Grades 4-8 provides strategies and lesson plans with additional resources and tools for school librarians and teachers to engage middle grade students in reading children's literature through a critical literacy lens. To be critically literate readers and thinkers, students must learn to question what they read, asking themselves who wrote the text, why the text was written, and how the text positions its readers and others. Teaching students how to read from a critical literacy stance is a timely and relevant practice in a world in which text is available instantly and on nearly any mobile device. In many cases, preparation programs for school librarians and teachers do not teach candidates how to incorporate critical literacy practices in library and classroom settings. This book provides both pre-service and in-service school librarians and teachers with that professional development and guidance for teaching critical literacy in children's literature courses.
The Far Reaches
Author: Larry Kennedy
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524507946
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A lone spacecraft finds a derelict space vessel and finds a mystery aboard that, after the Earths destruction, will have far-reaching consequences.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524507946
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A lone spacecraft finds a derelict space vessel and finds a mystery aboard that, after the Earths destruction, will have far-reaching consequences.
Reaching Reluctant Young Readers
Author: Rob Reid
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442274425
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442274425
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young person to read the rest of the book on their own. Further, the book contains several hundred additional recommended titles. The books selected for this collection were chosen following the criteria of reluctant reader books created by the Quick Picks committee sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association. While these guidelines were designed for young adult books, they also work well for middle-grade books. The criteria include: clear writing (no convoluted long sentences with sophisticated vocabulary), high interest “hook” in the first few pages, well-defined characters, interesting plot, and familiar themes.
The First Murder On Mars
Author: Sam Wilson
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409199207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
THE MARTAIN meets THE EXPANSE in this page turning debut science-fiction mystery MARS, 2034 A place of hope, freedom, and the dream of a better future on their new home. The year of the first human born on the red planet. MARS, 2103 A place of division, suspicion and fear. The year when the truth will come about. **** This is the story of the first human being born on Mars: Rose Fuller, who saw a better future than the one that came to pass. And Dylan Ward, a woman raised in the vast wilderness of the frontier, who will find her way back to it. It's a story about a man who went missing, and the man who wants to find out what he knew. It's a story about what makes us human - and how we might live once we leave our home. The story of the first murder on Mars. **** PRAISE FOR THE FIRST MURDER ON MARS: 'A fiercely intelligent, wholly engaging thrill-ride of a novel that sucks you in like a black hole' SARAH LOTZ, author of THE THREE 'Fast and sharp and very of-our-time' LAUREN BEUKES, author of THE SHINING GIRLS 'A wild rover ride across the red planet which is somehow both exhilarating and deeply thoughtful about how societies are built, captured and liberated. It's meticulously researched, vividly imagined and moves faster than a spaceship. I bloody adored this book' SAM BECKBESSINGER, co-author of GIRLS OF LITTLE HOPE 'Fuses inventive sci-fi, Martian secrets and the whodunnit into an ingenious, thought-provoking and heart-pounding page-turner' DALE HALVORSEN, coo-author of GIRLS OF LITTLE HOPE 'A generation-spanning epic, this is science fiction at its best. Wilson knows that human nature will follow us anywhere - even Mars' ALEX CONVERY, screenwriter of AIR 2023 **** PRAISE FOR SAM WILSON'S ZODIAC: 'A bold storyteller with an amazing mind' LAUREN BEUKES, author of The Shining Girls 'A brilliant, original and gripping thriller. I'm struggling to think of a reader who won't love this' SARAH LOTZ, author of THE THREE 'Impeccable storytelling. Undoubtedly a book which works both on the level of its intriguing high concept and sheer narrative nous.' BARRY FORSHAW, author of NORDIC NOIR
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409199207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
THE MARTAIN meets THE EXPANSE in this page turning debut science-fiction mystery MARS, 2034 A place of hope, freedom, and the dream of a better future on their new home. The year of the first human born on the red planet. MARS, 2103 A place of division, suspicion and fear. The year when the truth will come about. **** This is the story of the first human being born on Mars: Rose Fuller, who saw a better future than the one that came to pass. And Dylan Ward, a woman raised in the vast wilderness of the frontier, who will find her way back to it. It's a story about a man who went missing, and the man who wants to find out what he knew. It's a story about what makes us human - and how we might live once we leave our home. The story of the first murder on Mars. **** PRAISE FOR THE FIRST MURDER ON MARS: 'A fiercely intelligent, wholly engaging thrill-ride of a novel that sucks you in like a black hole' SARAH LOTZ, author of THE THREE 'Fast and sharp and very of-our-time' LAUREN BEUKES, author of THE SHINING GIRLS 'A wild rover ride across the red planet which is somehow both exhilarating and deeply thoughtful about how societies are built, captured and liberated. It's meticulously researched, vividly imagined and moves faster than a spaceship. I bloody adored this book' SAM BECKBESSINGER, co-author of GIRLS OF LITTLE HOPE 'Fuses inventive sci-fi, Martian secrets and the whodunnit into an ingenious, thought-provoking and heart-pounding page-turner' DALE HALVORSEN, coo-author of GIRLS OF LITTLE HOPE 'A generation-spanning epic, this is science fiction at its best. Wilson knows that human nature will follow us anywhere - even Mars' ALEX CONVERY, screenwriter of AIR 2023 **** PRAISE FOR SAM WILSON'S ZODIAC: 'A bold storyteller with an amazing mind' LAUREN BEUKES, author of The Shining Girls 'A brilliant, original and gripping thriller. I'm struggling to think of a reader who won't love this' SARAH LOTZ, author of THE THREE 'Impeccable storytelling. Undoubtedly a book which works both on the level of its intriguing high concept and sheer narrative nous.' BARRY FORSHAW, author of NORDIC NOIR
Rebels of the Red Planet
Author: Charles L. Fontenay
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In 'Rebels of the Red Planet' by Charles L. Fontenay, the reader is transported to a future where Mars has been colonized by Earth. The novel explores themes of rebellion, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom in a harsh and unforgiving environment. Fontenay's straightforward prose and fast-paced narrative keeps the reader engaged, making it a thrilling read for fans of science fiction. Set against the backdrop of interplanetary politics and societal unrest, the book offers a unique perspective on human nature and the drive for independence. Fontenay's attention to detail and vivid descriptions create a world that feels both alien and familiar, drawing readers into the struggle for Martian independence. Charles L. Fontenay, a prolific science fiction writer, was known for his ability to blend social commentary with thrilling and action-packed plots. His own experiences as a journalist and editor likely influenced his interest in exploring themes of rebellion and resistance in 'Rebels of the Red Planet.' I recommend this book to anyone interested in thought-provoking science fiction that delves into complex moral and political issues, while still providing an exciting and entertaining story.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In 'Rebels of the Red Planet' by Charles L. Fontenay, the reader is transported to a future where Mars has been colonized by Earth. The novel explores themes of rebellion, sacrifice, and the fight for freedom in a harsh and unforgiving environment. Fontenay's straightforward prose and fast-paced narrative keeps the reader engaged, making it a thrilling read for fans of science fiction. Set against the backdrop of interplanetary politics and societal unrest, the book offers a unique perspective on human nature and the drive for independence. Fontenay's attention to detail and vivid descriptions create a world that feels both alien and familiar, drawing readers into the struggle for Martian independence. Charles L. Fontenay, a prolific science fiction writer, was known for his ability to blend social commentary with thrilling and action-packed plots. His own experiences as a journalist and editor likely influenced his interest in exploring themes of rebellion and resistance in 'Rebels of the Red Planet.' I recommend this book to anyone interested in thought-provoking science fiction that delves into complex moral and political issues, while still providing an exciting and entertaining story.
A New World Evolves
Author: Emmy Ayarza
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514476274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
We got your back, and Marss too. She is alive, folks, and dont forget that. Our Earth would be alive today if we hadnt forgotten to respect her life, Lew Bead told the people of New Life Public. The Bead family opened their rural ranch to their family and neighbors when their ordinary world suddenly stopped functioning. A fortunate discovery leads them to spaceships prepared to take mass populations to Mars. Harrowing experiences and old and new forged relationships send them where a new world evolves.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514476274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
We got your back, and Marss too. She is alive, folks, and dont forget that. Our Earth would be alive today if we hadnt forgotten to respect her life, Lew Bead told the people of New Life Public. The Bead family opened their rural ranch to their family and neighbors when their ordinary world suddenly stopped functioning. A fortunate discovery leads them to spaceships prepared to take mass populations to Mars. Harrowing experiences and old and new forged relationships send them where a new world evolves.
Dan Dare: The Venus Campaign
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1785869744
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Travel back to the very beginning and relieve the first missions of Britain’s most enduring science fiction hero, Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. Originally published in the classic British comic, Eagle (1950-1969), these two complete adventures from 1950-1952, ‘Voyage to Venus’ and ‘The Red Moon Mystery’ have been digitally remastered from the original comics and lovingly restored. This collection also includes a new introduction written by Frank Hampson’s son Peter, and includes a never-before published drawing of Dan Dare by Frank Hampson. Working as a science consultant and scriptwriter on Dan Dare from 1950-1951, science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke supplied several scripts, concepts and notes for ‘Voyage to Venus’.
Publisher: Titan Comics
ISBN: 1785869744
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Travel back to the very beginning and relieve the first missions of Britain’s most enduring science fiction hero, Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. Originally published in the classic British comic, Eagle (1950-1969), these two complete adventures from 1950-1952, ‘Voyage to Venus’ and ‘The Red Moon Mystery’ have been digitally remastered from the original comics and lovingly restored. This collection also includes a new introduction written by Frank Hampson’s son Peter, and includes a never-before published drawing of Dan Dare by Frank Hampson. Working as a science consultant and scriptwriter on Dan Dare from 1950-1951, science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke supplied several scripts, concepts and notes for ‘Voyage to Venus’.
End of the Road
Author: Jonathan Oliver
Publisher: Solaris
ISBN: 1849976503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE Each step leads you closer to your destination, but who, or what, can you expect to meet along the way? Here are stories of misfits, spectral hitch-hikers, nightmare travel tales and the rogues, freaks and monsters to be found on the road. The critically acclaimed editor of Magic, The End of the Line and House of Fear has brought together the contemporary masters and mistresses of the weird from around the globe in an anthology of travel tales like no other. Strap on your seatbelt, or shoulder your backpack, and wait for that next ride... into darkness. An incredible anthology of original short stories from an exciting list of writers including the best-selling Philip Reeve, the World Fantasy Award-winning Lavie Tidhar and the incredible talents of S.L. Grey, Ian Whates, Jay Caselberg, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Zen Cho, Sophia McDougall, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Anil Menon, Rio Youers, Vandana Singh, Paul Meloy, Adam Nevill and Helen Marshall.
Publisher: Solaris
ISBN: 1849976503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE Each step leads you closer to your destination, but who, or what, can you expect to meet along the way? Here are stories of misfits, spectral hitch-hikers, nightmare travel tales and the rogues, freaks and monsters to be found on the road. The critically acclaimed editor of Magic, The End of the Line and House of Fear has brought together the contemporary masters and mistresses of the weird from around the globe in an anthology of travel tales like no other. Strap on your seatbelt, or shoulder your backpack, and wait for that next ride... into darkness. An incredible anthology of original short stories from an exciting list of writers including the best-selling Philip Reeve, the World Fantasy Award-winning Lavie Tidhar and the incredible talents of S.L. Grey, Ian Whates, Jay Caselberg, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Zen Cho, Sophia McDougall, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Anil Menon, Rio Youers, Vandana Singh, Paul Meloy, Adam Nevill and Helen Marshall.