Gillian Cross creëert boeiende verhalen die zich verdiepen in de complexe relaties en morele dilemma's waarmee jongeren worden geconfronteerd. Haar verhalen verkennen vaak thema's als familie, identiteit en de strijd voor gerechtigheid. Met een meeslepende stijl en een scherp inzicht in de psychologie van personages, resoneren haar werken diep bij lezers. Cross vangt meesterlijk de authenticiteit van de adolescentie en de inherente uitdagingen ervan.
Brother Aelred has remarkably smelly feet. To spare the other monks' noses, he is given the job of tending to the pigs. However, when Viking raiders arrive to attack, loot and pillage the Brothers' monastery, it is Brother Aelred, the humblest, gentlest monk, who saves the day.
Take a trip into the future of medicine. Dr Cross explains everything from genetic modification, eco-health and virtual reality medicine, to remote surgery by robot and personalised medicine.
Taking over the artificial intellegence unit at Wessex University, the Demon Headmaster uses its technology to drain the knowledge from some of the top minds in scientific research
When the Hunters move house, they think they've escaped the Demon Headmaster. They're wrong. Villagers are speaking the same robotic phrases ... and a creeper is growing incredibly fast by the mysterious research centre
Gillian Cross's brilliant retelling and Neil Packer's glorious illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad, one of the greatest stories ever told.
William and his brother are desperate to have a tree house in the grand old tree. Their father goes away, but is determined that the tree house should be built. So every month he sends a parcel containing things they'll need for the tree house. But will their father be home in time for Christmas? schovat popis
A giant Indian elephant. A wild journey across America. An enemy who will never stop.
This Reading Guide is aimed at the student and offers a 'way in' to different aspects of the novel of the same title. Activities actively engage students and take their understanding of the aspect under scrutiny to a deeper level - so enhancing their reading of the novel. The Reading Guide is highly illustrated and has a magazine-feel to appeal to students. It can be used during the early stages of a Scheme of Work based on the novel, and can also be built in to lessons as the reading progresses and to support further reading activities.
The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes.
When Ingrid turns up at a SPLAT meeting she is raving about Hunky Parker, a new TV show. It's the latest craze, she says, and soon everyone will be hooked. The other SPLAT members disagree-until Ingrid shows them her Hunky video. Because once they start watching it, something weird happens . . .
