Jim Eldridge schrijft meeslepende verhalen voor jonge lezers, waarin hij de ervaringen van kinderen en adolescenten met humor en inzicht verkent. Zijn omvangrijke werk, gevormd door een productieve carrière in het schrijven van scripts voor kinder- en jeugdtelevisie en radioprogramma's, biedt boeiende verhalen die diep resoneren. Eldridge blinkt uit in het creëren van inhoud die zowel vermakelijk als tot nadenken stemmend is voor zijn jonge publiek. Zijn vermogen om literaire verhalen te verbinden met uitzendmedia onderstreept zijn veelzijdigheid als maker.
TRENCHES is set in 1917 and is the story of Billy Stevens, a telegraph operator, stationed near Ypres. The Great War has been raging for three years when Billy finds himself taking part in the deadly Big Push forward. But he is shocked to discover that the bullets of his fellow soldiers aren't just aimed at the enemy.
Why are there pyramids? What does a mummy look like? Introducing beginner readers to the mysteries of ancient Egypt with accurate illustrations, interesting facts and simple text for independent reading.
The thrilling historical whodunnit (MuseumMysteries 9).
1940, London. DI Edgar Coburg and Sergeant Ted Lamson are called in to investigate a murder at the Ritz Hotel.
London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren't convinced and Scotland Yard enlists 'The Museum Detectives' Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the investigation. When the body of the missing nightwatchman is discovered encased within a wax figure, the case suddenly becomes more complex. With questions over the dead men's pasts and a series of bank raids plaguing the city, Wilson and Fenton face their most intricate and dangerous case yet.
30 April 1980, London, England Six heavily armed terrorists take over a London embassy. Twenty-six innocent civilians are taken hostage. A team of SAS troops prepares to storm the embassy, under orders that no innocent blood is to be spilt. In the heat of battle, will they be able to get the hostages out alive? Follow one SAS trooper's story as he is pushed to the limit in a high-risk rescue situation. Based on real-life events, this adrenalin-filled adventure story reveals what it is really like to be a member of the mysterious soldiering elite. Includes: - SAS facts - Training secrets - Siege diagrams
Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies and faces the skill of the German ace pilots over the Somme.
BLITZ is a thrilling wartime tale. In 1940 with London under fire siblings Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her parents and protecting her brother...
September 1940: the height of the Blitz. The Savoy Hotel boasts London's strongest air raid shelter with all the luxury expected from one of the capital's most prestigious hotels. It prompts the arrival of a disgruntled crowd from the East End, demanding they be allowed entry and respite from the endless bombing raids. They are given permission to enter and are stunned by the opulence that greets them. The all-clear sounds the next morning and London comes slowly back to life, but not everyone can dust themselves down and carry on. One of the hotel's guests has been discovered dead, stabbed in the back. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called in and the finger of suspicion falls firmly upon the East Londoners, but not everything is as it seems in these sumptuous surroundings.
Clandestine affairs, furtive goings-on and conspiracies against the government: Coburg must tread very lightly indeed ...