MOST PEOPLE GET PRESENTS ON THEIR SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY. I GET A PROPHECY THAT COULD SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD. It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. According to an ancient prophecy, I turn sixteen ant the fate of the entire world is on me. But no pressure. Now Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City. And the dreaded monster Typhon is also head…
NOrm knew it was going to be one of those days when he got out of bed and trod in something he shouldn't have.. What with overdue homework, overdue pocket money and a bag full of overdue newspapaers, one thing's for sure : life for Norm isn't getting anyless unfair. And did he mention the fact that he's the only kid on the planet without an ipad?
Much Ado About Nothing has long been celebrated as one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. The central relationship, between Benedick and Beatrice, is wittily combative until love prevails. Broader comedy is provided by Dogberry, Verges and the watchmen. The drama ranges between the destructively sinister and the lyrically romantic, giving the whole a complex and sometimes problematic chara…
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and found a bit of sweet corn in his left ear.. And that's just for starters. Before you can say "Dodgy pizza", Norm's hurt his wrist, got an all day biking ban and been ditched by his best friend Mikey for the world's biggest doughnut! Could bad luck be contagious?
Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies: a spectaculer, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of Imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra. She, variously generous and ruthless, loving and jealous, petulant and majestic, emerges as Shakespeare's mos complex depiction o…
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke ip and found himself in the middle of the French Revolution.. If only he hadn't fallen asleep in history. And if only he'd done punishement excercise. And if only he could go biking instead of playing stupid football! except Norm can't go biking. Why not? Because His Bike's been stolen, that's why! Nightmare? It's worse than that...
Norn knew it was going to be one of those days when he was woken by the sound of an elephant breaking wind in the next room.. Not the best start to a day, but it's abaout to get a wholw lot worse. As if a trip to see his perfect cousins isn't bad enough, they've only gone and got the brand new call of mortal combat@ not that norm could play anyway what with being banned from the Xbos due to …
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he went to toilet, just for something to do.. But things can only get better, right? Wrong! If only BRian and Dave hadn't founds Dad's million-year-old aftershave. If only Mikey wasn't felling lower than a snake's backside. If only Chelsea would hurry up and move! It's all ifs and buts thought. OR should that be whiffs and butts?
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when was grounded before he'd even got up.. But that's what happens whwn you run up a phone bill the size of a bus. The trouble is Norm has no idea now it happened! All he knows is that he somehow has to pay it off. Even if that does mean going into business with the world's most annoying next door neighbour.. Just another typically unfair da…
Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland, who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various character whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her.