2001: A Space Odyssey - a great film and a famous novel. An object is found on the Moon. Who made it? Men travel into space to find out - a billion kilometers to the rings of Saturn. Something is waiting for them...
Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. There, in the heart of Africa, his search for the extraordinary Mr Kurtz caused him to question his own nature and values - and the nature and values of his society.
Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won't be the newest girl anymore! But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts telling everyone in the fourth grade to GROW UP. But Allie isn't sure she's ready to be all grown-up yet - not if it means chasing boys at recess, not playing queens anymore, and especially... …
When nine-year-old Aliie Finkle's parents announce that the family is moving, Allie's sure her life is over. She has to move to a scary new house, change schools, and leave her precious geode collection behind. With a room she's half-scared to go into, the burden of being "the new girl", and her old friends a half hour away, how will Allie ever learn to fit in.
When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor he discovers some unpleasant facts about the medical profession. He struggles against a system that seems to value money than curing illness. But the system is extremely powerful. Will he win his battle?
The Internet is one of the most important inventions in history. In the twenty-first century it will change the lives of almost every person on the planet. This is its story.
This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men - one French, one English, but very similar in appearance - are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the people of France, are faced with the dangers of life at a time when the guillotine never rests.
Allie Finkle's starting her first day of school at Pine Heights Elementary! but being the New Girl is turning out to be scary, too, especially since one of the girls in Allie's class - Rosemary - doesn't like her. In fact, Rosemary says she's going to beat Allie up after school. Who knew it was going to be so hard being the New Girl?
She is quirky and cool and loving life in Year Six with her best friends Willow and Beth. But when Dad hatches a mad plan that will turn life upside-down, Daizy is too horrified to tell anyone at all ... and pretty soon she finds herself tangled up in a knot of secrets. Will Daizy realize that even when she's sinking, her friends and family are there to help her swim?
These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.