The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn: The Forgotten Echo

The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn: The Forgotten Echo
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 030737596X

The last exciting instalment of this outstanding trilogy As the trilogy reaches its breathtaking climax, our intrepid hero Tom Scatterhorn sets off on yet another adventure in and out of time and through many exotic locations. Danger is never far behind and Tom must remain focused on his goal-to defeat his old enemy Don Gervase Askary once and for all . . .

The Forgotten Echo: The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn

The Forgotten Echo: The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780192727442

As the trilogy reaches its breathtaking climax, our intrepid hero Tom Scatterhorn sets off on yet another adventure in and out of time and through many exotic locations. Danger is never far behind and Tom must remain focused on his goal-to defeat his old enemy Don Gervase Askary once and for all . . .

A Girl Named Disaster

A Girl Named Disaster
Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545229782

Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of Newbery award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist that have fresh, beautiful new designs and include author prefaces and discussion guides.A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in 1981. When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. What was supposed to have been a short boat trip across the border into Zimbabwe, where she hoped to find her father, turns into an adventure filled with challenges and danger that lasts a year.

The Hidden World

The Hidden World
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2009
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780192720856

Tom is back at the Scatterhorn Museum, looking forward to spending some time there while his parents are away on one of their adventures. But an unexpected visitor called Pearl Smoot throws everything into disarray when she arrives with an incredible story. She says Tom's old enemy, Don Gervase Askary, has taken her father and brother - and what's more, she claims he has Tom's parents too. Together Tom and Pearl set out on a perilous journey to rescue their families - a journey that willtake them in and out of time, to exotic foreign lands, and finally into the secret hidden world of Scarazand, stronghold of the terrifying Don Gervase himself . . . A scintillating sequel to the first fantastic Tom Scatterhorn book, The Museum's Secret.

James Bond

James Bond
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2005
Genre: Bond, James (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780719568602

For over half a century, the Bond novels have entertained millions around the world. 007 has been a cultural phenomenon since the first publication of Casino Royale in 1953. But no book has celebrated Fleming's literary Bond in his own right. This is an authoritative and entertaining journey through the world of the original James Bond, from Moscow to Mayfair, the bedroom to the war-room, the casino to the villain's lair. Ian Fleming's archive has released never-before seen documents and material to create this book. Sources include research notes and diaries to annotated manuscripts and ephemera from Fleming's files. Illustrated with classy, contemporary images, the book is a visual feast, but it is also engaging, with a rigorous and satisfying text. It recaptures the glamour of an age, and offers a new insight into the twentieth century's most thrilling literary hero.

Colditz: The Definitive History

Colditz: The Definitive History
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2003-01-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780060012861

Chronicles the experiences of the prisoners within the walls of Colditz Prison, a medieval castle that was converted into a high security fortress by the Germans during World War II.

Colditz

Colditz
Author: Henry Chancellor
Publisher: Coronet
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2002-04-04
Genre: Escapes
ISBN: 9780340794951

Colditz high security camp contained every persistent escaper, trouble maker and valuable hostage captured by the Germans in World War II. It was considered escape proof but the very opposite proved to be true. The prisoners pooled their collected talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war.

Ark Angel

Ark Angel
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2007-04-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101157925

Alex Rider is now an IMDb TV/Amazon Original Series! Alex Rider is an orphan turned teen superspy who's saving the world one mission at a time—from #1 New York Times bestselling author! The sniper’s bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive . . . just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no ordinary patient: He is the son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the richest men in the world. The eccentric billionaire has been targeted by Force Three, a group of eco-terrorists who claim his project Ark Angel—the first luxury hotel in outer space—is a danger to the environment. Soon Alex discovers that Force Three will stop at nothing to destroy Ark Angel, even if it means sending four hundred tons of molten glass and steel hurtling down to Earth and killing millions . . . unless Alex can stop them. From the author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty.

Postcards From No Man's Land

Postcards From No Man's Land
Author: Aidan Chambers
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2004-06-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101665629

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isn't prepared for love&150or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the woman who nursed his grandfather during the war, has to say about their relationship. Geertrui was always known as Jacob's grandfather's kind and generous nurse. But it seems that in the midst of terrible danger, Geertrui and Jacob's grandfather's time together blossomed into something more than a girl caring for a wounded soldier. And like Jacob, Geertrui was not prepared. Geertrui and Jacob live worlds apart, but their voices blend together to tell one story&150a story that transcends time and place and war. By turns moving, vulnerable, and thrilling, this extraordinary novel takes the reader on a memorable voyage of discovery.