The Teacher's Tales of Terror

The Teacher's Tales of Terror PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408823020
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Book Description
Chris Priestley has readers on the edge of their seats in this trio of terrifying stories as a teacher and his pupils share three spine-chilling tales. But, of course, with a very surprising ending that resounds like a slamming door on a quiet night!

The Teacher's Tales of Terror

The Teacher's Tales of Terror PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408823020
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Book Description
Chris Priestley has readers on the edge of their seats in this trio of terrifying stories as a teacher and his pupils share three spine-chilling tales. But, of course, with a very surprising ending that resounds like a slamming door on a quiet night!

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599906988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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This spine-tingling novel has more than enough fear factor for the most ardent fan of scary stories. Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house, but regular visits from his nephew, Edgar, give him the opportunity to recount some of the frightening stories he knows. As each tale unfolds, an eerie pattern emerges of young lives gone awry in the most terrifying of ways. Young Edgar begins to wonder just how Uncle Montague knows all these ghastly tales. This clever collection of stories-within-a-story is perfectly matched with darkly witty illustrations by David Roberts. Look for the other spine-tingling book in Chris Priestley's Tales of Terror series, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship!

Eight Tales of Terror

Eight Tales of Terror PDF Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780590411363
Category : Horror tales, American.
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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A collection of horror stories includes depictions of a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife, strange plots of revenge, and a traveler trapped on a ghost ship.

Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

Tales of Terror from the Black Ship PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599906996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Book Description
A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this is another creepy middle grade story collection with a chilling frame. This time, the stories are all tales of the sea: pirates and plagues and storms a plenty...

Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth

Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408811944
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white helps the boy while away the hours by telling him stories - stories with a difference.

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror PDF Author: Les Martin
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307758974
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Book Description
Who is the uninvited guest wearing a creepy costume at Prince Prospero's ball? Can a man be driven mad by the "sounds" of the crime he has committed? These spine-tingling stories and others by Edgar Allan Poe are adapted for a first chapter book reader.

Teaching in the Terrordome

Teaching in the Terrordome PDF Author: Heather Kirn Lanier
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 082627286X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Book Description
Only 50 percent of kids growing up in poverty will earn a high school diploma. Just one in ten will graduate college. Compelled by these troubling statistics, Heather Kirn Lanier joined Teach For America (TFA), a program that thrusts eager but inexperienced college graduates into America’s most impoverished areas to teach, asking them to do whatever is necessary to catch their disadvantaged kids up to the rest of the nation. With little more than a five-week teacher boot camp and the knowledge that David Simon referred to her future school as “The Terrordome,” the altruistic and naïve Lanier devoted herself to attaining the program’s goals but met obstacles on all fronts. The building itself was in such poor condition that tiles fell from the ceiling at random. Kids from the halls barged into classes all day, disrupting even the most carefully planned educational activities. In the middle of one lesson, a wandering student lit her classroom door on fire. Some colleagues, instantly suspicious of TFA’s intentions, withheld their help and supplies. (“They think you’re trying to ‘save’ the children,” one teacher said.) And although high school students can be by definition resistant, in west Baltimore they threw eggs, slashed tires, and threatened teachers’ lives. Within weeks, Lanier realized that the task she was charged with—achieving quantifiable gains in her students’ learning—would require something close to a miracle. Superbly written and timely, Teaching in the Terrordome casts an unflinching gaze on one of America’s “dropout factory” high schools. Though Teach For America often touts its most successful teacher stories, in this powerful memoir Lanier illuminates a more common experience of “Teaching For America” with thoughtful complexity, a poet’s eye, and an engaging voice. As hard as Lanier worked to become a competent teacher, she found that in “The Terrordome,” idealism wasn’t enough. To persevere, she had to rely on grit, humility, a little comedy, and a willingness to look failure in the face. As she adjusted to a chaotic school administration, crumbling facilities, burned-out colleagues, and students who perceived their school for the failure it was, she gained perspective on the true state of the crisis TFA sets out to solve. Ultimately, she discovered that contrary to her intentions, survival in the so-called Charm City was a high expectation.

I Am Hava

I Am Hava PDF Author: Freda Lewkowicz
Publisher: Intergalactic Afikoman
ISBN: 1951365151
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
Experience the story of the world's most famous Jewish song, as told by the song herself. In her spare, poetic text, Freda Lewkowicz has personified the song of Hava Nagila and made her the narrator of her own story, known simply as "Hava." Renowned Indian-American Jewish illustrator Siona Benjamin, who is known for her blue characters, draws Hava as a young blue girl in a sari. Follow Hava as she spreads joy and hope throughout the world.

Christmas Tales of Terror

Christmas Tales of Terror PDF Author: Chris Priestley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408838400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Book Description
From malevolent snowmen to Father Christmas - with a difference ... Chris Priestley is on absolute top form in these atmospheric, clever and thoroughly chilling stories. Add a new kind of thrill to the fluffiest of seasons with seven brilliantly conceived examples of why you'd better be good at Christmas time. For stories which can be enjoyed by the whole family, unwrap these perfectly formed festive tales of terror, each with a gripping yarn and genius twist. Singing carols may never seem quite the same again ... especially after dark.

Whitewater Tales of Terror

Whitewater Tales of Terror PDF Author: William Nealy
Publisher: Clerisy Press
ISBN: 9780897320245
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
This best-seller is an outrageous, irreverent collection of cartoons, epic adventures, unusual new outdoor products, and unsolicited advice.