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Cold Fusion
Interest age 9 – 12 | Reading age 12+
A new series that caters for the interests of the more gifted reader – children who find that the run of the mill books available for their age group are just not stimulating enough.
Each of the books in the Cold Fusion series tackles a compelling topic in a way that is more demanding than the average book for 9 to 12 year-olds. The series includes both fiction and non-fiction, but in all cases the reader will be stretched with stimulating ideas.
The books in this series are not necessarily very long reads; more able readers do not always want to read ‘doorstops’. Rather it is the content of these books and the vocabulary used that is used that is more demanding.
Never Odd or Even
Author: John Townsend |
ISBN: 9781781271025 |
Price: £6.99 |
No. of Pages: 136 |
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‘I’m at that special age: 12. It’s one of my favourite numbers. 12 isn’t just the sum of 10 (the base of our whole amazing number system) and 2 (the only even prime number in the universe) but it’s the first number with 1, 2, 3 and 4 as factors. I reckon that’s so cool.’
Here’s a detective story with a difference. Eliot is twelve – and he thinks outside the box. He can’t help it. Numbers are his thing – and letters. So when ‘the biggest mystery that struck our school in the history of the world’ needs to be solved, Eliot is the one to call on.
But this time the solution doesn’t lie in the real world (or in the ‘real’ world of the story). Instead, the solution lies inside the book itself – only it’s locked away in a series of puzzles and palindromes. Can you find the clues, solve the puzzles and find the culprit?
The Secret Message
Author: John Townsend |
ISBN: 9781781272756 |
Price: £6.99 |
No. of Pages: 118 |
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In the attic of his house Sam finds a leather case that belonged to his great great grandfather, Freddy Ovel. The case contains a diary, as Sam begins to read it he is taken right back to just before the First World War when Freddy was a boy.
Sam also finds a photograph and discovers that at his age, Freddy was his exact double. The diary unlocks much more than just the events of the war. Sam discovers there is much more to 'Freddy' than meets the eye - not only heroic wartime deeds and terrible injuries, but also some very dark secrets.
This poignant story, spanning a century, is the perfect way to remember the outbreak of the first great war of our times.
Paupers
Author: Mary Chapman |
ISBN: 9781781275764 |
Price: £6.99 |
No. of Pages: 120 |
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Lydia Maddison and her family have nowhere to go. Their father has left them - and left them with nothing. So they begin at the workhouse as paupers, in Victorian England.
It's a hard way to live: families are separated, talking is forbidden and there is little food and too much hard work. Lydia's son Tom and his sister Rose need to summon all their strength and ingenuity to survive - especially as Rose has a baby of her own to look after. It's not easy when minor transgressions are severely punished and tragedy is never far away. What does the future hold for the Maddison family?
This sober and gripping account of life amongst the Victorian poor takes the reader on a journey including both heartbreak and triumph. A final note at the end of the book offers some historical background to the Poor Laws and workhouses in nineteenth-century England.
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How Do We Know Anything?
Authors: David Orme & Stephen Rickard |
ISBN: 9781781271018 |
Price: £6.99 |
No. of Pages: 100 |
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Sometimes the most innocent questions are the hardest to answer. Is the Earth really round? Did Christopher Columbus really discover America? Does three plus eight make eleven? How do you know? How do you know anything?
This is a light-hearted, stimulating and provocative journey through the jungles of fact and fiction, knowledge and wisdom, and thinking for yourself.
Are you the victim of other people’s thinking? How can you be sure?
Why Haven’t We Seen Aliens?
Author: Stephen Rickard |
ISBN: 9781781271001 |
Price: £6.99 |
No. of Pages: 100 |
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If there really is alien life elsewhere in the Universe, then it’s reasonable to ask why we haven’t seen it. Surely our planet Earth would have been visited by aliens by now? Does that mean that alien life doesn’t exist?
This book uses some simple maths to take a sober look at the chances of our actually meeting alien life. After all, we will only meet up if both we and they are in the right place at the right time. The Universe is a big place – and it has been around for a long time. Perhaps we were ‘out’ when they visited us.