Alan Gibbons verfasst fesselnde Erzählungen für junge Leser, die oft aus einer Quelle der Empathie und persönlichen Erfahrung schöpfen. Seine Erzählweise beleuchtet die Widerstandsfähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes und erforscht Themen wie das Überwinden von Widrigkeiten und das Finden der eigenen Stimme mit Authentizität und Tiefe. Nach seiner Ausbildung zum Lehrer und seiner Tätigkeit in diesem Beruf besitzt Gibbons eine einzigartige Fähigkeit, sein Publikum durch zugängliche und doch tiefgründige Prosa zu fesseln. Seine Werke laden die Leser ein, sich mit herausfordernden Themen auseinanderzusetzen und fördern Verständnis sowie ein Gefühl gemeinsamer Menschlichkeit.
Vor 200 Jahren wurde Charles Darwin geboren, vor 150 Jahren veröffentlichte er sein Epochenwerk „The Origin of Species“. Sechs Jahre lang umsegelte der Naturforscher die Erde, sammelte Tiere, Pflanzen und Gestein. Dann die überraschende Erkenntnis: Die Welt ist nicht nach einem großen Plan erschaffen, sondern Tiere und Pflanzen passen sich ihrer Umwelt immer wieder an. Der Grundstein für die Evolutionstheorie war gelegt.
Set in a captivating virtual reality world, this gripping thriller follows the intense adventures of its characters as they navigate challenges and uncover secrets. As the second installment in The Legendeer trilogy, it deepens the narrative and expands the universe, blending suspense with cutting-edge technology. Readers can expect a thrilling ride filled with twists, complex characters, and an exploration of the consequences of immersive digital experiences.
Stunning new fantasy sequence from the author of the Blue Peter Award-winning 'Shadow of the Minotaur'. It has always been this way. The Helati are slaves. Each month, at the full moon, they are expelled to face the demon host, the Lost Souls.But something has changed in the fabric of the times. The demons are controlled by a new master, the Darkwing. Now the danger is permanent, the horror incessant.In a southern port, however, a fourteen year old slave girl, oblivious of her destiny, holds the key to ending the nightmare of the Lost Souls. But will she ever understand the secret that is hidden deep in her memory, the secret of the Black Tower?Alan Gibbons' latest novel is an epic fantasy that takes you through a fabled land, reminiscent of a mythical ancient India. On a roller-coaster ride you will meet shape-shifters, demons, magic, tyrants, an evil lord who is the master of the living dead and countless fighters for evil...and for good.
This is a novel about a boy, Phoenix, the son of a computer geek who creates a virtual reality game that gets a bit too real. Phoenix becomes Theseus pursued by the Minotaur, becomes Perseus and confronts the Gorgon, and goes down into the underworld.
Guns, violence, mob rule, or defending the cause? We all have choices. Or do we? Who would choose blood, sacrifice, and exile? At the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Ian's dad did. In this real-life thriller, 14-year-old Ian Moore walks a tightrope of fear as two strangers reveal the shocking truth about his father. His father thought he was fighting for a cause, for his people. But the price was too high—after the murder of his sister's husband and his own wife's death, he's paying for trying to get out. Somewhere along the line the cause got blurred by organized crime and revenge, and all it's left is a bitter taste. He's still a target, still a victim. Now he faces a lifetime of running with nowhere to go and constantly putting at rish the son he loves. This page turner tackes a controversial topic head-on and makes for powerful and memorable reading.
A real-life thriller about memory loss, arms dealing and a father son relationship from million copy selling, prize-winning author, Alan Gibbons.
Trackers matches the quality of any mainstream resource and gives struggling readers the motivation and interest to want to read. Trackers also teaches and practises more of the key reading skills than any other SEN course, e.g. high frequency words, phonics, syntax and semantics, whilst complementing and extending the Additional Literacy Support (DFES) and Further Literacy Support (DFES) initiatives. The teaching support, high quality PCMs in the Teacher's Guides to Guided Reading Booklets, has been written for the range of adults who work with struggling readers. Trackers Variety fiction enables the struggling reader to read the same authors as their peers whilst broadening their reading experience. Other Trackers strands, available for all Trackers levels, are: Non-fiction, Space School Stories, Space School Stories software.
New boy Shane Logan has a temper, but he's also a talented goalie. When Peter and his friends invite Shane to join their football team, he delivers a star performance in the first match. Hanging over him like a shadow is his dad, Mick, who yells orders and insults from the sidelines
Bengo is the best player Smithy has ever seen - easily the strongest on their team. So why is he always left on the bench? An engaging football story accompanied by fascinating facts about famous substitutes, from reluctant- reader favourite Alan Gibbons.
Age range 9 to 12 Meeting Nimbus the gnome was the most exciting thingthat had ever happened to Will. It would also turn out tobe the scariest. There was something down the well thatNimbus was guarding and it was trying to get out....!
