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This book gives us retellings (with a twist!) by Anthony Horowitz of three classic legends from Libya, West Africa and Ancient Greece: The Dragon's Tale, Death and the Boy and The Eye of the Cyclops.

Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 9-10 (Year 5) Book band: Blue A Phonics phase: N/A

 

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this Gold-A level Sarah Jane Adventures book: Sarah Jane’s computer warns her that a spacecraft is landing near her house. She and her gang investigate and end up helping a Judoon, Captain Tybo of the space police. They spot Androvax, an alien intent on destroying Earth and give chase.

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this Gold-B level Sarah Jane Adventures book: Sarah Jane invites two aliens called the Blathereen to supper. They give Sarah Jane a Rakweed plant as a present and that is when the trouble really starts! Luke breathes in the plant's spores and becomes dangerously ill. Rakweed starts to appear everywhere and it is up to Sarah Jane and the gang to stop it.

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this White-A level Sarah Jane Adventures book: When Clyde and his class visit an art gallery, the painting of Mona Lisa comes to life and puts a gallery assistant and Sarah Jane into pictures. Rani uses Sarah Jane’s magic lipstick to restore order and put Mona Lisa back.

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this White-B level Sarah Jane Adventures book: Sarah Jane, Clyde and Rani visit a house reputed to be haunted. They meet Toby, a scientist and see a ghostly figure. When they find a secret room the figure explains that he is an alien trapped in the house since his space machine has broken down.

This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme to combine books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this Year 6 Red A (NC level 5c) fiction novel … There’s a strange crack in Amy Pond’s bedroom wall. Behind it lurks a deadly, alien prisoner whose escape threatens the future of planet Earth. Only the Doctor understands what is at stake. He has just twenty minutes to save the world.

‘Even though they’re gone from the world, they’re never gone from me.’The Doctor is many things – curious, funny, brave, protective of her friends...and a shameless namedropper. While she and her companions battled aliens and travelled across the universe, the Doctor hinted at a host of previous, untold adventures with the great and the good: we discovered she got her sunglasses from Pythagoras (or was it Audrey Hepburn?); lent a mobile phone to Elvis; had an encounter with Amelia Earhart where she discovered that a pencil-thick spider web can stop a plane; had a 'wet weekend' with Harry Houdini, learning how to escape from chains underwater; and more.In this collection of new stories, Star Tales takes you on a rip-roaring ride through history, from 500BC to the swinging 60s, going deeper into the Doctor's notorious name-dropping and revealing the truth behind these anecdotes.

Four brand-new full-cast Blake's 7 adventures set during the TV series' third season, following directly on from events in Restoration Part Two. 5.9 PARASITE by TREVOR BAXENDALE. Avon is missing, and Zen has taken control of the Liberator–but can the rest of the crew trust Selene's offer to help, and what is the secret of the doomed planet Tronis? 5.10 FAILSAFE by STEVE LYONS. General Enton Mordekain is trapped underground, badly injured, with no memory of how he came to be here – and he’s manacled to his worst enemy, Del Tarrant. He has to work out who he can trust – and fast. 5.11 REUNION by DAVID BRYHER. A secret lies buried on the prison planet Cygnus Alpha. The Quonar parasite wants it - and so does Zeera Vos. With the Liberator crew caught in the crossfire, Vila and Zeera must face the past if they have any hope of getting out alive...5.12 IMPERIUM by TREVOR BAXENDALE Fighting to save Zen –and prevent the President regaining total control –the crew of the Liberator must rescue Alta-One, the last survivor of the System, and discover the ultimate fate of Avon.This release also includes an additional BEHIND-THE-SCENES CD featuring exclusive interviews with the cast and crew who discuss the making of Restoration – Part Three.Cast: Paul Darrow (Kerr Avon), Michael Keating (Vila Restal), Jan Chappell (Cally), Steven Pacey (Del Tarrant), Yasmin Bannerman (Dayna Mellanby), Alistair Lock (Zen/Orac), Rebecca Crankshaw (Zeera), Evie Dawnay (Selene Shan), Hugh Fraser (The President), John Green (General Mordekain), Trevor Littledale (Valren), Becky Wright (Zoraya).

On a moon of the ruined planet Akoshemon, an age-old terror is about to be reborn. Something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation – and rejoices in it. The Fifth Doctor joins a team of archaeologists searching for evidence of the planet’s infamous past, and uncovers more than just ancient history. Forced to confront his own worst fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to breaking point – and beyond.An adventure featuring the Fifth Doctor as played by Peter Davison and his companions Tegan and Nyssa

The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding. The battles rage on across countless solar systems – and the Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. Earth Command will pay these hunters for every Dalek they kill, every eyestalk they bring back as proof.With the Doctor's help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner – intact, powerless, and ready for interrogation. But with the Daleks, nothing is what it seems, and no one is safe. Before long the tables will be turned, and how will the Doctor survive when he becomes a prisoner of the Daleks?An adventure featuring the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant