New Windmills KS3 – serie

An old house full of secrets...

A circus troop of statues...

An ageing shipwreck.

Max Carver’s new life on the coast plunges him into a mystery that has been unfolding for generations. With his new friend he explores the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. Everyone on board perished except for one man - an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach. During the dive, Max sees something that leaves him cold, and as he learns more about the wreck, the chilling story of the Prince of Mist begins to unravel.

This is Wells's classic science-fiction tale in which Martians descend on Earth.

This is a retelling of 32 legends from Greek mythology.

Four children trek from Poland to Switzerland to find their parents after the war.  Age 10+

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. These retellings of Shakespeare stories focus on "The Taming of the Shrew", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "Henry IV Part 1", "Henry V", "Twelfth Night", "Julius Caesar", "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and "The Tempest".

Newberry Award Winner.

The moral of this story, set in the 21st century, is that freedom has to be won and kept by the young. It won the "Guardian" Prize for Children's Literature.

Winner of the 1993 Pheonix Award.

This powerful and dignified story about a Cuban fisherman's struggle with a great fish has the universal appeal of a struggle between man and the elements, the hunter with the hunted. It earned Hemingway the Nobel prize and has been made into an acclaimed film. Age 13+

Carnegie Medal Shortlist.

Newberry Award Winner.

This is the story of a young boy's journey through Europe after escaping from the camp where he has lived all his life. Faced with a host of new experiences, David gradually begins to understand the world around him.

Have you seen the New Windmills Language File ? It provides imaginative photocopiable activities to help you teach writing, grammar and punctuation using A Christmas Carol and other popular New Windmills.

Shakespeare's plays tell some of the best stories in the English language. In Six Shakespeare Stories Leon Garfield has turned them into short readable tales bringing the plays to life in an ideal introduction to Shakespeare.

Carnegie Medal Winner.

This selection of sixteen Greek myths provides tales of adventure, courage and mystery. Geraldine McCaughrean's re-telling captures the excitement and magic of these stories and makes them accessible for Key Stage 3 pupils. Age 10+  In the Beginning and Pandora's Box Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds Echo and Narcissus Daedalus and Icarus Arachne the Spinner King Midas Perseus The Twelve Labours of Heracles Apollo and Daphne Theseus and the Minotaur Jason and the Golden Fleece Orpheus and Eurydice Atalanta's Race The Wooden Horse Odysseus Freedom for Prometheus Who's Who

Carnegie Medal Winner.

Prepare to meet with witches, ghosts, mad kings and murderers in these retellings of ten of the best-known Shakespeare plays.  The moving and tragic events of Romeo and Juliet; the chilling and bloody actions in Macbeth and the unearthly and mysterious happenings of The Tempest are just some of the stirring retellings this book contains.

Ranging from eerie ghost stories to gritty realism, this collection includes a wide variety of subjects: What does it feel like? Sofia is late for school when she sees tanks arrive in the village square. She manages to hide, only to witness horrific events. The Owl and the Pussycat An abandoned owlet seems to be on the road to recovery when it is rescued and fed. But why is the large ginger cat so interested? Silver Ghost A young Canadian comes to Britain to visit his ancestral home. Who is the strange old man he meets at the house and how can he explain to the police the events which follows?

Winner of The Red House CHildren's Book Award.

The New Windmill Literature File provides photocopiable activities to help you link The Other Side of Truth and other popular New Windmills to Framework objectives and approaches to learning and teaching. See The New Windmill Literature File for more information.| Carnegie Medal Winner.

The story of three boys who aren't easy. Who don't fit in. Who know what they want. When Ray and his friends are permanently excluded from school, their headmaster gives them a final chance. Within weeks they form a rap group and within months they sign a record deal. As competition from a rival group intensifies the gangsta style gets mixed up with real gangster action. An accessible read with a hard-hitting plot which 'leaves the reader no choice but to be drawn in' - particularly reluctant boy readers. Perfect for exploring different kinds of speech, language and the poetry of rap.

A mystical story of Maori cultureThe birth of a daughter - Kahu - breaks the lineage of a Maori tribe. Rejected by her grandfather, Kahu develops the ability to communicate with whales, echoing those of the ancient Whale Rider after whom she was named. This magical and mythical novel tells of the conflict between tradition and heritage, from the perspective of Kahu's grandfather, and Kahu's destiny to secure the tribe's future. Age 11+Ideal for studying multi-cultural texts, gender and environmental issues. The beautifully poetic style and twin narrative lends itself to the analysis of language.To automatically receive all the latest news on New Windmills, why not sign-up for our Heinemann Literature eNewsletter?

Literary Strengths: Alex Shearer's trademark fast pace and high suspense A heady mixture of genres Multiple text forms Themes: Forced child labour Friendship Evil adults! Perfect for teaching! Explore genre Study the craft of suspense Analyse writing styles that suit different purposes

Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award 2007.

Perfect for teaching: multiple narrative perspectives stories within a story theme of moral dilemmas.

Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Shortlist.

Educational Edition. Jonathan Starling's home has been attacked and his father is in an asylum. On the run from a gang of kidnappers, Jonathan hides out in a secret borough that festers in the heart of modern London. Founded by Jack the Ripper, Darkside is a place of evil, danger and unimaginable excitement, where nightmares walk the streets.