A Time To Kill (John Grisham)

A Time To Kill

John Grisham 

Blurb: A town where murder follows justice. 

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. 

But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two  white men, they invade town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.

Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

ISBN: 9781846056185 (Paperback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Century

Pages: 415 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page 

2. Author's official site

3. Goodreads page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. IMDB for the film adaption

Two Weeks with the Queen (Morris Gleitzman)

Two Weeks with the Queen

Morris Gleitzman

Blurb: Dear Your Majesty the Queen

I need to speak to you urgently about my brother Luke. He's got cancer and the doctors in Australia are being really slack. If I could borrow your top doctor for a few days I know he/she would fix things up in no time.

Of course, Mum and Dad would pay his/her fares even if it meant selling the car or getting a loan. Please contact me at the above address urgently.

Yours sincerely

Colin Mudford

PS. This is not a hoax. Ring the above number and Aunty Iris will tell you. Hang up if a man answers.

ISBN: 9780330426220 (Paperback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Pan

Pages: 133 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Wikipedia page for the book

3. Buy from Readings

4. Review of the stage play adapted from the book

5. PDF of classroom activities for teachers based on the book

The Lost Forests (Tony Barber)

The Lost Forests

Tony Barber

Blurb: In 1876, a young boy called TImothy Barber escaped from his cruel uncle, Fumble Fingers Farrow, and came to Australia from England. Timothy carried a bag of seeds, given to him by one of the world's last flying pigs! The pig told Timothy that all the creatures of magic and mythology had gone underground to lie safely in the many 'Other Worlds'.

As Timothy was a 'special person', the pig told him to listen for the sounds of the 'Other Worlds' drifting upwards from below. In these places he should plant one seed from the bag...and the talking guardian trees - The Lost Forests - would then spring up, surrounding magic trapdoors.

These trapdoors were the only entrances to the 'Other Worlds'. In 1932 Timothy and his wife Rosebud disappeared forever into the 'Other Worlds'. All the forests and trapdoors he had discovered vanished also.

Timothy's grandson, Tony Barber, who wrote this book, found the bag of the magic seeds left by his grandfather. Wherever he hears the sounds of the 'Other Worlds', he plants a seed, and a 'Lost Forrest' appears, along with a trapdoor. Each night he enters the 'Other Worlds', still trying to find his grandfather. The Lost Forests books are all about the creatures and many adventures Tony has there. We hope you enjoy reading them.

ISBN: 0646068711 (Hardback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Matchbooks

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official page for the series

2. Questions about the series

3. Author's Wikipedia page

4. Google books page for the book

5. About The Lost Forests