Do you believe in curses? From Tutankhamun's tomb to the Curse of Superman - this is a light-hearted look at how curses work, and why people think they exist. Barrington Stoke specialises in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Reality Check .

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 72 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Kevin (Kev) Hopgood started his career in British comics in the mid-eighties where he worked on Zoids, Action Force and Doctor Who. Work on 2000AD followed, where he co-created the series Night Zero. In the early 1990s Kev started a three-year stint as the main artist on Iron Man, where he co-created the character War Machine. Paula Hammond has been in love with books since she was old enough to read them for herself. She had her first piece of work published when she was nine and, to date, has written over thirty fiction and non-fiction books, as well as a wide-range of educational resources. NICOLA MORGAN lives in Vancouver, Canada and has written several other children's books. She was awarded the Sheila Egoff children's book award in 1988.