Stories from Different Genres
No. of pages 224
Published: 1998
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This book features in the following series: New Windmills, New Windmills Ks3 .
There are 224 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 1998 by Pearson Education Limited .
This book has the following chapters:
Introduction
Ghost
The Superstitious Man's Story by Thomas Hardy
The Violet Car by E. Nesbit Harry by Rosemary Timperley
Crossing Over by Catherine Storr
Wide reading and origianal writing activitites
Crime and Detection
The Man with the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lieabout by Margery Allingham
Forever After by Jim Thompson
Wide reading and original writing activities
Love
Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope
The Legacy by Virginia Woolf
Twelve Hours - Narrative and Perspectives by Adele Geras
Wide reading and original writing activities
Science Fiction
Extract from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
Wide reading and original writing activities
Horror
The Body-Snatcher by R. L. Stevenson
The Quest for 'Blank Claveringi' by Patricia Highsmith
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Serena Sees by G. K. Sprinkle
Wide reading and original writing activities
