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Myths, Murders and Mysteries


New Windmills Collection Ks3

No. of pages 160

Published: 1999

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Great for age 11-18 years

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Grouped by genre, this collection of short stories introduces students to a range of fiction genres. Each group includes an introduction to the genre, an example of pre-20th century fiction and reading and writing assignments - helping students explore the characteristics of each genre.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills Collection Ks3 .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1999 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters:

Myths

How Winter Came to the Earth retold by Jacynth Hope-Simpson

Izanami and Izanagi (Japanese Creation Myth) retold by N. Philip

Pandora's Box retold by Anthony Horowitz

Pyramus and Thisbe retold by Anthony Horowitz

Ghost and Horror

A Night at a Cottage by Richard Hughes

Who Goes Down This Dark Road? by Joan Aiken

Feeding the Dog by Susan Price

The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell

Science Fiction

A Gnaw of Rats by Robert Swindells

The Star Ducks by Bill Brown

Compassion Circuit by John Wyndham

The Stolen Bacillus by H. G. Wells

Crime and Mystery

The Hitch-hiker by Roald Dahl

Carousel by Carol Silcock

Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens

The Case for the Defence by Graham Greene

This book is in the following series:

New Windmills Collection Ks3

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