Mirrors: Sparkling new stories from prize-winning authors
Описание книги
Specially commissioned short stories, by prize-winning authors, on the theme of Mirrors.READERSHIP: 10 – 14A collection of new , specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children’s books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy Strong, Malorie Blackman, Elizabeth Laird , Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees, Kate Thompson, Paul Stewart, Vivian French, Alan Durant, Annie Dalton in range of genres – humour, horror, fantasy, traditional, realism and romance. The collection is aimed at good readers between 10 and 14, and the strength of the stories combined with the excellence of their authors will be certainly be welcomed by teachers, librarians and parents. Edited by Wendy Cooling, a well-known and highly respected figure in the world of education and children’s books and the editor of Centuries of Stories.
Оглавление
Wendy Cooling. Mirrors: Sparkling new stories from prize-winning authors
SPARKLING NEW STORIES. FROM PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS. Mirrors
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Elizabeth Laird THE FATEFUL MIRROR
Gaye Hiçyilmaz THE MIRRORED GARDEN
Lesley Howarth MIRRORS DOT COM
Jeremy Strong NEVER TRUST A PARROT
Malorie Blackman WATCHING
Vivian French SELIM-HASSAN THE SEVENTH
Melvin Burgess WHOSE FACE DO YOU SEE?
Celia Rees SILVER LAUGHTER
Anne Fine USE IT OR LOSE IT
Paul Stewart DOUBLE VISION
Kate Thompson THE DRAGON’S DREAM
Alan Durant ROCHEFAULT’S REVENGE
Annie Dalton LILAC PEABODY
Mary Arrigan THE DISAPPEARANCE
Berlie Doherty THE GIRL OF SILVER LAKE
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
ABOUT THE EDITOR
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORS
OTHER WORKS
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Отрывок из книги
EDITED BY WENDY COOLING
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
.....
His eyes flew open. The face had splintered again into jagged shards of light. He could see nothing but a writhing nose, shaking shadows where the eyes should be, and a broken mouth that twisted and disappeared, then formed itself again and gaped in horror that echoed his own.
Filled with despair, Narcissus lay down on the bank again and wept.
.....