' It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there all speckled with stars & we used to lay on our backs & look up at them' Huck Finn spits swears smokes a pipe & never goes to school. With his too-big clothes & battered straw hat Huck is in need of 'civilising' & the Widow Douglas is determined to take him in h&. & wouldn't you know Huck's no-good Pap is also after him & he locks Huck up in his cabin in the woods. But Huck won't stand too much of this & after a daring escape he takes off down the Mississppi on a raft with an runaway slave called Jim. But plenty of dangers wait for them along the river
- will they survive & win their freedom? BACKSTORY: Discover how to write secret messages in code & learn about the extraordinary Mark Twain.
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Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns & kidnaps him he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn from floods & gunfights to armed bandits & the long arm of the law. Through it all the friends stick together
- but can Huck & Tom free Jim from slavery once & for all? With an inspirational introduction by Darren Shan The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.
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Leftenant Benjamin Rundel is faced with the battle for St Elmo Castle which is thought to be impregnable the surrender of Capua a trying leftenants exam for his friend Tom Murphy & the surrender of all of Roma to Captain Troubridge for a turn of the cards. Then its off to the Quiberon Bay disaster & success at Killala Bay against the French. The Admiralty sends he & his friend Tom Murphy to Panama to capture a pack train loaded with gold headed for Spain. After much confusion they get the gold but end up with the mother ship aground with the gold aboard & a boatload of starving cannibals on shore to harry them. Along the way he is instructed to capture the wife & sister of a noble of the Codrington family & has to decide how to cut out two older females from a Spanish captains protection. Then he returns to Barbados to quench the fires of a fire ship & heads out to find the perpetrator only to wind up in a plot by an island plantation owner to ruin all of the local planters so he can purchase their lands cheaply. Finally as he heads for safety his ship is captured by the French. But he plays turnabout & takes a much larger French ship on his way to port. There is never a dull moment in the life of this most able young leftenant. ...

In this br&-new action-packed chapter book series Sponge Bob & Patrick have their own exciting adventures with their favourite albeit elderly superheroes ~ Mermaidman & Barnacleboy! These adventures usually end up doing more harm to Bikini Bottom (and the rest of civilization) than good but it always turns out all right in the end! What happens when Man Sponge & Patrick Boy decide to free the villain Man Ray from his frozen prison & teach him to do good? Can May Ray really change his ways? ...

In this br&-new action-packed chapter book series Sponge Bob & Patrick have their own exciting adventures with their favourite albeit elderly superheroes ~ Mermaidman & Barnacleboy! These adventures usually end up doing more harm to Bikini Bottom (and the rest of civilization) than good but it always turns out all right in the end! When Sponge Bob finds Mermaidmans special superhero utility belt he just cant stop himself from using it! But without a clue as to what each button does Sponge Bob manages to shrink Patrick! Afraid that telling Mermaidman will get him in trouble he vows to find the right button himself. Will he figure out how to zap Patrick back to size or will he shrink the whole town trying? Find out in this hilarious story! ...

Mrs Pepperpot has a problem
- a huge problem
- she shrinks! & when she shrinks she finds herself in all sorts of trouble...

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As Odysseus fights to find his way back home after the long & brutal Trojan War he has to endure harrowing ordeals & adventures & come to terms with devastating losses. Storytellers Hugh Lupton & Daniel Morden's graphic retelling breathes new life into this great classic. ...

As Odysseus fights his way back home after the Trojan War he has to endure harrowing ordeals & adventures & even when he returns to Ithaca his troubles are far from over. Acclaimed storytellers Hugh Lupton & Daniel Morden bring the poetry of Homer to life & illustrator Christina Balit's stylised paintings give life to mortals & immortals alike.

Includes:: two full-length CDs of the story read by the authors. A Barefoot Books Feature Title for 2012. Writing & illustration true to ancient style while still feeling exciting & modern. Deals with themes of love war power mortality friendship nature & self. Features a clever protagonist using his wits to navigate his way home.

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George Beard & Harold Hutchins present the sensational saga of two silly caveboys named Ook & Gluk. Ook & Gluk have a pretty awesome life growing up together in Caveland Ohio in 500 001C
- even though theyre always getting in trouble with their nasty leader Big Chief Goppernopper. But Ook & Gluks idyllic life takes a turn for the terrible when an evil corporation from th future invades their quiet town.
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The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness & becomes a real boy is famous the world over & has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk & talk this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio through countless adventures in the course of which his nose grows whenever he tells a lie he is turned into a donkey & is swallowed by a dogfish before he gains real happiness. This new translation does full justice to the vibrancy & wit of Collodis original. Far more sophisticated funny & hard-hitting than the many abridged versions (and the sentimentalized film) of the story would suggest Ann Lawson Lucass translation captures the complexity of Collodis word-play slapstick humour & immediacy of dialogue. An adult reader will recognize social & political satire & the invaluable introduction & notes illuminate the cultural traditions on which Collodi drew. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...