A strong novel about the trauma of the Clydebank Blitz during the Second World War told through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl Lenny Gillespie. Lenny survives the bombing but in the chaos of that night she cannot find her mum & her wee sister Mavis. Told in an urgent true-grit voice the story describes the devastation of the blitz as seen through Lennys eyes. During her desperate search for her mum & sister Lenny finds a shoe she thinks belongs to Mavis & it becomes her talisman in the days that follow. Lenny is forced to flee over the hills to the hut community of Carbeth in the company of a scary neighbour Mr Tait her old school teacher Miss Weatherbeaten & little Rosie a girl who is oddly like Mavis. With Mr Taits help she finds her mother but still no Mavis. It is left to Lenny herself to return to the terrifying scenes of devastation & search amongst the rubble for her wee sister a desperate act that ultimately leads to the arrival of Mavis at Carbeth & a joyful reunion. Written by Glasgow writer Sue Reid Sexton who has worked with war veterans & as a counsellor specialising in trauma this book is extensively researched & covers what went on in Clydebank Glasgow & Carbeth during this harrowing time in Scotlands history. The book

Includes:: additional notes & pictures on the Clydebank Blitz & the Carbeth huts which provided shelter for some of those who escaped from the ruins of the Clydebank Blitz. The novel contains some disturbing scenes. A sample from the novel: Most of the tenement building over the road had gone & what was left was burning. Id never seen flames the size of these leaping & gobbling everything up. This made no sense to me. I searched my memory for something I could compare this to but there was nothing just like there was almost nothing left of this building only a hole where something indestructible had been.. . Behind me behind the houses beyond there were flames bigger even than the flames over the road reaching right into the sky so much flame it was like there wasnt room for it all down below. It lit up the whole sky & all the buildings. There was nothing hidden. The Gerries had found us & we were laid bare naked & I had lost Mavis. Some facts & figures: The Clydebank Blitz took place on the nights of the 13th & 14th March 1941. The Luftwaffe chose to target the shipbuilding town of Clydebank in Scotland during those nights because of the full moon. During the bombing raids most of Clydebank was destroyed suffering the worst destruction & loss of civilian life in all of Scotl&. While there is still some discrepancy over the number of casualties we know more than 500 people died over 600 people were seriously injured & hundreds were injured by the blast debris. Only 7 houses remained undamaged out of 12 000; 4 000 houses were completely destroyed & 4 500 seriously damaged; over 35 000 people were made homeless; 439 bombers dropped over 1 000 bombs; only two enemy aircraft were shot down by the RAF; the Singer factory was destroyed but the landmark Singer tower survived. It was the use of bombs on parachutes known at the time as landmines & designed to maim & kill at ground level which made the attack so devastating.

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Winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize Gold Medal. It's not easy being the son of legendary superheroes Captain Lightning & Madam Thunderbolt. Max has a cape & a mask but he doesn't fly. His parents can't understand it. It seems that Max is just an ordinary boy until finally to save a falling baby bird Max discovers he can fly! He'll be a small hero doing small deeds. The world needs more of those " says his mum. A funny & touching tale about little Max the reluctant superhero. Bob Graham has three times won the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award in addition to the Smarties Book Prize Gold & Silver Awards & the Kate Greenaway Medal." ...

This is a delightful series for the very young with simple humorous stories introducing new experiences & encouraging good behaviour. Simple but engaging text makes these titles easy & enjoyable to read to very young children. This title deals with all the excitement & anxiety young children can feel when starting school. Millie thinks she knows exactly whats what but Max isnt so sure. How do they get on their first day? ...

Teaching assistants have become an integral part of classroom life yet pioneering research by the authors has shown that school leaders & teachers are not making the most of this valued resource. Results from the Deployment & Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project showed that the more support pupils received from teaching assistants the less academic progress they made. Yet it is not decisions made by the teaching assistants themselves but decisions made by school leaders & teachers about how their support staff are used & prepared which explains these provocative results. Prompted by the wake-up call the DISS project findings provided this timely book of guidance will help school leaders & teachers in primary & secondary schools improve the way they use teaching assistants & will add real value to what can be achieved in the classroom. Based on the authors' collaborative work with schools in the Effective Deployment of Teaching Assistants (EDTA) project this book provides essential practical tools & classroom-tested strategies that will allow schools to conduct a fundamental review of current practice & provides a framework for reforming teaching assistant deployment & preparation & the way they interact with pupils. Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants provides much-needed & well-informed guidance on how to unleash the huge potential of teaching assistants working in schools & is essential reading for all school leaders. ...

Dr. Joseph Murphy's classic book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" was first published in 1963 & became an immediate bestseller; it was acclaimed as one of the best self-help guides ever written. Following the success of this work Dr. Murphy lectured to thousands of people around the world & millions tuned in to his daily radio program. In his lectures he pointed out how real people have radically enhanced their lives by applying specific aspects of his concepts. Now these lectures have been combined edited & updated in six books that bring Dr. Murphy's teachings into the 21st century & provide readers with his proven tools on how to program their subconscious minds so that they can radically improve their lives. This is Book 2 of the series. Within these pages Dr. Murphy shares his four-step master key to wealth to guide you to abundance & continuing prosperity. By following this plan a salesman quintupled his income a minister funded the rebuilding of a church for a previously impoverished congregation & many other success stories took place that will inspire & amaze you!" ...

Mini Farming" describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average familys food on just a quarter acre
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Max Fang Iggy Gasman Nudge & Angel are six extraordinary avian hybrids. The result of a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA & turned them into recombinant life forms with wings. This flock has endured a turbulent upbringing & they have been continually faced with evil. Evading capture on a daily basis they have endured torture & been pushed to the very brink of sanity. Hunted all their lives they've had to fight life-threatening & belief-defying battles pitting their strength against the fearsome force of their shadowy enemies. But as their predators evolved their unique ability to fly is no longer enough to save them. With their genes mutating to astonishing affect the flock establishes a new set of skills to unleash as they strive for survival. But just as they struggle to get to grips with these physical changes emotionally they face new challenges too: life on the fringe of society can be a lonely existence. Driven to the wastelands of Antartica each day brings a new threat for the flock. Danger is never far away & while fighting to save their own skin they have a new mission to undertake
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Nobody said saving the world would be easy. Until now Max & the flock have lived a lonely existence: hunted down tortured & pushed to the fringe of society; always on the run they have never been able to live a normal life. But things are changing. The flock have finally found acceptance for their extraordinary skills. The avian hybrids don't have to hide away any longer
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