Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs especially spiders. Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying. Lulu Punchalower is scared of confined spaces. Garrison Feldman is terrified of deep water. Which is why this may be the scariest summer of their lives. Worse than detention or summer school. Worse even than the dentist. The foursome must face their phobias head-on at the exclusive & elusive School of Fear. The school is unusual to say the least. But terrifying would be a more accurate description. The curriculum is simple: Conquer your fears in six weeks or find out just how frightening failing can be. ...

This is a world of magic adventure & cute puppy antics from the bestselling author of The Magic Kitten" series. Freya & her family have moved to be nearer her grandma & Freya is really missing her friends. Even new neighbour Isaac & his naughty puppy Teddy cant cheer her up. But when Old English sheepdog puppy Storm arrives Freyas world becomes filled with magical fun!" ...

She.. .is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He.. .is the schools most notorious juvenile delinquent & hes suddenly come to a shocking realization: hes got a huge crush & now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions colossal foul-ups grand schemes deep-seated anxieties & raging hormones
- School Rumble portrays high school as over-the-top comedy!
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One of the most widely used texts for 14-16 year old students of Spanish this course offers solid grounding in the language In print for over 30 years this classic Spanish course has been an effective & enjoyable tool for thousands of students through its motivating & non-patronising approach. The book contains a great variety of exercises
- the content is broken down into 45 well structured lessons each focussing on specific grammar & vocabulary with follow up exercises to consolidate learning. Key vocabulary & verbs are also covered in the appendices.
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A fresh new edition of this highly acclaimed & strong selling dictionary. This book allows students to use phonic attack to find both regular & irregular spellings. Students can look up a word as it sounds
- if they are correct they will find it in black if they are wrong they will find it in red with the correct spelling in black alongside. Designed for use from Key Stages 1 to 3 the School Spelling Dictionary is ideal for improving spelling & writing.
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School Wars tells the story of the struggle for Britains education system. Established during the 1960s & based on the progressive ideal of good schools for all the comprehensive system has over the past decades come under sustained attack from successive governments. From the poorest comprehensives to the most well-resourced independent schools School Wars takes a forensic look at the inequalities of our current system the damaging impact of spending cuts the rise of free schools" & the growth of the private sector in education. Melissa Benn explores too the dangerous example of US education reform where privatization punitive accountability & the rise of charter schools have intensified social economic & ethnic divisions. The policies of successive British governments have been muddled & confused but one thing is clear: that the relentless application of market principles signals a fundamental shift from the ideal f quality education as a public good to education as market-controlled commodity. Benn ends by outlining some key principles for restoring strong educational values within a fair non-selective public education system." ...

As the new school year begins Jack Sheffield prepares for an even more eventful year than usual. A new teacher is appointed & before long tongues start to wag. Meanwhile five-year old Madona Fazackerly makes her mark in an unexpected way life changes dramatically for Ruby the caretaker & in the village Coffee Shop Dorothy Humpleby plans a dirty weekend. It's 1983
- the era of the new CD player Microsoft Word the Mc Donalds Mc Nugget cabbage patch dolls the threat of a miners' strike & a final farewell to the halfpenny piece. Jack has to manage a year of triumph & tragedy.
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Although only children at the time the Second World War had a permanent effect on the schoolboys who lived through the conflict. Watching a country preparing for war & then being immersed in the horrors of the Blitz brought encounters & events that some will never forget. Now in their seventies & eighties many are revisiting their memories of this period of upheaval & strife for the first time. As he fully immersed himself in rural life in the little village of Pulborough the author witnessed some extraordinary events from finding an injured German airman in the woods to watching Bailey bridges being erected in the fortified village & observing the Battle of Britain raging overhead. After four years of highs & lows evacuation had a lasting effect & although he could not wait to return to London the author moved back to Sussex as soon as he was old enough. Due to it proximity to the south coast West Sussex was a dangerous place in the wartime years & this poignant book documents events indelibly inscribed on a generation's minds. ...

For anyone training a horse in dressage classically based in-hand work is a valuable but unfortunately often undervalued part of its education. It is a rarely used tool but one which variation to the everyday routine & schools both the horse & trainer. This book explains step-by-step & with clear illustrations the straightforward way towards the correct training of horses working from the ground. Particular emphasis is given to the description of lateral movements which for a supple horse as well as for the preparation towards the more advanced movements play a central role. ...

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year which might be why she's a very special mouse indeed
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