Jo Franklin

The Wing of the Falcon is a war story, a high-tech espionage thriller and love story set during the Persian Gulf War. The clashing of Western politics with the exotic world of the Middle East, and the terrors of international intrigue and reconnaissance, are blended into an eye-opening, cleverly disguised story of the terrifying events leading up to the Gulf Conflict, and just how shockingly close the Allies came to losing the war before it even began.

The Wing of the Falcon

Daniel has only two friends, is unusually tall, is picked on by teachers, and doesn t look like anyone else in his family. He figures he must be an alien and forms a mission team with his two friends to get himself back to his home planet with hysterically funny (and near-disastrous) results."

I'm an Alien and I Want to Go Home

Stewart Ross

Samantha Newman

Once upon a time, six famous children's stories were magically reimagined ... with hilarious results! Meet the sneaky Ninjabread Man; cheeky Little Rude Riding Hood; ground-shaking Cinder-Elephant; and clever Octo-Puss in Boots. Snow White has ditched her woodland cottage for a spaceship and seven robots ... and the Three Little Narwhals are on the run from the Big Bad Shark! This compendium brings together riotously funny retellings of well-known tales by popular children's authors Chris Jevons, Samantha Newman, and Jo Franklin. It's packed with fun and mayhem, and brought to life by laugh-out-loud illustrations.

Think You Know These Classic Tales? Guess Again!

Twisted Fairy Tales

Daniel has nothing in common with his family or classmates and has only two friends. He feels so alienated that he might as well be an alien. This is a fast-paced illustrated page-turner with a laugh on every page. PW writes, ''a good choice for newly independent readers.''

Ten-year-old Daniel feels such a misfit that when his incredibly annoying elder sister tells him he's an alien, he believes her. With the help of his two friends Freddo and Gordon the Greek, Daniel tries to return to his home planet. But things don't go according to plan and suddenly Dan has to decide whether he is an alien or a human after all.

Help! I'm an Alien

Becca wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als einen Hund. Dann wäre ihr Leben endlich "völlig hundevoll"! Aber in ihrer Familie herrscht über die Feiertage mal wieder Ausnahmezustand. Der kleine Bruder nervt, Beccas Mutter ist schwanger und obendrein hat sich ihre allerbeste Freundin Emily auch noch eine neue beste Freundin gesucht. Es scheint, als hätte sich die ganze Welt gegen Becca verschworen, bis ihr Cousin auf der Weihnachtsfeier eine dringende Bitte an sie richtet: Sie soll für eine Woche auf den Hund seines Schwarms Miranda aufpassen. Nichts lieber als das! Becca schafft es, ihre Eltern zu überreden. Aber Monty ist nicht nur ein im Vergleich zu Becca geradezu riesiger Hund, er ist auch vollkommen unerzogen und gehorcht überhaupt nicht. Ein mit viel Wortwitz und augenzwinkerndem Humor erzählter Roman über Freundschaft, Verantwortung und Familie, gewürzt mit einer Prise Monty!

Jo Franklin

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