A collection of short stories, poems and extracts by Scottish writers, specifically structured for Standard Grade, but equally suitable for GCSE. The book is divided into sections by theme: Generations, Realizations, Separations and Conversions....
Alarmed by a call from Caroline, her 18-year-old niece who works as an "interpreter" at the famous seventeenth-century village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, writer Miranda Lewis arrives at the historic tourist spot where Caroline plays the part of a pi...
For the devoted, some might say obsessive, Civil War reenactors, authenticity is key--right down to the specifics of dying on the battlefield. Except for real bullets. So when hard-core Confederate reenactor Wiley Cross dies during the annual Fourth ...
Why is Dolly the daffodil so thirsty? Where is Tom the nice gardener? Will Dolly's friends in the garden help her get a drink? Dolly's Day in the Garden is a heartwarming story about God's love, friendship and miracles. Author Leslie A Wheeler tells ...
History writer Miranda Lewis arrives in Rhode Island looking forward to a weekend with old friends, which includes plans to attend Native American ceremonies and partake in some fun at the casino. But tensions and terror mount when the body of her fr...
It's November in the Berkshires, a dreary time of dwindling light when the tourists have fled along with the last gasp of fall foliage. So when a stranger shows up in the sleepy hilltown of New Nottingham and starts asking questions, the locals do...
It's June in the Berkshires, a beautiful month when everything is lush and green. Bostonian Kathryn Stinson returns to see if she and New Nottingham local, Earl Barker, can rebuild their romantic relationship. She's barely arrived when New York re...