In our world today a hummingbird is a small, brilliantly coloured bird that lives in the tall trees of tropical forests.
In the far distant future, Hummingbird (Hummy for short) is a girl of
sixteen who lives somewhere in the Galaxy, on a planet called Just Like
Home. She has the name 'Hummingbird' in big letters on all her clothes,
but she has never seen a real hummingbird. She has never seen any living
animal or bird at all. The Book of Remembering says
that there were
once many animals on a planet called Earth, but that was before the
Burning, a long, long time ago . . .
jueves, 29 de marzo de 2012
A Pair of Ghostly Hands
If you wake up in the night and hear a tap running somewhere in the
house, what do you do? You get up, of course, and go and turn the tap
off. A little later you hear the tap running again. You are alone in the
house, and you know you turned the tap off. What do you do then? The
ghosts in these stories all have unfinished business with the living
world. They come back from the grave to continue their work, to keep a
promise, to look for something they have lost. Sometimes they want to
help people, sometimes they want to punish them - or kill them.
Romeo and Juliet
This adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays tells the
story of Romeo and Juliet, two of literature’s most famous lovers. Romeo
and Juliet fall in love, but their future together is made impossible
by the enmity between their two families. Their attempts to overcome
their families’ hatred of each other leads to a tragic fate for the
young couple.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought
him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But
can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor,
Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.
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