I wasn’t sure I could breathe.I couldn’t sit up.I had to sit up. I couldn’t let her see how much she’d destroyed me.She knew, of course. I could read that when she was doing it. She knew what she was doing to me. I could still sense her now. Her anger, her hate, her curiosity, scratching on the r...
Skilled Polynesian navigators had known about the long cloudy southern islands, which we also call New Zealand, for many generations. But it was not until food shortages and arguments made the tropical island Hawaiki uncomfortable that they built a Great Fleet of eight huge canoes to journey to c...
sighed Lavender. “Catesby and I had better fly out to sea.” “I’ll have to stay on dry land,” Sylvie growled. “I’ll stand guard here, to make sure nothing approaches the cliff.” So the phoenix and the fairy flew off the cliff and over the firth. &nbs...
“Give her to me, now!” demanded Helen. She took the sodden handful of fairy from Rona, then realized she could hardly see her. Lavender was the one who had lit all their adventures so far. Helen turned to Sapphire as she landed on the shore and asked, “Can you give me some light without burning m...
Thomas took the gold ring from his waistcoat and placed it by the rocking horse’s neck. It turned once, then lay down. He said quietly, “Let’s get out of here; it’s not safe.” Pearl hissed at him, “It was never safe.” He just repeated, his voice fla...
“Who has summoned us?” Helen swallowed her doubts, then said clearly, “I have.” “Where is your enemy?” Helen pointed at the Queen. The Queen took a step backwards, which didn’t take her any further awa...
The Egyptian god Set was jealous of his older brother Osiris, because Osiris was loved by the people, and because Osiris had a beautiful and powerful wife Isis. So Set came up with a plan to get rid of Osiris. He invited Osiris and all his men to a party at his riverside palace, and provided a wo...
She had learnt to row on a loch, with no big waves and no sharp rocks, and she’d never been out at sea on her own. But the sea was calm, she stayed close to the shore, and the boat was lighter without Yann. Without anyone else to keep a lookout, she had to twist round regu...
Ellie turned to Carlie, who was sitting beside her, and asked if she could borrow her rubber. “Sure,” said Carlie. “Why is Amina wearing that headscarf?” Ellie looked hard at the drawing. Maybe she could turn some of the hair into scarf. She just had to rub out the wavy bits. “I said,” Carlie whi...