Archway S.
5 total works
Only Dinah is good enough to beat the new computer game, Octopus Dare. Soon she realises that the Octopus is trying to control her and the other entrants in the Junior Computer Brain of the Year competition. Why is it happening, and how is the demon headmaster involved?
Two young people discover unknown strengths inside themselves when one is kidnapped and the other tries to save him.
When Janis Finch storms out of a family row, it starts a chain of events which transforms her whole life. For it's in the motorway cafe, minutes later, that she meets the unknown rock band, Kelp, who talk her into coming to their gig that night. Janis goes along for the ride and finds herself increasingly provoked by Christie, Kelp's arrogant lead singer. He pushes her into singing with them, and winds her up into a fever of rage, awe, and attraction. So when Chrisite asks her to join the band, Janis feels powerless to refuse - and her life explodes.
'This play we're doing, it's not true, is it? I mean, there never was a Sweeney Todd who killed people?'
Jackus never wanted to be in the school play, but he didn't have much choice.
Now he sees that what's unfolding on-stage is more than just acting, more than just pretend. Strange things are happening. Terrifying things.
Ghostly footprints. Unexplained whispering. The touch of a cold hand in the shadows . . .
What has been woken by the play's dark words? Can Jackus stop it, or are the actors doomed to play out the tragedy to the bitter end?
Jackus never wanted to be in the school play, but he didn't have much choice.
Now he sees that what's unfolding on-stage is more than just acting, more than just pretend. Strange things are happening. Terrifying things.
Ghostly footprints. Unexplained whispering. The touch of a cold hand in the shadows . . .
What has been woken by the play's dark words? Can Jackus stop it, or are the actors doomed to play out the tragedy to the bitter end?
The study of working conditions that Susan, Chris, and Abigail conduct at a small factory in their English town leads to a strike with the three students caught between the workers and the owner.