Moonstone Stories for Children
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This is one volume in the Moonstones series of stories for 8 to 12 year olds. Each story has an element of mystery or adventure, with a strong storyline, and is suitable for the multi-cultural classroom. When Mike defies his father and takes part in the charity walk to London, he finds himself retracing the route of a 17th century post boy. Flitting without warning between past and present, he realises that the dangers facing Will have their 20th century equivalents and, as they near their destination, Mike has to come to terms with both Will's fate and his own future.
This is one volume in the Moonstones series of stories for 8 to 12 year olds. Each story has an element of mystery or adventure, with a strong storyline, and is suitable for the multi-cultural classroom. Chris discovers a pair of owls and their eggs in an old house and meets a new friend, Steve. Together they discover some letters between a man, his friend, and the friend's sister - a sequence dating back to the First World War, in which the recipient is branded a coward because he has not joined the army. The friend later discovers that the 'coward' is an epileptic. It gradually becomes clear that Chris has an affinity with him …