Elizabeth Laird Libri

La spietata esecuzione di un giovane, i segreti dei "grandi" che piano piano le si svelano e la responsabilizzano, le pressanti minacce della polizia segreta che accusa suo padre di legami con i guerriglieri della resistenza: sono le tappe che gradualmente conducono Tara, una ragazza curda che vive in Iraq, alla piena coscienza di un destino drammatico. Un destino di fughe, di privazioni, di paure (e anche di riflessioni sempre più mature)che conduce Tara e la sua famiglia dapprima sui monti del Kurdistan, poi in un campo profughi di Teheran, infine a Londra. Dagli stenti ai bombardamenti, dalle umiliazioni al recupero della dignità attraverso una disperata richiesta di asilo politico all'estero, la commuovente storia della protagonista diventa in questo romanzo emblematica di un popolo che la storia ha destinato alla sofferenza e alla lotta per ottenere una patria.

Ayesha lives in a battle-scarred building with her granny. Outside, a war is ripping the city apart - but Ayesha doesn't even know why the two sides are fighting. Life gets even scarier when Granny's medicine runs out. So Ayesha takes matters into her own hands - and in her search for a doctor makes the forbidden journey across no man's land . . .

Designed for independent young readers, this bilingual fiction book features parallel text, engaging speech bubbles, and illustrations from various talented artists to support language learning. Each story includes a quiz at the end, enhancing comprehension and vocabulary retention, making it an interactive and enjoyable way for children to read and speak in another language.

This literacy programme for juniors offers fiction, poetry and non-fiction reading and writing materials for shared, guided and group reading and writing, and teaching materials. Comets should capture the imagination of more able pupils, and software integrates ICT with literacy teaching.

A bilingual fiction title for children who are independent readers. The parallel text, speech bubbles and pictures by different, talented illustrators provide a child-friendly bridge to reading - and speaking - in another language. There is a quiz at the end of each story to help comprehension and revise vocabulary.

"Do you know who this is?' Mr Lee asked: Eddy looked at the photograph. 'Yes. Its Cathy Chen' he said. 'She's a movie star.' 'Yes, ' said Mr Lee. 'She's beautiful, famous and rich. But she doesn't like newspaper reporters and she doesn't give interviews.' He put the photograph on his desk and looked at Eddy. 'Cathy Chen has a fiance, ' Mr Lee went on. 'His name is Paul Kwok. He was a great tennis player once. He was number two in the US. He's much older than Cathy Chen. Why is she going to marry an older man? Perhaps you can find out, Eddy. I want an interesting story about Cathy Chen. You must write a great story for the new magazine!"

Gavin doesn't want to spend the weekend at his grandmother's house. He's going to be in the middle of nowhere and he's going to miss watching an important game for his football team. But when he arrives to find his grandmother missing and a trail of footsteps leading into the woods, football is the last thing on his mind.

The moving story of a family's fight to reunite after their lives are torn apart by war in Syria, from Elizabeth Laird, award-winning author of A Little Piece of Ground and Welcome to Nowhere.

This is a Beginner Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

Set in the 1940s as India is about to shake off British rule, Dindy and the Elephant is an accessible and beautifully written story about a young English girl faced with leaving the only home she has ever known.