In 1704 a Scottish sailor called Alexander Selkirk was marooned on a remote and uninhabited island in the South Pacific. He spent the next four and a half years there, completely alone, struggling to survive using little other than his wits. How did he come to be there, how did he manage to survive for so long, and what was life as a castaway like? Castaway is a story of survival and resourcefulness, packed with fascinating historical details and a good dose of adventure. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction...
In 1704 a Scottish sailor called Alexander Selkirk was marooned on a remote and uninhabited island in the South Pacific. He spent the next four and a ...
On a deeply ordinary day Hillman finds that Cassiopeia and her android Silver had landed their space ship in his back garden. Cassiopeia is a princess who rules galaxies, only she's shrunk her armada and needs help or Perseus might defeat her AND destroy this manky planet just to show he means business. He'll do anything for show. ANYTHING. Can she get get her armada back? She'll need it to defeat him. She shouldn't have miniaturised it, but hey we all make mistakes and what fool would place the miniaturise button next to the one for making smoothies? Can Hillman, an eleven year old boy...
On a deeply ordinary day Hillman finds that Cassiopeia and her android Silver had landed their space ship in his back garden. Cassiopeia is a prin...
