A swashbuckling adventure story, based on the character in Isabel Allendes novel, ZORRO, but imagining his childhood adventures.When cattle start to go missing from the de la Vegas ranch, and skilled workmen disappear from the local villages, it is clear that something mysterious is going on. But Diego (the young Zorro) and his brother Bernardo are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and soon become embroiled in an exciting and dangerous conspiracy.An exciting action-adventure story about the childhood of Zorro and his sidekick Bernardo. This novel is based on the character in Isabel Allendes novel ZORRO in which she imagines Zorros childhood. Zorro is an imaginary character who was invented at the beginning of the twentieth century half Hispanic and half Native American and the book is set in Southern California in the late nineteenth century.The author Jan Adkins helped Isabel Allende with the research for her novel, which was published in the UK in May 2005. Allendes name will appear on the jacket.

Young Zorro: The Iron Brand

Children's Books

Jan Adkins

Action & Adventure

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Moving Heavy Things

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Open Court Reading: Machines in Our Garden

Education & Reference

Student textbook and online resources written for the 2011 Literature A syllabus A comprehensive textbook and eText, written and developed by practising IB teachers. Suitable for both Standard and Higher Level, it provides all the support you'd expect from a Pearson Baccalaureate title. Key features: <ul>
<li>Extensive modelling exercises for students, covering each of the four parts of the curriculum.</li> </ul>
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<li>Clearly differentiated content for both Standard and Higher Level students.</li> </ul>
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<li>Includes further reading lists and glossary of terms.</li> </ul>
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<li>Written in clear, accessible English for students whose first language is not English.</li> </ul>

PEARSON BACCAULARETE ENGLISH A:LITERATURE (Pearson International Baccalaureate Diploma: International Editions)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Longman

An illustrated primer of stringology teaches readers everything they would ever need to know about the uses of string, from hoisting a bucket and sewing a button to lassoing a steer and skydiving.

String: Tying It Up, Tying It Down

Atheneum

How a house happens

Text and illustrations describe the step-by-step planning and construction of a house.

How a House Happens

Walker&Company

Traces the history of letters and examines the evolution of different styles of calligraphy and printing.

Letterbox: The Art & History of Letters

Arts & Photography

Other Media

Walker Co

A look at some common garden, home and workplace tools and machines and how they work, described and illustrated for young readers.

Machines in Our Garden: A "Collections for Young Scholars" Book

Open Court Pub. Co

Some of the best contemporary scribes of the natural world--as well as many prestigious writers from days gone by--inform our senses and challenge us to look beneath the surfaces of stream, mountain, forest, and desert for deeper meanings. Sturdily designed for outdoor travel. Illustrated.

The Ragged Mountain Portable Wilderness Anthology

Science & Math

Mathematics

Intl Marine Pub Co

The Art and Ingenuity of the Woodstove

Everest House

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