Product Description: The exciting second installment in the Jack Christie adventures.Jack and Angus’s time travels are heating up again, and this time the boys must save Queen Elizabeth I from an early death. Meeting the playwright Marlowe and a young actor named William Shakespeare along the way, Jack and Angus will have to use all their bravery and skill to thwart their archenemy, Pendleshape, and his misguided notions of changing history...read more

FIRST IN AN EXCITING NEW SERIESJack Christie and his best friend, Angus, find themselves at the center of a momentous event that will shape history for decades to come. Their dilemma: Should they intervene? Their problem: Can they survive? Join Jack on a dangerous chase from the dockyards of England to the rain-sodden trenches of the First World War. Will he escape the evil authorities who believe in the mysterious Vigil Imperative?

A collection of stories about vampires and werewolves, including Jane Yolen's 'Mama Gone,' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire,' and an excerpt from Bram Stoker's 'Dracula.'

Detective fiction has a timeless appeal, as this collection demonstrates. It includes a strong mix of classic writers such as Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen as well as more unexpected choices such as Erich Kastner and Italo Calvino.

An invigorating mix of classic and contemporary vampire and werewolf short stories includes contributions from authors such as Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, and Angela Carter, providing an introduction to classic fiction and gothic horror. Original.