Books with author J B Strong

So, Merlin had issues with his mother, over the 'women are equal to men' thing. To keep her quiet he shapeshifted her into a spider and imprisoned her in Tir Nan Og. After all, unlike what legends suggest, Merlin's mother was not human and therefore dangerous; dangerous to male tyranny over women that is. But, what he did to Lady Igraine was unforgivable and because of that, Merlin will die. For, even Merlin is subject to Karma and Karma is such a bitch.

Roxanne and Emily are teenage sisters. One Christmas morning their lives are changed when they access a doorway to Tir Nan Og and become unwillingly involved in an ancient plot to free the goddess Lilith-Old as the Moon, from her prison. In this fast paced fantasy adventure based on established myths, Roxanne and Emily may need to give their lives as the cost of cultural dysfunction; amidst mermaids, unicorns, fairies, true love and one giant spider hungry for human blood. Characters represent diverse races and love choices.

"A gripping, tragic debut novel that will fascinate and trouble sophisticated teen readers." —Kirkus ReviewsWe all knew about Cullen Hickson. Siblings Bri and Ray O'Dell are lost. Anxious. Restless. Ray—bullied at his Catholic school for being small and timid—wants to be someone people respect or, even better, someone people fear. Meanwhile, Bri knows that something is off about her friendship with the shiny, happy, sophisticated blond girls on her field hockey team. They don't really understand Bri, and if Bri is being totally honest, she doesn't really understand them either. When storied delinquent Cullen Hickson enters the orbit of the O'Dell siblings, though, everything changes. Bri and Ray find an alluring, addictive outlet in Cullen, who opens their eyes to a world they didn't know existed. For Ray, that means experiencing the singular thrill of crime—from breaking and entering to grand theft auto—while Bri quickly dives into an all-consuming romance with the enigmatic upperclassman. As Bri and Ray become more and more entwined with Cullen's antics, and their once-thrilling experiences grow increasingly dangerous, a series of life-changing events threatens to lead the teens down a dark path—one that could forever alter the course of their lives.

"A gripping, tragic debut novel that will fascinate and trouble sophisticated teen readers." —Kirkus ReviewsWe all knew about Cullen Hickson. Siblings Bri and Ray O'Dell are lost. Anxious. Restless. Ray—bullied at his Catholic school for being small and timid—wants to be someone people respect or, even better, someone people fear. Meanwhile, Bri knows that something is off about her friendship with the shiny, happy, sophisticated blond girls on her field hockey team. They don't really understand Bri, and if Bri is being totally honest, she doesn't really understand them either. When storied delinquent Cullen Hickson enters the orbit of the O'Dell siblings, though, everything changes. Bri and Ray find an alluring, addictive outlet in Cullen, who opens their eyes to a world they didn't know existed. For Ray, that means experiencing the singular thrill of crime—from breaking and entering to grand theft auto—while Bri quickly dives into an all-consuming romance with the enigmatic upperclassman. As Bri and Ray become more and more entwined with Cullen's antics, and their once-thrilling experiences grow increasingly dangerous, a series of life-changing events threatens to lead the teens down a dark path—one that could forever alter the course of their lives.

You may be surprised to know that trolls can have a bad day at work. This is a story about a troll who is new to his job as watcher of a bridge. He is so new at this job that he hasn't even finished reading his book of instructions! Well, it is a bright sunny day in the countryside, but before the troll knows it, along comes his first visitor to the bridge and he doesn't know what to do. He soon learns that when you don't have all the answers, all you have to do is ask. The Troll and His Bridge is a humorous tale that children will enjoy over and over while learning valuable lessons of life. Adults will laugh along too, as they relate to this story from their own experiences. B.L. Strong came up with the story of The Troll and His Bridge as a bedtime story for his children to help them fall asleep. He gains inspiration from storytellers who can hold a reader's attention while telling positive, uplifting tales. The author is well-traveled and now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his family. Publisher's website: http://www.sbpra.com/BLStrong

Story Street for ages 4-7: * Ensures children progress at the right pace with supportive, gradual porgression through carefully graded steps. * Provides engaging humour and lively fiction plots provided by top authors and illistrators enhance excellence and enjoyment in teaching and learning. * Includes varied fiction styles are introduced through fantasy, cliff-hanger, adventure and novelty format titles to motivate and maintain attention. * Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship as Story Street is modelled round a contemporary multi-cultural community and many titles are ideal for teaching citizenship and PSHE including issues that range from conversation to bullying. * Specific assessment activities to help teachers monitor children's reading progress and simple integration of assessment for learning throughout Story Street Teacher's Notes ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level. * Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning with simple integration of assessment and learning. * Covers ICT and literacy with vibrant talking books, author video clips and activities on CDROM for ages 5-7.

Story Street for ages 4-7:Ensures children progress at the right pace with supportive, gradual porgression through carefully graded steps. Provides engaging humour and lively fiction plots provided by top authors and illistrators enhance excellence and enjoyment in teaching and learning. Includes varied fiction styles are introduced through fantasy, cliff-hanger, adventure and novelty format titles to motivate and maintain attention. Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship as Story Street is modelled round a contemporary multi-cultural community and many titles are ideal for teaching citizenship and PSHE including issues that range from conversation to bullying. Specific assessment activities to help teachers monitor children's reading progress and simple integration of assessment for learning throughout Story Street Teacher's Notes ensure children's reading and writing skills progress at word, sentence and text level. Accessible Teaching Notes and Activity sheets ensure teachers, teaching assistants and parents are all able to contribute to teaching and learning with simple integration of assessment and learning. Covers ICT and literacy with vibrant talking books, author video clips and activities on CDROM for ages 5-7.

*Specifically designed to be the right length and at the right level for guided reading and writhing sessions. *Each book is divided into three sections for three different reading levels. *Differences in readability are not obvious to children and books simply look like anthologies. *Teacher's Notes emphasise the partnership between reading and writing. *Texts are written and selected to fulfil term-by-term NLS teaching objectives. *QCA topic links in many books. *An impressive array of children's authors.