Books with author Jack Foster

A seasoned history spy, Charlie Cartwright teaches kids how to survive in WWII England—from learning to survive air raids by identifying enemy aircraft to blending in with the locals in speech and dressIt's Liverpool, 1940. The war is raging, and the Department of Historical Accuracy needs a brave and daring History Spy to uncover the truth. Your mission: disguise yourself as an evacuee, make spitfires out of saucepans, and learn to do the jitterbug. Find out how people spoke and what they ate, and become a champion at marbles!

To prepare for this life or death mission, Charlie teaches kids how to properly wear a toga, read gladiators' armor and weapons, and be a perfect Roman dinner guestIt's Pompeii, AD 79, and Vesuvius is about to erupt. The Department of Historical Accuracy needs a History Spy with nerves of steel to find out what the city was really like. Your mission is to find out what happened at a gladiator battle, what went on at the luxurious banquets, and why everyone in Pompeii was so smelly! Finally, you will witness the eruption that buried the city for 2,000 years. Better listen to Charlie when he explains the basics of Latin, Roman numerals, and sandals.

The next day he received a letter, telling him some of his family was coming to visit him. That was it, Wolly was so excited he rushed around but did nothing. So off he went waving the letter in one hand and holding the envelope in the other to show Millie, who had a quick read and said: "Oh, Wolly, they don't come for another week yet." " Ah", he said, "then we have time to get a party organized."