Books with author Sandra Ballantyne

When the three sailor lads, Ralph, Jack and Peterkin are cast ashore after the storm, their first task is to find out whether the island is inhabited. Their next task is to find a way of staying alive. They go hunting and learn to fish, expore underwater caves and build boats - but then their island paradise is rudely disturbed by the arrival of pirates.

Ziya loves to go to town with her father on Saturdays as he goes to sell his vegetables at the market.It gives her a chance to see all the beautiful shoes in the store window, she often stood there wishing she can have new shoes.One Saturday as she went into town with her father she got a delightful surprise as she stood there looking into the store's window.What do you think happened?Will she get the shoes she prayed for?

Three teenage boys, the sole survivors of a shipwreck, find themselves marooned on a deserted island in the South Pacific. With little more than a telescope and a broken knife, the youths must find food and shelter and learn to survive. But though the coral island is a tropical paradise, full of natural beauty and exotic fruits and wildlife, dangers and adventures abound: sharks, pirates, and even bloodthirsty cannibals! Scottish-born R.M.Ballantyne wrote more than ninety books for young people during the Victorian era, the most famous of which is The Coral Island (1857), a talc whose popularity has proved so enduring that it has never been out of print. A thrilling story in the tradition of Robinson Crusoe and a key influence on later classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and William Golding's Lord of the Flies, The Coral Island is presented here in a new scholarly edition that includes the unabridged text of the first British edition, a new introduction and notes by Ralph Crane and Lisa Fletcher, and the original illustrations by the author.

Are dreams really achievable? Michael Stanley is a physically disabled and mentally brilliant wrestling fan. His favourite wrestler, Ian Stallion, has all the potential in the world. However, "Ian Stallion's" alter ego Ian Stally is enduring physical injuries, unemployment and subsequently low self worth as he faces the harsh reality of being unable to realise his dream of world wide wrestling stardom. To what extent can Michael's superhuman positivity empower Ian at his time of need? *Included in Stories from the Sea-Side City: The Tides of Change CompilationFor more information please visit https://www.sea-sidecityndp.com/welcome-page