Books with title Ivan the Terrible

Tarzan the Terrible, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is the eighth book in the Tarzan series. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for his science fiction and fantasy novels. Burroughs created the characters of Tarzan and John Carter as well as the fictional landmass in the Earth known as Pellucidar. Burroughs was a great influence on many authors that followed and his books are still widely read today.

A classic childrens book from best-loved Bill's New Frock author, former Childrens Laureate Anne Fine. Perfect for readers aged between 7 and 9 and fans of The Midnight Gang and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series. Its Ivans first day at his new school, and Boris is told to look after him, and translate for him, because Ivan can only speak Russian. After all, St Edmunds is a civilized school. Only problem is, Ivan isnt civilized. So when Ivan starts greeting people as lowly shivering worms, and asking for words in English like crush and mutilate, Boris realises that hes going to have his work cut out for him. And thats just the start of the day . . .Anne Fines fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years, winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award and Carnegie Medal along the way.

The Nelson farm was never again peaceful and quiet after Ivan the rooster moved in. He was mean, vicious, loud and raucous, and used his deadly beak, wings and spurs to attack anyone he wanted. And he couldn’t even crow. He squawked loudly at all times of the day or night. He just made life miserable for everyone. But he loved Mama and she loved him and would not let anyone touch him. But then one day a catastrophe occurred and Ivan looked Death in the eye. Would he survive? Would he die? Could Mama save him?

In the previous novel, during the early days of World War I, Tarzan discovered that his wife Jane was not killed in a fire set by German troops, but was in fact alive.In this novel two months have gone by and Tarzan is continuing to search for Jane. He has tracked her to a hidden valley called Pal-ul-don, which means "Land of Men." In Pal-ul-don Tarzan finds a real Jurassic Park filled with dinosaurs, notably the savage Triceratops-like Gryfs, which unlike their prehistoric counterparts are carnivorous. The lost valley is also home to two different races of tailed human-looking creatures, the Ho-don (hairless and white skinned) and the Waz-don (hairy and black-skinned). Tarzan befriends Ta-den, a Ho-don warrior, and Om-at, the Waz-don chief of the tribe of Kor-ul-ja. In this new world he becomes a captive but so impresses his captors with his accomplishments and skills that they name him Tarzan-Jad-Guru (Tarzan the Terrible), which is the name of the novel.Jane is also being held captive in Pal-ul-don, having been brought there by her German captor, who has since become dependent on her due to his own lack of jungle survival skills. She becomes a pawn in a religious power struggle that consumes much of the novel.With the aid of his native allies, Tarzan continues to pursue his beloved to rescue her and set things to right, going through an extended series of fights and escapes to do so. In the end success seems beyond even his ability to achieve, until in the final chapter he and Jane are saved by their son Korak, who has been searching for Tarzan just as Tarzan has been searching for Jane. (non illustrated)