Books with title The Mysterious Tadpole

Prince Donal likes inventing things—the weirder the better. Still, his creations come in handy when Donal and his three best friends set out to explore the area around the Waveborn Islands. Many centuries ago, someone built the fantastic machines that allows the Waveborn Islands to rise or fall back into the sea. Fortunately, the first uncharted island they find seems to be filled with relics of that ancient people. Unfortunately, Donal and the other prince and princesses aren’t the first ones to find the island. But if they trigger the island’s booby traps, they just might be the last.

The Fearless Four are Thomas and his best friends, Zac, Cameron and Josh.When they set off together, adventure happens!In these stories you will read about travelling to different places, fighting fierce battles with giant spiders, getting captured by pirates, or chased by dinosaurs, battling with aliens and even their own shadows.In their first story, ’The Mysterious Bottle’, the boys think they will end up with fame and fortune but soon find themselves trying to get the genie back into the bottle.Thomas, Cameron, Josh and Zac cooperate to tackle a bully, learn a lesson about our first Indigenous people and use resilience to overcome a problem.They have fun, they laugh, they tease each other; they dare each other to be brave and to take risks. They know about friendship, family and caring for others.This series of books has been written for boys who are reluctant readers in middle to upper primary school but can be read by any boys who enjoy reading for pleasure.Each book has been written with a sense of fun and enjoyment, but with a message for the readers; how do we behave when we are in trouble?High frequency words appropriate to the age of the reader and year level have been chosen to give the reader confidence and to build familiarity in reading for reciprocal use in writing.More challenging interesting words that will extend readers to analyse the words phonetically have been added; these words add richness to both syntax and meaning.Sentence structure has also been carefully constructed for reluctant readers. Sentences carry meaning but without too much complexity.Within the series readers will discover that they will have to choose their own outcome or ending or ‘choose the next path’. These choices provide moral and ethical dilemmas appropriate to the age group and invite readers to think about similar choices with their own lives.Oh and if you are reading these books and your name is Zac, watch out, you are going to have some interesting times.Congratulations on choosing this series of stories.Happy Reading.

You are getting sleepy . . .Something very strange is going on at Sweet Valley Middle School. It all started when the Mysterious Dr. Q hypnotized Jessica Wakefield and her classmates during a school assembly. They were so impressed by Dr. Q's performance that they decided to try a little hypnotism of their own.The hypnosis works like a charm. Jessica convinces Janet Howell and Amy Sutton that they're twins, Lila Fowler that she was a duck in a past life, and Elizabeth Wakefield that she's fallen in love with obnoxious Bruce Patman! Can Jessica snap her friends out of it . . . or will they be spellbound forever?

Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code. Mr. Stratton straightened. His smile faded. "Now, who is to be spokesman?" "I am," said Trixie. Jim was co-president of the Bob-Whites, but Trixie usually did the talking. "Trixie, the School Board doesn't want secret societies to exist in Sleepyside schools, when clubs - really gangs - can be the source of so much trouble. The board feels... that you will have to disband." "We couldn't!" Trixie almost shouted....