Books in The Spark Files series

This is one of a series which takes an experiment-based approach to science and is designed to fit directly with the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2. The texts feature episodes in the life of an eccentric family - the Sparks - with a fascination for science experiments which are skilfully woven into the storyline for children to try at home. A real-life giant, a kidnapped orphan, a dog named Boozle and a shady private detective who used to be in the Brownies - it's a difficult case even for the Spark family, but Sam saves the day with a little help and some magical magnets.

This is one of a series which takes an experiment-based approach to science and is designed to fit directly with the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2. The books feature episodes in the life of an eccentric family with a fascination with science experiments, which are woven into the storyline for children to try at home. The content of this story ties in with the Life Processes and Living Things element of the National Curriculum, with coverage of Humans as Organisms, Green Plants as Organisms, Variation and Classification, and Living Things in Their Environment.

The Spark family's experiments with UFOs bring them into contact with an alien with astonishing powers: it can transform itself into anything spherical. When it becomes a plum pudding and Gran gets out her carving knife, however, the trouble really begins. The seventh of the Spark Files includes an array of fascinating facts and experiments about light and energy.

The FBI thinks that Mulder is weird--or worse.He keeps insisting that aliens are running amok on earth. His lovely and level-headed partner agent Dana Scully, is supposed to keep in line. But that's hard to do when they're investigating an Oregon high school class full of corpses and the walking dead.Yes, Mulder's theories about the class of '89 are beyond strange. But in a world where minds are turned off like lights, bodies blossom with otherworldly scars, and the night explodes with blinding evil, Fox Mulder may not be weird at all. He may just be the one with the answers nobody's ready to hear The members of an Oregon high school class are dying off one by one. Agents Mulder and Scully must try to make sense of a town gone mad, where teenagers' minds are turned off like lights, mysterious fires explode after dark, and bodies blossom with otherworldly scars. But Mulder's explanations are strangely unpopular, especially when he starts digging up graves. It seems someone'or something'is terrified he'll uncover the truth . . .

5 tales of supernatural intrigue that will send chills down your spine. 1 - The House of Lionel Shank What secrets could a dead entertainer have? It's a secret the boys never expected, but Bobby and Brandon had better figure it out fast before that secret cost them their lives... 2 - Trip on the 2810 Nothing is what it seems on a bizarre bus trip to Seattle. But when they find out they're trapped on the bus, which actually isn't going to Seattle, Bobby and Brandon are suddenly in a race against time before the unthinkable happens. 3 - Hecatomb After their Bronco breaks down on a lonely mountain road, strange happenings leads the boys to a dilapidated building deep in the woods where no building should be. Soon, Bobby and Brandon are in the middle of an old feud of ghosts and a missing boy. 4 - The Mystery of Brandt Wall A mystifying creature high in the mountains causes Bobby and Brandon to search for some answers. It isn't very long before they realize that it's more than just the creature they have to worry about. 5 - The Haunting at Ogilvie Raceway Who is haunting the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minnesota, and why? An invitation to solve the mystery puts Bobby and Brandon on the fast track to danger. Join the Stark brothers as they dive into the unknown. Do you dare take on a Stark Files Halloween?