Books with title Deserted Prisons

Razor-sharp wire curls around a tall fence. There are rows and rows of empty cells. Bang! A heavy metal door suddenly slams shut. Then a ghostly hand reaches out from one of the cells. Get ready to read four spine-tingling stories about deserted prisons. This 24-page book features controlled, narrative nonfiction text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The colorful design and spooky art in the book will engage and terrify emergent readers.

What would you do if you were left behind in the desert? Would you stay put in the hope that someone would find you? And if that someone turned out to be a scrawny stray dog, would you follow him?This is 12-year old Leo Knight’s dilemma when he is abandoned in the remote Namib Desert without food, water, or shelter from the searing sun. When no human help arrives, he seizes his only chance for survival – he follows a mysterious dog that pitches up out of the blue.