Books with title Tricks and Transformations

A collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, Tricks and Transformations by Anthony Horowitz includes astonishing tales from Greek, Japanese and Chinese mythology.Part of the Legends series of six books, Tricks and Transformations includes the greatest stories of metamorphosis from across the globe, including the fate of Greek hunter Actaeon, and the Monkey King from Chinese myth.Featuring black and white illustrations, the Legends series by Anthony Horowitz, the author of the phenomenally successful Alex Rider series, brings classic stories to life with thrilling imagination.

Don't mess with the gods. And if they mess with you? Run like hell . . . Myths and legends are full of stories of the transformation of humans and animals into other things through the magical intervention of the Gods. From better-known characters like Actaeon, the famous Greek huntsman who was doomed to become a stag forever chased by his own dogs, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a fish himself, only to fall hopelessly in love with a naiad, to the Japanese tale of the Goddess Amaterasu, who created the first eclipse when she hid herself in a cave and more, Legends: Tricks and Transformations by Anthony Horowitz proves that all is never what it seems when it comes to the affairs of the Gods.

When magic is involved, the end isn’t always the end.If Isadora has learned one thing at the academy, it’s that nothing is ever simple in the world of magic. Not even death.She has a second chance. All she has to do is figure out how to come back to life. Piece of cake, right?With unexpected friends in the spirit world, she might just manage what no other magician has done before… and she might actually live to tell the tale.If anyone can do it, Isadora can, because when it comes to magic, no one’s thought to tell her what she can—and cannot—do.

What does it mean to be Human? It’s a question Tim, Freywilla, and Michael nervously ponder after learning they will have to leave their home planets, transform into human shape, and try to pass themselves off as Earthly foreign exchange students. But no student has ever been quite THIS foreign. Freywilla’s nine eyes and Michael’s three gassy butts are difficult enough to hide, but the third arm growing out of Tim’s skull is down-right obvious.So before anything else the three must band together to learn everything the Galactic School for Intergalactic Understanding and Exchange (GSIUE) has to offer, before it’s too late! Now if only they can do that without being blown up, set on fire, infected with Tongue Rot, or worse – expelled – they can take their place among the galaxy’s elite and become intergalactic spies in human high schools. From Docutoru’s violent ear hair and an escaped human lunatic, to a violent rogue student and, of course, the demonic teddy bears, growing up has never been this tough, or this funny.

Don't mess with the gods. And if they mess with you? Run like hell . . . Myths and legends are full of stories of the transformation of humans and animals into other things through the magical intervention of the Gods. From better-known characters like Actaeon, the famous Greek huntsman who was doomed to become a stag forever chased by his own dogs, and Glaucus, the fisherman who became a fish himself, only to fall hopelessly in love with a naiad, to the Japanese tale of the Goddess Amaterasu, who created the first eclipse when she hid herself in a cave and more, this collection proves that all is never what it seems when it comes to the affairs of the Gods.