Best Selling Books by Robin Stevens

When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries. Little do they know that in the months that follow, mystery - and murder - will never be far away, and when Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym, the Detective Society is determined to get to the bottom of the crime. Then, soon afterwards, there''s the incident at Daisy''s family home, Fallingford, where a guest falls mysteriously, fatally ill. And when the summer hols come round, there''s a thrilling ride on the famous Orient Express - and the girls'' first locked-room murder case. Discover the first three books in this amazing series: Murder Most Unladylike Arsenic for Tea First Class Murder and follow Daisy and Hazel''s fantastic adventures.

''Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children'' - Katherine Rundell ‘It’s hard to know where to start. There’s so much to say – about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I’m getting tangled up in the story already...'' It''s December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls. May and Nuala are whisked away from the chaos and sent to stay with May''s big sister, Hazel Wong, who is working at Bletchley Park. Within seconds, they''re thrown straight into their most dangerous case yet. A codebreaker has been shot in what appears to be a tragic accident - until a suspicious and top-secret message is discovered in his pocket. Was he a spy, working for the other side? Was the message planted on him? Most importantly - was this murder? Worst of all, Daisy''s big brother, Bertie Wells, is being blamed. It’s up to May, Nuala and their friend Eric to prove Bertie''s innocence and solve the mystery. But Bletchley is a strange and secretive place, full of Britain''s most ingenious minds. They''ll need to watch, listen, and puzzle out the incredible, unthinkable truth... The thrilling brand-new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike. Praise for Robin Stevens: ''Absolutely thrilling'' Louie Stowell ''Superb'' Observer ''Funny, clever and warm . . . Such a delight'' Louise O''Neill ''Jolly gripping stuff'' The Times ''Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans'' Bookseller ''Triumphant . . . Deserves to be read for years to come'' Guardian

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In this third installment in the Edge of Yesterday series, Charley Morton is lost in the Renaissance, time of wretchedness and beauty. A benevolent dictator rules over Florence. He insists this sassy stranger be stopped! Facing death, Charley must engineer her quantum leap home-pronto! And if she fails? Talk about getting burned.

Fans of Enola Holmes and Nancy Drew will love the exciting A Murder Most Unladylike mystery series—all eleven books now available together in one collectible paperback boxed set! Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong both have a penchant for solving mysteries. In fact, outspoken Daisy is a self-described Sherlock Holmes, and she appoints wallflower Hazel as her own personal Watson when they form their own (secret!) detective agency. The only problem? There is nothing to investigate at the perfectly proper Deepdean School for Girls they both attend. Or is there? Follow Daisy and Hazel as they put their deductive skills and friendship to the test to solve a series of murders most unladylike! This entertaining paperback boxed set includes: Murder Is Bad Manners Poison Is Not Polite First Class Murder Jolly Foul Play Mistletoe and Murder A Spoonful of Murder Death in the Spotlight Top Marks for Murder Death Sets Sail Cream Buns and Crime Once Upon a Crime

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike: Robin Stevens. March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry''s newest recruits. May''s big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry, home to an unlikely collection of people thrown together by the war. And it is in the basement of the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. Something that has been placed there recently. A body... Could this be the missing Ministry spy that Daisy Wells is on a dangerous mission in France to find? Or could it be someone else - someone a resident of the street wanted silenced . . . ?

In this second book of the Edge of Yesterday series, Charley Morton, girl inventor extraordinaire, is determined to hack time. When her model for a time machine accidentally ignites, Charley''s sent whirling back 500 years, coming face-to-face with her Renaissance idol, Leonardo da Vinci. It''s a perfect scenario for the Renaissance-girl wannabe. Until the news: Her mother is gravely ill. Charley must get home! Can she reverse-engineer time travel . . . and what future will she encounter if she succeeds?

Rezoom The Journey was written to encourage you to finish. Packed with inspiration to dust off old dreams, visions, and goals, Robin openly shares her struggle to finishing, with the hope that it will encourage others on that same path. She was able to get back on track, and in proper balance, shares her story here. This is hope for the frustrated, disappointed, and those who may have lost passion for their aspirations and dreams. It will ignite a desire to continue, to get up, to move on, and to complete the journey. As you turn the pages, may you be inspired to embrace your life''s journey with tenacity, laughter, patience, and joy.

Quando Daisy e Hazel ritornano alla scuola Depdean, tutto sembra essere cambiato e non si respira una buona aria. Una notte, durante uno spettacolo di fuochi d''artificio, viene trovato il cadavere di una delle nuove ragazze: riusciranno le due giovani detective a risolvere il mistero, ora che anche la loro amicizia inizia a vacillare?

Daisy cumple 14 añ os y Hazel y ella van a pasar las vacaciones a la mansió n familiar en Fallingford para celebrarlo. La glamurosa madre de Daisy le ha preparado una gran fiesta a la que ha invitado a su excé ntrica familia y a sus compañ eras de la escuela Deepdean. Tras la fiesta, uno de los invitados empieza a encontrarse mal... y todo apunta a que ha sido envenenado. Daisy y Hazel saben que tienen un nuevo caso para su club de detectives, pero... ¿ alguien de la familia serí a capaz de algo así ? ¿ Qué secretos esconden? Daisy is turning 14 and she and Hazel are spending holidayss at the family mansion in Fallingford to celebrate. Daisy''s glamorous mother has arranged a big party for her, inviting her eccentric family and her classmates from Deepdean School. After the party, one of the guests begins to feel unwell... and everything points to the fact that he has been poisoned. Daisy and Hazel know they have a new case for their detective club, but... would anyone in the family be capable of such a thing? What secrets are they hiding?

El dí a que Hazel descubre a la profesora de Ciencias muerta en el gimnasio ¡ su vida cambia por competo! Al principio piensa que ha sufrido un accidente, pero cuando va a dar parte de lo sucedido, EL CADÁ VER DE LA PROFESORA DESAPARECE. ¡ Es el caso que llevaban tanto tiempo esperando! Cuando Daisy Wells y Hazel Wong fundaron su CLUB DE DETECTIVES, su mayor sueñ o era el de participar en alguna investigació n SECRETA y por fin habí a llegado la oportunidad que estaban esperando. Como Holmes y Watson, Daisy y Hazel utilizarÁ n todo su ingenio para DESCUBRIR AL ASESINO antes de que lo haga la policí a. Porque ¿ quié n ha dicho que resolver crí menes no es cosa de damas?

Prepared for unit ECT328 offered by the School of Education in Deakin University''s Open Campus Program.

This study expands on previous National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) work that has undertaken the articulation of the academic language construct for broad educational purposes. The primary goal was to describe the language of textbook selections in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and organization of discourse for test development. Specifically, the work reported here has focused on the academic English used in fifth-grade mathematics, science, and social studies textbooks and will contribute to the conceptual discussion of the nature of academic language, and will provide concrete guidelines for test development. The vocabulary analyses included measures of lexical diversity, word frequency, and frequency of multisyllabic and derived words, as well as variety of clause connectors and frequency of nominalizations. In addition, academic vocabulary was identified as specialized (within a discipline) and general (across disciplines). The grammatical analyses included the following features: sentence type, clause type, passive verb forms, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and participial modifiers. The discourse analyses captured the organizational features of the selections on three levels: rhetorical mode (e.g., exposition and persuasion) and both dominant and supporting text features (e.g., description, classification, and paraphrase). The analyses of textbook language reported here have provided the bases for a profile of typical texts in each subject at the fifth grade that will be part of the foundation for developing academic language proficiency tests. We conclude by illustrating how these profiles can be used in the creation of test specifications. (Contains 13 appendices.).

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