New Releases by Tim Bowler

Korean edition of [River Boy] by Tim Bowler. A revised edition. The winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal. While trying to cope with the knowledge that her grandfather is dying, Jess meets a boy who challenges her to swim down the river to the sea - her grandfather's ambition. The boy then disappears, and Jess learns her grandfather has died peacefully. Korean edition translated by Hae Yeong Jeong.

Filled with guilt over his younger sister''s kidnapping, teenaged Fin tries to rescue her and in the process learns about a dark family secret.

Zinny''s life is falling apart. Shadowy figures are following him. His parents are keeping secrets but he can''t figure out why. Then his mum ends up in hospital, his dad disappears, and Zinny has to do whatever he can to save his family. Even if it means helping the very men he''s been running from . . . As the clock ticks, Zinny knows it''s only a matter of time before someone ends up dead - and it could be him.

Somehow the boat was still afloat - another wave had lifted it clear of the first rock and was driving it further inshore. It bumped against the base of Crab Rock and skewed around, then tipped momentarily to starboard . . . and as it did so, she saw a figure crouching in the bottom. Hetty''s always been a bit of a loner, preferring to keep to the outer edges of the close-knit island community. But when a strange woman is washed up on the shore, Hetty finds herself under increasing scrutiny from the islanders. There''s a connection between Hetty and the woman that makes people suspicious, so when death comes to the community the woman is branded a bad omen and Hetty has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. As she heads out to sea, a storm is breaking and the whispers that she''s heard before are louder than ever. Voices from the very depths of the sea . . . and they''re calling her name.

It's supposed to be a fresh new start when Maya and her family move to a sleepy village to run the local hotel, but Maya immediately senses something is very wrong. Then she makes a terrifying discovery in the woods: three dead bodies. Even more horrifying, they have disappeared by the timeshe returns with the police. With Maya under suspicion and creepy things continuing to happen, will Maya uncover the secrets of the Rowan Tree before it's too late?This spine-chilling thriller from favourite author Tim Bowler is a study in tension and spooky suspense.A pack containing:* 15 copies of the Rollercoasters Educational Edition of Buried Thunder by Tim Bowler* 15 Buried Thunder Reading Guides to support the student in their study of the novel

Midget is fifteen and three foot tall. Trapped in a body he hates, Midget is tortured by his cruel older brother Seb. His father is kind but unaware of Seb's treatment of Midget. But Midget can sail and his dream is to sail his own boat. Everyone says it'll take a miracle, but that's when Midget starts to realise that he has a special power. He can make things happen. But in the process people get hurt - including his brother Seb. Through this crisis, the brothers find a new understanding.

Meet Blade. But be careful. You might not like what you see. He''s dangerous. He needs to be. Because there are people who want him dead. It''s dog eat dog in his world. Win or die. He thought he was safe. But now they''ve found out where he is. And they''re coming. Part one of the unmissable Blade series.

Série de romans mettant en scène les mésaventures d'un adolescent de la rue en fuite. Blade, quatorze ans, s'est réfugié depuis trois ans dans une nouvelle ville où il tente de passer incognito. Malheureusement, la mort d'une adolescente à la tête d'une bande de filles va relancer les policiers et des ennemis du passé à ses trousses...

Will lies in a deserted lane. All he knows is that he''s had an accident and that his life is slipping away. Against all the odds he survives - but with an almost total loss of memory. He does not even know himself. And that is not all. At night he is tormented by visions, in the daytime by hostile strangers. Why does he have so many enemies? And who is the strange child who seems to have a story to tell him? Something has happened in this town, something terrifying. Will can sense it but he can''t work out what it was. Perhaps the old Will knew. But that was before the accident. The new Will must search for the answers again - and this is a dangerous task. For the town has a secret and there are those who will do everything in their power to preserve it. Even kill.

Dusty’s life has fallen apart. Her mother left after Dusty’s brother mysteriously disappeared, and her father is devastated. Then Dusty gets a seemingly random phone call: a boy’s voice saying, “I’m dying.” At first Dusty doesn’t care, but then the boy says things that only Dusty knows. Things that lead her to believe he knows where her brother is. And after a few more calls, Dusty wants to find this boy, but he doesn’t want to be found. He claims he is too dangerous, and there are many people who agree. Can Dusty avoid getting hurt and still protect this mysterious boy who may not be of this world? Watch a Video

Wait, move in, hit hard. Hit again. Revenge isn''t sweet. It''s just necessary. From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Bloodchild comes the penultimate title in this startlingly compelling series. Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the secret, dangerous life of its unforgettable narrator. This thrilling series for teenagers combines an enormously likable and engaging central character with the harsh realities of street life and the youth gang culture that is so prevalent in today''s news. The mysteries and cliffhanger endings of these short, accessible books will have the power to tempt all readers as they gradually become absorbed into Blade''s dangerous world.

The gravely injured Blade wakes up in the hospital knowing that whoever attacked him will be back to finish him off, so he sets out to save his own life and the lives of Mary and little Jaz.

Design, develop, and deploy feature-rich, high-performance PHP web applications using the Symfony framework Key Features Create powerful web applications by leveraging the power of this Model-View-Controller-based framework Covers all the new features of version 1.3 ñ many exciting plug-ins for you Learn by doing without getting into too much theoretical detail ñ create a "real-life" milkshake store application Includes best practices to shorten your development time and improve performance Book DescriptionWith its flexible architecture, the Symfony framework allows you to build modern web applications and web services easily and rapidly. The MVC components separate the logic from the user interface and therefore make developing, changing, and testing your applications much faster. Using Symfony you can minimize repetitive coding tasks, optimize performance, and easily integrate with other libraries and frameworks. Although this framework contains with many powerful features, most developers do not exploit Symfony to its full potential. This book makes it easy to get started and produce a powerful and professional-looking web site utilizing the many features of Symfony. Taking you through a real-life application, it covers all major Symfony framework features without pushing you into too much theoretical detail, as well as throwing some light on the best practices for rapid application development. This book takes you through detailed examples as well as covering the foundations that you will need to get the most out of the Symfony framework. You will learn to shorten the development time of your complex applications and maintain them with ease. You will create several useful plug-ins and add them to your application and automate common tasks. The book also covers best practices and discussions on security and optimization. You will learn to utilize all major features of this framework by implementing them in your application. By the end, you should have a good understanding of the development features of Symfony (for Propel as well as Doctrine editions), and be able to deploy a high-performance web site quite easily.What you will learn Set up the foundations for a database-driven web site using Symfony Create a list of products by accessing data from a database, paginate the menu, and then customize its look Create formsófrom simple contact forms to complex onesówith user-defined fields using sfFormExtraPlugin Send email notifications to the customers using PHP SwiftMailer library Create quick development task plug-ins to save your development time and package them into your application Configure and customize Symfony s admin generator to create a nice looking back-office Secure your backend application with the Symfony authentication mechanism, leveraging the power of the sfGuardPlug-in security and authentication plug-in Create an advanced admin panel with JavaScript that allows image files to be uploaded and thumbnails to be automatically generated Enhance your search mechanism by using the JQueryAutoComplete Widget to add an auto-complete feature to it Allow your users to choose their preferred language for display by introducing internationalization and localization to your application Integrate a component from another framework into your application with minimum effort Optimize the response time of your site by using compression and caching Who this book is for This book is for PHP web developers who want to get started with Symfony 1.3. If you are already using Symfony 1.0 or are new to Symfony, you will learn how to use it in the best way to produce better applications faster.Basic knowledge of Object Oriented design and ORM will be quite helpful.

A pack containing: DT 15 copies of the Rollercoasters Educational Edition of Starseeker by Tim Bowler DT 15 Starseeker Reading Guides to support the students in their study of the novel

From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of River Boy, Starseeker and Frozen Fire comes the fourth title in a startlingly compelling new series. Contemporary, pacy, and utterly gripping, Blade takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the secret, dangerous life of its unforgettable narrator.This thrilling new series for teenagers combines an enormously likable and engaging central character with the harsh realities of street life and the youth gang culture that is so prevalent in today's news. The mysteries and cliffhanger endings of these short, accessible books will have the power totempt all readers as they gradually become absorbed into Blade's dangerous world.

Blade is a teenager with a past he's trying to escape from but now his enemies have tracked him down. Blade knows that if he doesn't escape, he's dead. Suggested level: secondary.

Korean edition of "Starseeker" by Tim Bowler, the winner of the numerous awards includes the Carnegie Medal and the Angus Book Award for River Boy. Translated by Kim Eun Gyeong. Vol 2 of 2 In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Following the dramatic events of the first Blade book, Playing Dead, Blade is on the run again with Becky and three-year-old Jaz in tow. Now it's not just those shadowy figures from his past that are after him, it's the rest of Becky's gang too. They think Blade and Becky killed their leader,Trix, and there's no way of proving otherwise. Can Blade, Becky, and Jaz find safety together - or is there no escape from the forces closing in on them?

Midget A unique and unnerving story about Midget - fifteen years old, three feet tall, and target of his older brother's bullying and cruelty. Midget dreams of buying a boat and sailing away, but people say it'll take a miracle for that to happen. Midget knows miracles can happen, but sometimes they hurt people who get in the way . . . Dragon's Rock Benjamin can't stop the nightmares. Every night they come - so real and vivid that Benjamin lives in terror and sleep has become a place of fear. He knows he must return the stone he took from Dragon's Rock - this could be the only way to end the horror. But once there he realizes that he's not the only one in torment and the dragon of his nightmares is more terrifying than ever.

Grandpa is dying. He can barely move his hands any more but, stubborn as ever, refuses to stay in hospital. He''s determined to finish his last painting, ''River Boy'', before he goes. At first Jess can''t understand his refusal to let go, but then she too becomes involved in the mysterious painting. And when she meets the river boy himself, she finds she is suddenly caught up in a challenge of her own that she must complete - before it''s too late . . .

Each River Boy Class Pack contains 15 copies of the Rollercoasters edition of River Boy by Tim Bowler and 15 River Boy Reading Guides to support the student in their study of the novel. Grandpa is dying. He can barely move his hands anymore, but stubborn as ever, refuses to stay in hospital. He's determined to finish his last painting, 'River Boy', before he goes. A poignant story that explores the subject of grief and loss in an accessible and affecting way. Themes: grief, bereavement, testing physical limits, artistic challenge Teaching Focus: * Language rich in metaphor and other rhetorical devices * Strong chracterization and sensitive portrayal of relationships * Creation of mood and setting through descriptive language * Key images woven through the narrative and plot Recommended for students in Years 8 and 9 The Rollercoasters series is a set of imaginative and exciting books that your students will not want to put down. All books are supported by extensive teacher resources online, in print and on CD-ROM, and contain themes that will appeal to girls, boys and mixed ability classes. Each book is also accompanied by Reading Guides to provide essential background material for students on the novel of the same title, and include a letter to the student from the author of the novel, thematic activities, wider reading references and short reviews.

Luke está en apuros: Skin, el matón del pueblo, le ha pedido que cometa un robo en una casa para demostrar que es digno de pertenecer a la pandilla. Sin embargo, este es solo uno de sus problemas, ya que, desde la muerte de su padre, Luke está perdido. En la casa se encontrará algo inesperado que le ayudará a aceptarse tal y como es.

Fifteen-year-old Kit and his parents must ground their sinking sailboat on a rocky island inhabited by a primitive sect who believe the stranded family has been sent by the devil.

Stevie is having an unhappy break with his father. In a rage he storms off and eventually finds himself in a quiet courtyard where a strange old man is washing in an old well. Repulsed by the figure, Stevie nonetheless takes the broken bell the man leaves behind, but that night he wakes to find ghostly figures in his room.

It seemed just another boring history lesson at a boring castle ruin. But without warning Will feels a dreadful presence enter his body and speak through his own mouth. Will soon finds himself drawn into a nightmare of revenge that places him in terrifying and mortal danger.

While struggling to cope with the death of his father, a gifted musician, fourteen-year-old Luke must deal with a dangerous bully, a lonely old woman, a blind young girl, his mother''s romantic involvement, and his own musical talent.

Luke''s father is dead and he feels his mother is moving on too quickly. Since his father''s death Luke has changed his priorities, and has fallen into bad company. His new friends persuade him to break into a house when its owner, an unfriendly and unlovable old woman, is out. Once inside he is confronted with the sound of a girl crying, and through a locked keyhole sees a young girl standing alone, crying in despair. Luke becomes drawn into finding out who the girl is, why she is in the house, and why she is so unhappy. Finding the answers will change all of their lives. Prize-winning author: Tim Bowler has won the Carnegie Medal, the Angus Book Prize (twice), and the Lancashire Children''s Book Award

Midget is fifteen and three foot tall. Trapped in a body he hates, Midget is tortured by his cruel older brother Seb. His father is kind but unaware of Seb''s treatment of Midget.But Midget can sail and his dream is to sail his own boat. Everyone says it''ll take a miracle, but that''s when Midget starts to realise that he has a special power. He can make things happen. But in the process people get hurt - including his brother Seb. Through this crisis, the brothers find anew understanding.