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English Year 5
by Victoria Burrill- Endorsed by Independent School Examination Board (ISEB)- A coherent scheme with the progressive development of skills throughout- Each chapter introduces and covers a skill, providing approximately three weeks of teaching material- Scaffolded activities give pupils the opportunity to practise new skills- Challenging comprehension activities across SPAG, writing, speaking and listening activities are included with mark allocation- 'joining the dots' segments to group and apply skills previously learned- Emphasis on spelling, grammar and writing skills to develop written accuracyThis book is supported by answers as a PDF download: English Year 5 Answers PDF (9781471889264)
English Year 5 Answers
by Victoria Burrill- Endorsed by Independent School Examination Board (ISEB)- Links to the National Curriculum and ISEB curriculum are referenced in each chapter- Answer guidance encourages independent learning and a greater understanding of the English language- Enables efficient assessment of pupils' strengths and weaknesses
English for Everyone Junior Gramática inglesa (DK English for Everyone Junior)
by DKAyuda a los niños a aprender las reglas de la gramática inglesa con este divertido libro ilustrado.Esta guía de gramática incluye ilustraciones atractivas, diseños claros y explicaciones sencillas de las reglas del inglés redactadas de una manera fácil de entender para niños de 5 a 9 años. Cada regla gramatical va acompañada de una explicación sencilla que servirá tanto a padres como a profesores a la hora de ofrecerles apoyo a los niños. Además, muestra a través de ilustraciones escenarios del día a día para que los pequeños estudiantes vean la aplicabilidad del contenido.En su interior, encontrarás:-Gramática básica para niños que comenzaron a estudiar inglés recientemente, como los tiempos verbales, oraciones afirmativas, negativas o interrogativas, verbos modales, pronombres y adjetivos.-Las estructuras gramaticales y lingüísticas que necesitan aprender para la preparación de los exámenes Cambridge Young Learners o los grados 1, 2 y 3 de los exámenes Trinity GESE-Módulos cortos, explicaciones sencillas y bonitas ilustraciones que hacen que la gramática sea fácil de entender.El enfoque visual y dinámico de English for Everyone Junior: English Grammar sin duda cautivará a los estudiantes más jóvenes, ¡y se convertirá en su compañero de estudio ideal! Acompañales a descubrir el mundo que los rodea, a hablar sobre lo que les gusta y lo que no, a hacer preguntas, a formar oraciones negativas ¡y mucho másLa colección English for Everyone de DK es una forma fácil y divertida de aprender inglés. Con audios de apoyo e innovadores ejercicios que cubren todos los aspectos clave del idioma, estos libros ilustrados sustituyen complicadas explicaciones por imágenes y gráficos claros, para aprender visualmente y que la gramática y el vocabulario resulten fáciles de recordar. ¡Aprender inglés no ha sido nunca tan fácil!Understand the rules of English grammar with this fun, fully illustrated reference book for children aged 5–9 who are studying English as a foreign language. This ultimate grammar guide features attractive illustrations, clear layouts, and simple explanations that present and explain the rules of the English language in a way that is easy for younger learners to understand and digest. The grammar covered in this reference guide will help children aged 5-9 to describe the world around them, talk about their likes and dislikes, ask questions, and form negative sentences. Grammar is first presented in a realistic scene, and then broken down into bite-size chunks that are easy to understand and digest. Each grammar rule is accompanied by a simple explanation that can be used by the teacher or parent. This grammar book for children offers: -Material that’s ideal for children who have recently begun to study English, covering essential grammar including present, past, and future tenses, negatives, questions, modal verbs, pronouns, and adjectives.-The grammar and language structures required for the Cambridge Young Learners exams or Grades 1–3 of the Trinity GESE exams.-Bite-sized modules that make grammar easy to understand, clear and simple explanations, and beautiful illustrations.Young learners of English will be captivated and engaged by the dynamic visual approach that sets English for Everyone Junior: English Grammar apart from other language materials for children. This Engish grammar guide is the ideal companion for children who have recently begun to study English, including those preparing for the Cambridge Young Learners exams or Grades 1–3 of the Trinity GESE exams.
English for Everyone Junior Beginner's Course Practice Book (DK English for Everyone Junior)
by DKA visually stimulating practice book to accompany English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's CourseEnglish for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Practice Book is a clearly structured and beautifully illustrated workbook for children ages 6-9, which offers extra practice for those beginning their journey of learning English as a foreign language. Following the same unit-by-unit structure as English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course, this workbook provides your child with all the support they need to build their confidence when using the language skills they have learned in the course book. Featuring hundreds of exercises, this practice book tests all the vocabulary and grammar structures taught within English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course, making use of a range of both familiar and new exercise mechanisms.Although best used to accompany English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course, this practice book can also be used independently by children or teachers who are in need of additional beginner-level English practice exercises. English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Practice Book's dynamic visual approach to language learning makes it stand out from the competition.
English for Everyone Junior English Grammar: A Simple Visual Guide to English (DK English for Everyone Junior)
by DKUnderstand the rules of English grammar with this fun, fully illustrated reference book for children aged 5–9 who are studying English as a foreign language. This ultimate grammar guide features attractive illustrations, clear layouts, and simple explanations that present and explain the rules of the English language in a way that is easy for younger learners to understand and digest. The grammar covered in this reference guide will help children aged 5-9 to describe the world around them, talk about their likes and dislikes, ask questions, and form negative sentences. Grammar is first presented in a realistic scene, and then broken down into bite-size chunks that are easy to understand and digest. Each grammar rule is accompanied by a simple explanation that can be used by the teacher or parent. This grammar book for children offers: - Material that&’s ideal for children who have recently begun to study English, covering essential grammar including present, past, and future tenses, negatives, questions, modal verbs, pronouns, and adjectives.- The grammar and language structures required for the Cambridge Young Learners exams or Grades 1–3 of the Trinity GESE exams.- Bite-sized modules that make grammar easy to understand, clear and simple explanations, and beautiful illustrations.Young learners of English will be captivated and engaged by the dynamic visual approach that sets English for Everyone Junior: English Grammar apart from other language materials for children. This Engish grammar guide is the ideal companion for children who have recently begun to study English, including those preparing for the Cambridge Young Learners exams or Grades 1–3 of the Trinity GESE exams. More in the seriesIf you like English for Everyone Junior: English Grammar then why not try English for Everyone Junior: My First English Dictionary, as part of the widely successful English for Everyone Junior Series, which have sold more than two million copies in over 90 countries.
English for Everyone Junior Nivel inicial (DK English for Everyone Junior)
by DK¡Mira, escucha y aprende inglés con este divertido libro para principiantes! Con English for Everyone Junior: Nivel inicial, ¡no necesitas tener conocimientos previos de inglés para empezar a dominar el idioma! Este libro para niños de 6 a 10 años se convertirá en el compañero ideal de tus hijos para aprender inglés, con gramática y vocabulario de temas esenciales como la familia, el colegio, los animales, la casa, el cuerpo humano, la comida, la ropa ¡y mucho más! Repleto de ejercicios sencillos y audios que te permitirán hablar y leer más de 500 palabras en tiempo récord.Perfecto tanto para estudiar en casa como en el colegio.Con explicaciones de reglas gramaticales inglesas acompañadas de ejemplos claros de cuándo se usan.Incluye una guía de escritura a mano y un glosario de los términos lingüísticos utilizados a lo largo del libro.Un recurso ideal que te proporcionará todo el apoyo que necesitas para aprender inglés desde cero, ya que te guía por los conceptos básicos del idioma y te ayuda a usar y comprender el inglés básico con claridad y confianza.La colección English for Everyone de DK es una forma fácil y divertida de aprender inglés. Con audios de apoyo e innovadores ejercicios que cubren todos los aspectos clave del idioma, estos libros ilustrados reemplazan las complicadas y aburridas explicaciones con imágenes divertidas y gráficos claros, para aprender visualmente y que la gramática y el vocabulario resulten fáciles de recordar. ¡Aprender inglés no ha sido nunca tan fácil!Learn English with this fun course for complete beginners. Simple exercises and lively audio will have you speaking and reading more than 500 words in no time!The perfect introduction to English vocabulary and grammar, English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course provides children aged 6-9 with the support they need as they take the first steps towards learning English as a foreign language.Equally effective for home study or the classroom, this carefully leveled English-language course assumes no previous knowledge of English. It takes children through the basics of the language, helping them use and understand elementary English clearly and confidently.Vocabulary is taught through attractive illustrations and reinforced with audio resources. Each language/grammar point is explained in a dedicated panel, accompanied by clear examples of how it's used, and reinforced by exercises. At the back, there is a handwriting guide, grammar overview, and a glossary of language terms used throughout the book.Building on the worldwide success of the English for Everyone series, the Junior Beginner's Course contains everything a child needs to acquire a firm grasp of English in a fun and interactive way.
English for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day (DK 5-Words a Day)
by DKThis beautifully illustrated vocabulary book for children introduces your child to the essentials of English vocabularyDiscover the perfect introduction to English for children aged 6-9 with this fantastic guide to English, which teaches and tests five new words each day, for five days a week, over one year. This language study guide contains everything a child needs to acquire a firm grasp of English in a fun and interactive way and... • Teaches over 1,000 commonly used English words • Beautiful illustrations accompany stimulating and entertaining activities • Follows the same visual methodology as the rest of the English for Everyone series • Structured in clear sections based around a theme (e.g. toys, food and drink, school) From colors, numbers, fruits, and toys to animals, sports, clothes, and weather, just about every subject in the English language is covered in eye-catching, illustrative detail. Incredibly easy to use, it includes daily &“test yourself&” activities with cleverly designed flaps that hide the words your child has just learned and helps fix those words in their memory. 5 New Words a DayThis unique study aid encourages parents, teachers, and children to work together as a team to grasp all aspects of the English language, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling. It&’s suitable as a workbook for children preparing for the Cambridge English and Trinity GESE exams. It&’s also a great English teaching resource for anyone teaching English lessons for kids. Packed full of fun and useful everyday vocabulary, this visual reference book will capture the imagination of little learners and encourage a love for learning their first English words. The book presents your child with 5 new words to learn and practice each day for four days, then tests these words through a variety of interactive exercises on day five. Over the course of one year, your child will build up a vocabulary of more than 1000 English words.Complete the Series:The English for Everyone series is a wonderful study guide for children to take their first steps towards learning English as a foreign language. Practice phrasal verbs and understand their meanings in English For Everyone: Phrasal Verbs.
English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course (DK English for Everyone Junior)
by DKLearn English with this fun course for complete beginners. Simple exercises and lively audio will have you speaking and reading more than 500 words in no time! PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need paper and a pen or pencil to complete the exercises.The perfect introduction to English vocabulary and grammar, English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course provides children aged 6-9 with the support they need as they take the first steps towards learning English as a foreign language.Equally effective for home study or the classroom, this carefully leveled English-language course assumes no previous knowledge of English. It takes children through the basics of the language, helping them use and understand elementary English clearly and confidently.Vocabulary is taught through attractive illustrations and reinforced with audio resources. Each language/grammar point is explained in a dedicated panel, accompanied by clear examples of how it's used, and reinforced by exercises. At the back, there is a handwriting guide, grammar overview, and a glossary of language terms used throughout the book.Building on the worldwide success of the English for Everyone series, the Junior Beginner's Course contains everything a child needs to acquire a firm grasp of English in a fun and interactive way.
Enid Blyton Adventure Treasury
by Enid BlytonA must for Blyton fans, the Adventure Treasury is a collection of her most exciting writing. Join the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, the Adventurous Four, the Five Find-Outers and many more of Enid Blyton's heroes as they solve mysteries, explore new places and foil criminals!Compiled by well known critic, writer and broadcaster, Mary Cadogan, and Blyton archivist, Norman Wright, this treasury contains extracts and short stories from across the range of adventure stories and poems written by Blyton, including classic stories from the Enid Blyton Magazine and Sunny Stories. Illustrated with black and white line and coloured-up original illustrations, as well as a colour plate section, this is a large format, quality book for the gift market - perfect for Blyton fans everywhere!
Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales: Contains 25 classic stories
by Enid BlytonEnid Blyton's timeless collection of Christmas stories - an ideal gift for anyone who loved the stories during their own childhood to pass on to the next generation of readers.Enid Blyton's Christmas Stories was so popular that readers asked for another collection - and here it is! Nobody captures the spirit of Christmas like Enid Blyton, and in these stories - which are perfect for reading alone or sharing - she describes the excitement of anticipating gifts, the pleasures of making special food, of singing carols, and coming together to share good times with friends and families. As ever with Blyton, there is mischief and mayhem but good always prevails in the end. This is an entirely different set of stories to the ones included in Enid Blyton's Christmas Stories. All stories previously appeared in magazines and anthologies from the 40s and 60s. This collection contains the original texts and is unillustrated.The stories in this collection are:One Christmas Eve All the Way to Santa Claus Annabelle's Little Thimble A Coat for the Snowman The Extraordinary Christmas Tree On His Way Home Good Gracious, Santa Claus! No Present for Benny First Walk in December The Christmas Tree Fairy A Christmas Legend The Christmas Bicycle The Battle in the Toyshop A Grand Visitor The Little Carol Singer The Man Who Wasn't Father Christmas A Christmas Wish He Belonged to the Family A Hole in her Stocking Christmas in the Toyshop They Didn't Believe in Santa Claus! Bobbo's Magic Stocking On Christmas Night Little Mrs Millikin Second Walk in December The Magic Snow-bird
Enid Blyton's Holiday Stories: Contains 26 classic tales
by Enid BlytonA wonderful selection of short stories by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. Ideal for reading aloud, or for children from about 7 years old to read alone.From sandcastles at the beach to enchanted ice-creams, step into the summer with these delightful characters. Adventure, fun and magic can all be found on holiday with Enid Blyton, who has been delighting readers for more than seventy years.The stories previously appeared in magazines and anthologies from the 40s and 60s. This collection contains the original texts and is unillustrated.The collection contains:At Seaside CottageThe Magic Ice CreamWagger Goes to the ShowA Surprise for JimmyThe Twins Get in a FixThe Enchanted CloakAdventure Up a TreeJohn's HankyThe Magic Watering CanPeppermint RockThe Donkey on the SandsIn the Middle of the NightA Bit of Blue SkyThe Smugglers' CavesMr Gobo's Green GrassSmokey and the SeagullAdventures Under the SeaAn Exciting AfternoonLazy lennyPink Paint for a PixieShut The GateLook Out for the Elephant!Stayinh with Auntie SueA Puppy in WonderlandThe Three SailorsThe Magic Seaweed
Enid Blyton's Summer Stories: Contains 27 classic tales
by Enid BlytonA wonderful selection of 27 short stories about holidays by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. Ideal for reading aloud, or for children from about 7 years old to read alone.School's out! So go on a picnic, visit the seaside or throw coconuts at the fair in this enchanting collection of stories perfect for summer holidays. Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years with her endless summers of magic, fun and adventure. Enid's best-loved characters include Noddy the wooden boy, Timmy the dog from The Famous Five and the mischievous twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan from the much-loved boarding school series St Clare's!This collection contains the original stories dating back to the 1940s:The Fish That Got Away; The Enchanted Toadstool; Jimmy and the Elephant Man; The Little Button Elves; The Girl Who Was Left Behind; A Story of Magic Strawberries; The Marvellous Pink Vase; When Mollie Missed the Bus; A Bit of Good Luck; The Surprising Buns; Pretty-Star the Pony; The Stolen Shadow; On Jimmy's Birthday; Bonzo Gets Into Trouble; The Roundabout Man; The Fairies' Shoemaker; Something Funny Going On; The Little Toy-Maker; Billy's Bicycle; That Girl Next Door!; The Boy Who Never Put Things Back; Policeman Billy; Think Hard, Boatman; The Wishing Spells; The Girl Who Had Hiccups; Christina's Kite; The Galloping Seahorse
Enlighten Me (A Graphic Novel)
by Minh LêAward-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun and enlightening graphic novel about one kid&’s journey to finding inner peace and belonging. Perfect for fans of Measuring Up and New Kid. When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he&’s stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat. That means no talking—and no video games!—for a whole weekend. Could things possibly get any worse? However, when a nun gathers all the kids to tell them the Jataka tales—the stories of the Buddha&’s many past lives—Bình takes a fantastical dive into his imagination and starts to see himself in these stories. Will he retreat further into himself, or will he emerge from the weekend open to change? With any luck, these next few days will prove more enlightening than he thought.
Enly and the Buskin' Blues
by Jennie LiuTwelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis is determined to go to band camp and follow in the footsteps of his musician father, who died years ago. But his mom, a single parent working two jobs, is saving every penny for his older brother's college tuition. So Enly sets out to earn the money for camp on his own, by busking with an obscure instrument he can only kind of play. When someone drops a winning scratch-off lottery ticket into his tip box, Enly thinks it's the answer to his problems—but he'll have to overcome teenage thieves and his own family if he wants to achieve his dreams.
Ensouling Our Schools: A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation (Teaching to Diversity #3)
by Jennifer KatzIn an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the TRC Calls to Action.
Ensouling Our Schools: A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation (Teaching to Diversity #3)
by Jennifer KatzIn an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the TRC Calls to Action.
Enter the Core (Max Tilt #3)
by Peter LerangisMax Tilt thinks his luck is finally changing, thanks to his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne’s unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures. Using the clues Verne left behind, Max and his cousin Alex were able to bottle the magical healing elements needed to cure his mother’s illness just in the nick of time. <p><p> But then Max and Alex discover that the vials were stolen by their former friend, Bitsy. She has plans to use them to save the world—but her plans might be much more deadly than they seem. And so now it’s up to Max and Alex to stop her before it’s too late. <p> Working against the odds, the two kids glean clues from one of Verne’s best-loved books, Journey to the Center of the Earth. In it, they discover a map to their most dangerous destination yet—the very core of the world. And so now the two cousins are off on their most unlikely, most important quest yet—literally to save the world! It’s the final installment of the riveting adventure series from master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis.
Entertaining Science Experiments with Everyday Objects
by Martin GardnerTo Martin Gardner, seeing is not just believing -- it is understanding. This fundamental rule has made him one of the most successful teachers and popularizers of science in America. With the simple instructions in this book and a few commonly available household objects, you or your child can easily learn even the most difficult scientific principles by directly experiencing how they work.Gardner shows you how to re-create classic experiments with easily obtainable objects. Using just a flashlight, a pocket mirror, and a bowl of water, you can demonstrate the color composition of white light just as Newton did 300 years ago. With cardboard, colored paper, and wax paper you can perform "Meyer's experiment" with complementary colors. You need only a playing card, a spool, and a thumbtack to demonstrate Bernoulli's principle of aerodynamics. A soda bottle filled with water, a few paper matches, and a toy balloon elucidate Pascal's law governing pressure in liquids. And two drinking glasses, some matches, and a piece of wet blotting paper re-create a famous experiment, first performed in 1650 in Magdeburg, Germany, that dramatically reveals the force of ordinary atmospheric pressure.In language simple enough to be easily understood by an 11-year-old, yet technically accurate and informative enough to benefit adults, and aided by Anthony Ravielli's clear illustrations, Gardner presents a splendid practical course in basic science and mathematics. While your child perplexes and delights his or her friends with a series of 100 amusing tricks and experiments, he or she is learning the principles of astronomy, chemistry, physiology, psychology, general mathematics, topology, probability, geometry, numbers, optics (light), gravity, static electricity, mechanics, air hydraulics, thermodynamics (heat), acoustics (sound), and inertia. This is a perfect refresher course for adults as well as an ideal introduction to science for youngsters."The experiments ... are all clearly explained and unusually well illustrated." -- Booklist.
Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers
by Ruth AyresIn her moving and personal book Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers. Ruth Ayres weaves together her experience as a mother, teacher, and writer. She explores the power of stories to heal children from troubled backgrounds and offers up strategies for helping students discover and write about their own stories of strength and survival. She shares her own struggles and triumphs and hard-earned lessons from raising a family of four adopted children. Her experience is invaluable to any teacher whose has met children living in poverty, in unstable households, or in fear of abuse. Ayres explores brain research and the ways trauma can change the brain and how encouraging all students to write can help offset some of these effects. She believes that all students benefit from revealing their stories, by communicating information and opinion that allows darkness to turn to light in the lives of children. In the last part of her book she offers up practical suggestions for enticing all writers, regardless of their struggles. Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers invites you on a journey to become a teacher who refuses to give up on any student, who helps children believe that they can have a positive impact on the world, and who—in some cases becomes the last hope for a child to heal.
Entre el suelo y la tierra (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level Q #45)
by Pamela RushbyNIMAC-sourced textbook
Entrepreneurship
by Alex KahanFrom the early days of traders and trappers to today’s global online marketplace, business is the glue that holds our world together. In Entrepreneurship: Create Your Own Business, children learn what it takes to transform a great idea into their own new business. Through plenty of hands-on activities, art and history meet economics and math while young readers gain a solid understanding of how a business works. Kids use familiar resources to develop a business idea of their own, create a presentation for potential investors, and utilize basic cost and price analysis worksheets. The skills they learn by writing a business plan, creating a prototype of an item to sell, designing packaging, and finding ways to advertise their products translate into language, math, and problem-solving skills that are relevant across all subjects. Cartoon illustrations, fun facts, and interviews with successful entrepreneurs make Entrepreneurship entertaining and informative. Supplemental materials include a glossary, list of resources, and an index. Entrepreneurship meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction; Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
Environments
by Lawrence Hall of Science University of California at BerkeleyNIMAC-sourced textbook
Environments
by Lawrence Hall of Science University of California at BerkeleyNIMAC-sourced textbook
Eos the Lighthearted (Goddess Girls #24)
by Joan Holub Suzanne WilliamsGet to know Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, in this twenty-fourth Goddess Girls adventure!
Epic Adventures for Kids 2-Book Collection
by Gordon Korman Ted SandersHere are two epic, adventure-packed novels for middle grade readers, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman and award-winning author Ted Sanders in his first book for younger readers.Masterminds: Action-packed and full of unexpected twists, this new series from Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. In idyllic Serenity, New Mexico, honesty and integrity are valued above all else. The thirty kids who live there never lie--they know it's a short leap from that to the awful problems of other, less fortunate places. Then one day Eli Frieden bikes to the edge of the city limits and something so crazy and unexpected happens, it changes everything.The Keepers: The Box and the Dragonfly: Experience the fantastic adventure filled with magical objects, secret sects, and life as we know it on the line! Mixing magic and physics, Ted Sanders has created an epic story that has the feel of classic fantasy but twists it into something new and innovative. When Horace F. Andrews finds the Box of Promises in the curio shop, he quickly discovers that ordinary-looking objects can hold extraordinary power. From the enormous, sinister man shadowing him to the gradual mastery of his newfound abilities to his encounters with Chloe--a girl who has an astonishing talent of her own--Horace follows a path that puts the pair in the middle of a centuries-old conflict between two warring factions in which every decision they make could have disastrous consequences.