Recommended English Books

[The Alternative Story]

sleepy:

I don't have a facebook account. Where else can I take a look at the phrases? What's the price?

Hi sleepy,

The price for each extracted phrase from the storybooks is $3. If you are a parent with a child at TAS, it is $2.

You could pm us your email and we can send you an example of some phrases that we have, not the complete extract but a few examples.

TAS

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lizuan76:

Hi The Alternative Story


In the facebooks, i can't see the books that you are selling. Can send me the link, please.

Hi lizuan76,

Sure, the link is http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alternative-Story
You can go to the photo album to view the story books that we have uploaded.

For information on how to purchase the books, we have the information
on the discussion page. Right now, our facebook account is a temporary solution. We are doing up a website that will have all the
information on the books and our classes and programs.

In the meantime, you can go to the facebook account

OR

you can go to our thread in Market Place in the KSP forum-
The Alternative Story: Parents' Workshops & Classes

We will post up our booklist with the prices.

TAS

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Brenda10:

Hi TAS


How do you find this book \"Firesong\" written by William Nicholson ?

Thanks

Hi Brenda10,

The book is alright, it is a fantasy book, a little like Lord of the Rings
in the sense that it is a book about different tribes of people who
are fighting for their homeland and they must sacrifice greatly to achieve
that. Among the characters are a prophetess and some creature who is a
man-woman. It is a story full of mythical creatures.

If your child likes fantasy stories, then she might like this. It seems
a little 'deep' for a primary school kid though. However, if your child
is able to understand the story, then it should not be a problem.

TAS

[The Alternative Story]

Hi sleepy,


We posted some creative writing phrases in our thread-The Alternative Story Parents' Workshops & Classes under Market Place in the KSP forum. You could go there to take a look as well

TAS

[Village Girl]

Hi Thank you for the recommendation. Will expose her to the books.

[Brenda10]

Hi TAS


Thank you for the brief introduction to the book.

It seems that dd has no problem with the book and she is about to finish soon.

Wish you a nice day. :lol:

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Village Girl:

Hi Thank you for the recommendation. Will expose her to the books.

Hi Village Girl,

No problem

TAS

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Brenda10:

Hi TAS

Thank you for the brief introduction to the book.

It seems that dd has no problem with the book and she is about to finish soon.

Wish you a nice day. :lol:

Hi Brenda10,

No problem It seems that she likes fantasy stories and can
digest more challenging material.

Since she likes fantasy stories, has she read Keys to the Kingdom
by Garath Nix?

He is quite a good writer and his fantasy stories are quite gripping.

TAS

[Joy]

Hi TAS


Do u have good books to recommend that is full of suspense,for instance, besides GONE, what other titles would u recommend?

Thank you.

Joy

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Joy:

Hi TAS


Do u have good books to recommend that is full of suspense,for instance, besides GONE, what other titles would u recommend?

Thank you.

Joy

Hi Joy,

We have a number to recommend, we will list out a few first
and continue with the rest as we go on

1) The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B Cooney

In this story, Janie, finds herself looking at a picture of a girl
on a milk carton that she is drinking during her recess break.
That little girl is Janie. On the carton, it says that the little girl
was missing and there is a number to contact.

Janie then begins a journey unravelling the truth about her
life and her family. Is the family she is leaving with her real
one? If so, who is the little girl who looks exactly like her on
the carton? If not, then why is she living with a family that is
not her real one?

This is an intriguing read and it is the first book in a series
to unravel the truth about Janie.

2) Locked in Time by Lois Duncan

Lois Duncan's books are full of suspense but there are some like
'Down a dark hall' that can be eerie. However, Locked in Time
is suspenseful without being too eerie. In this story,
Nore is very excited when her father remarries some time after
her mother's death. However, her step-mother, step-brother
and step-sister are not who they seem to be. Firstly, her
step-mother looks too young to be a mother of teenagers.
Secondly, her step-sister, Josie, keeps making remarks about
the family being 'stuck' and 'time not counting for anything'.

Later on, Nore finds her step-mother's diaries and discover that
her father and her are in grave danger and she must do all she
can to stop her step-family from doing what they have always done.

3) Monster Republic by Ben Horton

In this book, Cameron wakes up from an explosion in a nuclear
power plant to discover that he has been retrofitted with different
body parts and bionic implants. He now has powers he never had
before but he looks like a monster as his whole face and body is
a patchwork of different parts of other bodies and implants.
He discovers that some kids and him have been made into such
'monsters' for a political purpose. Their parents all think they are dead
and now they must find a way to make sure that they are not used
for the evil intent that they were revived for.

Interesting read!

Where to get them: Libraries and bookstores
(The face on the milk carton and Locked in time should be only
available at Borders)

We carry Monster Republic. We will update the booklist with the
price of Monster Republic on the Marketplace thread- The
Alternative Story Parent's wkshops and classes
by this weekend.

Will add on to this collection of suspense books again

TAS