dyslexia Archives - Theresa Breslin

The Traveller

Theresa Breslin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:09:37 +0000

Thrilling mystery from the Carnegie Medal winning author. On a stormy winter’s night an old man sits over his wine cup and tells a tale: of the Lord Aleslan and his evil deeds; of the good wife who could not influence him for the better and died, leaving a son; and of her brother, who stole the child to save it from Aleslan’s evil. And now the son returns…

Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 12+.

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Alligator

Theresa Breslin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:09 +0000

Jono didn’t mean to buy an alligator. It just sort of happened. And now his mum’s going to kill him…if the alligator doesn’t get there first! A hilarious comedy. When Jono’s friend Crusher offers him a rather hungry alligator out of the boot of his car he thinks someone would have to be crazy to buy it. But somehow Jono finds himself as the proud new owner! Now the only question is, how is he going to hide it from his mother? A laugh-out-loud comedy! Particularly suitable for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers of 10+, reading age 7.

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Dream Master Gladiator

Theresa Breslin — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:13:26 +0000

‘Much worse,’ said the Dream Master. ‘This is Triple Trouble.’
‘Triple Trouble Times Ten.’

Every dream has a Dream Master – to control the dream. But Cy has such a vivid imagination that he has met his Dream Master and can travel with him through Time and Space to live his dreams.

It’s Triple Trouble Time, though, when Cy begins a school project on volcanoes. His head is filled with images of the eruption of Vesuvius near Pompeii and suddenly Cy and his Dream Master find themselves held captive in the time of the Romans. Helpless in the doomed city on the eve of its terrible destruction, Cy discovers that captured prisoners must fight for their lives as gladiators…

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Dream Master Nightmare

Theresa Breslin — Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:21:20 +0000

‘We’re in trouble, Twenty Types of Trouble – Double Mixed!’

Every dream needs a master – someone in charge, just like someone telling a story. But when Cy has a go at running his own dream, everything goes horribly wrong. Suddenly Viking invaders are burning down a village, chasing after him with huge axes – and a bossy Saxon princess thinks he is a useless swineherd. His dream is out of control!

Only Cy can sort it out. It’s his dream, his story. And if he fails the bloodthirsty barbarians in his dream could burst through into real life…

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Dream Master (The)

Theresa Breslin — Sun, 01 Aug 1999 10:27:46 +0000

‘There are always rules… I am the Dream Master.
Not you. What I say goes. And I say this dream is gone, so beat it.’

There are good dreams and there are rotten dreams, and once they’re over, they’re over. Or are they?… For one morning, as Cy is about to wake up from a terrific dream about Ancient Egypt, he discovers that he can get back into his dream world. There’s just one problem: the Dream Master, who isn’t used to stroppy boys standing up to him and wanting to break all the rules. And as Cy moves back and forth between the present day and the land of the pharaohs – sorting out all kinds of problems with schoolwork and bullies – dream life and real life become ingeniously intertwined!

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Whispers in the Graveyard

Theresa Breslin — Fri, 25 Feb 1994 12:58:25 +0000

Solomon is full of anger – with the teachers and his father who have failed him, with his mother who has left him, and also with himself. He cannot bear to be at school or home. His refuge is one corner of the kirkyard, where nothing flourishes except a single rowan tree. Then workmen uproot the tree and, as it dies, a terrible force comes to life.

Can Solomon find the strength to fight the ancient and evil power which has been unleashed?

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