Ali Sparkes 6 Books Collection Set (Frozen in Time, Car-Jacked, Wishful Thinking)

Titles in this Set: Frozen in TimeCar-JackedWishful ThinkingDark SummerThunderstruckNight Speakers Condition: BRAND NEWFormat :PaperbackISBN : 9789124249441 Frozen in Time:1956.Freddy and Polly are used to helping their father with his experiments. So they don't mind being put into cryonic suspension - having their hearts frozen until their father wakes them up again. They know it will only be for an hour or two, so there's nothing to worry about . . . Car-Jacked:Jack Mattingly is a genius.He has an IQ of 170.He speaks fluent Mandarin and Latin.And he can calculate the square root of 1,673,549 in his head.But when Jack's parents' car is hi-jacked, with him inside it, for once he's as clueless as the rest of us.The car-jacker doesn't know Jack's in the car - yet. But it's only a matter of time before he's discovered. Wishful Thinking:It's just a regular trip for Kevin, and he comes back with just the regular sorts of things. Some local fudge, a scented candle for his mum . . . and his own personal god. It's Abandinus, a little-known Celtic deity, who has suddenly found a new purpose in his eternal life - sorting out Kevin's. Dark Summer:When Eddie discovers a secret passage in Wookey Hole caves, he just has to find out where it goes.But his amazement quickly turns to horror when he gets lost in the dark. He's underground, on his own, and nobody knows where he is . . . Thunderstruck:What if your new best friend was a ghost? Getting struck by lightning whilst huddling under a tree isn't exactly the way Alisha and Theo would have chosen to get out of sports day . . . Night Speakers:Night after night Elena, Matt, and Tima wake at exactly the same time, with no idea why. It's messing them up and fracturing their lives . . . until they venture out into the dark and find each other. About the Author:Alison Sparkes (born 1966) is a British children's author. She is best known for her Shapeshifter book series.Sparkes previously worked as a journalist for the Southern Daily Echo and for BBC Radio Solent before focusing on writing children's books.She published her first book, Finding the Fox, with Oxford University Press in 2006. It became the first of the six-book Shapeshifter series. Later, she published Out of this World, originally released as Miganium, as a prequel to The Shapeshifter. Her five-book Unleashed series serves as a spin-off/sequel to The Shapeshifter, centered on some of the other Shapeshifter characters.Sparkes has published several books unrelated to The Shapeshifter series, including standalone novels, as well as the Monster Makers, Night Speakers, and S.W.I.T.C.H. series.