Jim Eldridge verfasst fesselnde Erzählungen für junge Leser, die sich mit den Erfahrungen von Kindheit und Jugend mit Witz und Einblick auseinandersetzen. Sein umfangreiches Werk, das von einer produktiven Karriere als Drehbuchautor für Kinder- und Jugendfernsehen sowie Hörspiele geprägt ist, bietet ansprechende Geschichten, die tief berühren. Eldridge zeichnet sich darin aus, Inhalte zu schaffen, die für sein junges Publikum sowohl unterhaltsam als auch zum Nachdenken anregend sind. Seine Fähigkeit, literarisches Erzählen mit Rundfunkmedien zu verbinden, unterstreicht seine Vielseitigkeit als Schöpfer.
50 Things You Should Know About the First World War is the perfect introduction to a tragic chapter in world history, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
TRENCHES is set in 1917 and is the story of Billy Stevens, a telegraph operator, stationed near Ypres. The Great War has been raging for three years when Billy finds himself taking part in the deadly Big Push forward. But he is shocked to discover that the bullets of his fellow soldiers aren't just aimed at the enemy.
The gripping wartime mystery series by Jim Eldridge.
In this series Eldridge explores crimes in derelict London Underground stations in World War Two.
Why are there pyramids? What does a mummy look like? Introducing beginner readers to the mysteries of ancient Egypt with accurate illustrations, interesting facts and simple text for independent reading.
The thrilling historical whodunnit (MuseumMysteries 9).
1940, London. DI Edgar Coburg and Sergeant Ted Lamson are called in to investigate a murder at the Ritz Hotel.
London, 1896. Madame Tussauds opens to find one of its nightwatchmen decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found. To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren't convinced and Scotland Yard enlists 'The Museum Detectives' Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton to aid the investigation. When the body of the missing nightwatchman is discovered encased within a wax figure, the case suddenly becomes more complex. With questions over the dead men's pasts and a series of bank raids plaguing the city, Wilson and Fenton face their most intricate and dangerous case yet.
30 April 1980, London, England Six heavily armed terrorists take over a London embassy. Twenty-six innocent civilians are taken hostage. A team of SAS troops prepares to storm the embassy, under orders that no innocent blood is to be spilt. In the heat of battle, will they be able to get the hostages out alive? Follow one SAS trooper's story as he is pushed to the limit in a high-risk rescue situation. Based on real-life events, this adrenalin-filled adventure story reveals what it is really like to be a member of the mysterious soldiering elite. Includes: - SAS facts - Training secrets - Siege diagrams
Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies and faces the skill of the German ace pilots over the Somme.
