Seize the Fire

Relevant and motivating short stories particularly suitable for reluctant readers and boys, containing ghosts, war, football, science fiction, multicultural and pre-1914 stories.

Each story falls into one of five categories ensuring there is material to appeal to all boys, and a match to the new Key Stage 3 Curriculum.

Stories include Under the Ice, John Gordon; Mayday!, Redvers Branding; Deserter, Anthony Masters; Gifts from the Sea, Robert Westall; Going Up, Robert Swindells; Charlotte’s Wanderers, John Goodwin; Seize the Fire, Mary Hoffman; Rats, M.R. James; The Speckled Brand, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.