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Mirrors: Sparkling New Stories from Prize-winning Authors
Specially commissioned short stories, by prize-winning authors, on the theme of Mirrors.
READERSHIP: 10 -- 14 A collection of new , specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children's books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy Strong, Malorie Blackman, Elizabeth Laird , Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees, Kate Thompson, Paul Stewart, Vivian French, Alan Durant, Annie Dalton in range of genres -- humour, horror, fantasy, traditional, realism and romance.
The collection is aimed at good readers between 10 and 14, and the strength of the stories combined with the excellence of their authors will be certainly be welcomed by teachers, librarians and parents. Edited by Wendy Cooling, a well-known and highly respected figure in the world of education and children's books and the editor of Centuries of Stories.
READERSHIP: 10 -- 14 A collection of new , specially commissioned short stories by some of the finest authors of children's books today: Anne Fine, Berlie Doherty, Leslie Howarth, Mary Arrigan, Gaye Hicilmaz, Jeremy Strong, Malorie Blackman, Elizabeth Laird , Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees, Kate Thompson, Paul Stewart, Vivian French, Alan Durant, Annie Dalton in range of genres -- humour, horror, fantasy, traditional, realism and romance.
The collection is aimed at good readers between 10 and 14, and the strength of the stories combined with the excellence of their authors will be certainly be welcomed by teachers, librarians and parents. Edited by Wendy Cooling, a well-known and highly respected figure in the world of education and children's books and the editor of Centuries of Stories.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Wendy Cooling
71 books1 followerWendy Cooling, a former teacher and Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Book Trust), works as a freelance book consultant, reviewer and editor. She recently put together the successful millennium collection, CENTURIES OF STORIES. Wendy lives in Hertfordshire. (less)
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
July 7, 2025
3.75 ⭐️
It has some good stories like "Rochefault s revenge" which actually caused me some anxiety.
And some which I purely didn't understand like "The girl of silver lake"
Some thought provoking like "The Mirrored garden".
I think that this is a good collection of stories all with the common theme of mirrors and is a good idea for people who read but not binging and so they can read a story daily etc....
I found it good for this reason during exams.
And yes I did just binge the last 6 stories
It has some good stories like "Rochefault s revenge" which actually caused me some anxiety.
And some which I purely didn't understand like "The girl of silver lake"
Some thought provoking like "The Mirrored garden".
I think that this is a good collection of stories all with the common theme of mirrors and is a good idea for people who read but not binging and so they can read a story daily etc....
I found it good for this reason during exams.
And yes I did just binge the last 6 stories
October 5, 2013
A interesting collection of short stories surrounding mirrors. I found these to to quite entertaining and very much provoked the "what if" in my mind on several occasions.
*Lissa
*Lissa
January 2, 2016
Interesting array of short stories. Some quite childish while others were very thought-provoking.
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