Adult Farm

After the death of her father, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight is uprooted from her hometown in Maine and sent to live on a farm with her hard-bitten aunt Sue and her hulking, monosyllabic cousin, Book. Immediately, Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover, clashes with Aunt Sue, who mistreats her livestock, fritters away Iris' small inheritance, and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Grief-stricken and alone, Iris finds solace in her aunt’s herd of goats. But when Iris sets two of the young goats free to save them from slaughter, the tensions between her and Aunt Sue come to a frightening and violent head.

In his confession, Ben McCloud told Detective Chief Inspector John Walker about the four murders that took place at Black Hill Farm...but what about the others? There are two sides to every story, and this is Andy's. Andy's Diary is the conclusion of the sinister and frightening events that took place at Black Hill Farm.

This is a full-cast performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling any student to fully understand and appreciate the novel. Orwell's political fable is told from the viewpoint of its key characters, the animals, who are quizzed and questioned about how "some animals are more equal than others" in this vibrant guided drama.

Things get exciting when cousin Caleb visits the farm. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Captain Bob Visits the Farm and experience the compelling world of Farm and Ranch Life young adult fiction.

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is one of the great dystopian novels of it's time and is layered with many different meanings, making it a joy to read and to interpret. Our audio tutorials, written by Aimee Coelho, a passionate English teacher at Millfield School in Somerset and an exam board examiner, will furnish you with everything you need for your GCSE coursework and exam preparation.

When Ace receives a surprise gift from a long-lost relative, he and his amazing grandparents pack up their life in the city and move to the countryside to live on a run-down farm. There's an even bigger surprise in-store for Ace when he tries on some magical new wellies and realises he can talk to animals! He's going to need this new skill to take on the evil Councillor Crabbington, who is determined to shut down the farm.

A talking chicken! Josh knows it sounds ridiculous, but that's just what Semolina is. And she's not just a talking chicken...she's a spirited, sarcastic, sassy talking chicken. And with Josh's mom in the hospital about to give birth to his sister, Josh needs Semolina more than ever, even if she will only talk in front of him. But when Semolina tells him a fox is sneaking into the hen house at night, can Josh get his dad to believe in Semolina before it's too late?

In 1968, Michiko Nishiura Weglyn heard the U.S. attorney general declare on national television that there had never been concentration camps in the United States. Michi was the daughter of Japanese immigrants. In 1942, when she was fifteen, she had been sent to such a camp and imprisoned during World War II along with other Americans of Japanese ancestry. Her family lost everything—but Michi asserted herself as a student leader in high school and, against the wishes of her family, went on to college; then to New York, where she forged a career as a costume designer.

When the neighbors are forced to sell the farm, Chris is desperate to own the cows he has been milking. But Chris' Dad cannot cope with the idea! Then, one moonlit night, Chris sneaks out and follows the cow Petal on a wild rampage to...a mob of motherless cabbage patch babies. Will Chris get to keep his cows? Will he be able to look after this new crop of cabbage patch babies? Will their mothers ever come back?

There's a mean buck sheep on the loose, and Finn gets trapped in no-man's-land between the yard fence and the coal shed. That ram is born to butt and he's after Finn. With his parents in town, city-slicker Uncle Rob is the only adult for miles around. Uncle Rob's initial reaction: "What am I supposed to do about that"? Good clean fun on the farm ain't so much fun with the big bad buck sheep on the prowl.

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