... . A parachutist drifts to earth on the signal-fire mountain, dead. Sam and Eric, the twins responsible for watching the fire at night, are asleep and do not see the parachutist land. When the twins wake up, they see the enormous silhouette of his parachute and hear the strange flapping noises it makes. Thinking the island beast is at hand, they rush ... the peak, they can see that they are on an island with no signs of civilization. The view is stunning, and Ralph feels as though they have discovered their own land. As they travel back toward the beach, they find a wild pig caught in a t...

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• Grade Level: High School

... energy from her to him. This is not the way he had "flipped" before but he knows there is something special about Judy. Jack wakes up and finds himself in a land far more beautiful than his Territories. Beside him is a woman much like Judy but more beautiful, Sophie. She takes him to see Parkus, the law of Faraway. He tells Jack ... Black House road has the same affect on the new comers as it did on the bikers, but no dog beast would attack this time. They come to the house. Bad thoughts are coming into the minds of the men, people they had hurt in their past somehow coming back for the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... as Lady Bissop, are supposed to be daughters of Eve' and followers of God, not a Devil's advocate. Just being associated with the Devil is supposed to label a person as being bad. But she isn't totally imbued with evil and the Devil; she said [she] wouldn't be surprised if [she] wasn't the second coming [of Christ], this time in female form'. However ... told her about the rumours that the Church was haunted' and she replied that no doubt the rumours had been put about by property developers who wanted to buy the land. The result is the same; he came to think that she was wonderful too....

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• Grade Level: High School