Pirates, a wolf-fight, kidnap - a thrilling life-and-death story about the first Olympics.The two men were circling each other with all the angry energy of fighting bulls, in front of a crowd that was already wild with excitement. The Pankration was what most of the onlookers had come to Olympia to see; the strongest men in Greece fighting bare-fisted and unarmed, until one of them surrendered, or died. This was blood sport.Nic is on the run; from the plagu...

Tim is the new boy at school. Peggy is walking home one day when she meets Tim with a tomahawk in his hand.Can the Forest Ranger's suspicions be proved?What are Tim and his family really like?Jack Davis has written a funny, warm story of friendship between a boy and a girl whose families seem to have nothing in common ... until danger strikes and forces them to face their prejudices.llustrated by Ellen José.