Zusatztext Reluctant or struggling readers will be swept up in the excitement of wanting to see what happens on the next page. Informationen zum Autor Anthony Horowitz was born in 1955 and sent to Orley Farm, a particularly vicious boy's preparatory school in North London, which gave him his first taste of horror. Afterwards he went to Rugby School and York University. He is well known as a screen writer and his work includes Foyle's War, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders, Menace and Agatha Christie's Poirot. He is also the author of the very successful Alex Rider series of YA thrillers. Anthony lives in North London with his wife and two sons, Nicholas and Cassian. "Reluctant or struggling readers will be swept up in the excitement of wanting to see what happens on the next page." -- National Literacy Association 20130601 Full colour, graphic novel adaptions of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories. Zusammenfassung Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain - the hitchhiker. Who is he? And why is he out in a storm? Soon, Jacob has all the answers. Now he has to save his family from this madman, who will stop at nothing until they are all dead. Full colour, graphic novel adaptions of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories.

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Full colour, graphic novel adaptions of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories.

Autorentext

Anthony Horowitz was born in 1955 and sent to Orley Farm, a particularly vicious boy's preparatory school in North London, which gave him his first taste of horror. Afterwards he went to Rugby School and York University. He is well known as a screen writer and his work includes Foyle's War, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders, Menace and Agatha Christie's Poirot.

He is also the author of the very successful Alex Rider series of YA thrillers.

Anthony lives in North London with his wife and two sons, Nicholas and Cassian.

Zusammenfassung

Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain - the hitchhiker. Who is he? And why is he out in a storm? Soon, Jacob has all the answers. Now he has to save his family from this madman, who will stop at nothing until they are all dead.

Full colour, graphic novel adaptions of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories.