This collection spans cultures as diverse as South Africa, India, New Zealand and Northern Ireland. The stories enable students to investigate a wider range of genres, compare first and third person accounts, and explore different story structures, as required by the National Curriculum.

Mr Mongoose and Mrs Hen by James Berry

The Loaded Dog by Henry Lawson

Attila by R.K. Narayan

Sredni Vashtar by Saki

First Foot by Janice Galloway

Urban Myths: The Choking Alsatian and The Vanishing Hitchiker

The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty

The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor

The Mirror by Eiko Kadono

Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer

The First of my Sins by Brian Friel

The Guest by Leena Dhingra

Fifty-Fifty Tutti-Frutti Chocolate-Chip by Norman Silver

Two Kinda Truth by Farrukh Dhondy