By Gregg Dunnett Billy is eleven years old and lives with his dad, in a cliff top cottage, on a small island off the coast of America. Billy isn’t quite your ordinary boy, he never quite fits in. He would like to be a marine biologist, or a detective, or maybe both! He always has … Continue reading The Things You Find in Rock Pools
Word of the Day – Emblem
Word of the Day : April 30, 2020 emblem noun EM-blum Definition a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lessonan object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting another object or an ideaa symbolic object used as a heraldic devicea device, symbol, or figure adopted and used as an identifying … Continue reading Word of the Day – Emblem
The Suspects
By Katharine Johnson Five graduates decide to get onto the property ladder and buy a house together. They host a New Years Eve party and then not long after discover a body in their basement. They all saw the young man, alive and well at the party, but none claim to have actually known him. … Continue reading The Suspects
Word of the Day – Disingenuous
Word of the Day : April 29, 2020 disingenuous adjective dis-in-JEN-yuh-wuss Definition lacking in candor; also : giving a false appearance of simple frankness : calculating Did You Know? A disingenuous remark might contain some superficial truth, but it is delivered with the intent to deceive or to serve some hidden purpose. Its base word ingenuous (derived from a Latin adjective meaning "native" or … Continue reading Word of the Day – Disingenuous
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