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List Of The Shapeshifter Characters
This is a list of characters in '' The Shapeshifter'', a series written by Ali Sparkes about Dax Jones (The Shapeshifter) and his supernatural friends, the Children Of Limitless Abilities, or COLAs. The series features many characters as well as an initial 111 COLAs who are mainly unnamed with the exception of the True 11 and a few others. Main characters Daxesh "Dax" Robert Jones Dax Jones, referred to as just Dax, is the main character of the series and 'The Shapeshifter'. He is one of the last of the COLAs to be found by Owen and the only shapshifter excepting the deceased ' Wolf Boy'. Dax first discovers his powers when locking in a boiling shed surrounded by the smell of white spirit this is a substance known as triple 8 it causes panic . This causes him to shapeshift into a fox, his first form, in order to get his head out the shed and breathe. From then on Dax is The Shapeshifter and it is not long before Owen (one of the COLA club teachers and the man Dax looks up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shapeshifter
''The Shapeshifter'' is a series of books by Ali Sparkes. The series follows the life of a boy named Dax Jones and is primarily set in England, firstly in the Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ... area and later in the Lake District. During the first book, Finding the Fox, Dax discovers his ability to shapeshift into a fox, and is whisked away from his hated stepfamily by the government. Dax is one of a number of Colas (Children of Limitless Ability), young people who possess amazing supernatural powers. Some of his classmates are able to heal, move objects with their mind, communicate with the dead, or see into the future. These children attend a school called Tregarren College in Cornwall, which is later destroyed by a tidal wave, and the children move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586, it is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics known as the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 500 years, OUP has primarily focused on the publication of pedagogical texts a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sparkes
Ali Sparkes (born 1966) is a British children's author. Books Her books include ''The Shapeshifter'' series of 6 books, ''Out of this World'' (a prequel to ''The Shapeshifter'' and first released as ''Miganium''), ''Unleashed,'' a series of 5 books (a spin-off/sequel series of ''The Shapeshifter'', centered on some of the other ''Shapeshifter'' characters), ''Dark Summer'', ''Frozen in Time'', ''Wishful Thinking'', ''Destination Earth'', the ''Monster Makers'' series, and the ''S.W.I.T.C.H'' series. Her debut book '' The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox'' was nominated for the 2007 Bolton Children's Book Award. She has also won two Blue Peter Book Awards: "Book I Couldn't Put Down" and "Book Of The Year", for her book ''Frozen in Time''. Her 2015 novel ''Car-Jacked'' was a 2017 Red House Children's Book Award nominee. Personal life Sparkes is from Southampton and attended Bitterne Park School. She previously worked as a journalist for the ''Southern Daily Echo'' and for BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COLAs (The Shapeshifter)
COLAs appear in The Shapeshifter series of books by Ali Sparkes. "COLA" stands for "Children Of Limitless Ability," a name given in recognition of the children's amazing supernatural powers. There are originally 111 COLAs, including Dax Jones. The birth of each COLA was heralded by bizarre weather phenomena, ranging anywhere from heatwaves to localized blizzards in summer. For reasons outlined below, none of the COLAs' mothers survived beyond the child's fourth birthday. Origins In ''Stirring the Storm'', Dax uses an alien artifact to travel to another planet, where he learns from his aunt, Hessa, that each COLA child is the result of crossbreeding between aliens and humans: For thousands of years, an alliance has existed between 11 alien planets collectively referred to as "The Quorat". The inhabitants of each planet possess various supernatural abilities. About fifteen years prior to the events of ''Stirring the Storm'', the Quorat felt it was time to integrate a twelfth p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True 11
True most commonly refers to truth, the state of being in congruence with fact or reality. True may also refer to: Places * True, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * True, Wisconsin, a town in the United States * True, a List of townlands of County Tyrone, townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland People * True (singer) (stylized as TRUE), the stage name of Japanese singer Miho Karasawa * True (surname) * True O'Brien (born 1994), an American model and actress Arts, entertainment, and media Music Albums * True (Avicii album), ''True'' (Avicii album), 2013 * True (EP), ''True'' (EP), a 2012 EP by Solange Knowles * True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), ''True'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 1996 * True (Roy Montgomery and Chris Heaphy album), ''True'' (Roy Montgomery and Chris Heaphy album), 1999 * True (Mika Nakashima album), ''True'' (Mika Nakashima album), 2002 * True (Spandau Ballet album), ''True'' (Spandau Ballet album), 1983 * True (TrinityRoots album), ''Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Boy
Evan Kuhlman is an American author of children's novels. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Kuhlman attended the University of Notre Dame and worked as a restaurant manager and a reporter. Kuhlman has written for various publications such as '' Glimmer Train'' and the ''Notre Dame Review''. Bibliography Books *''Wolf Boy'' (2006) *''The Last Invisible Boy ''The Last Invisible Boy'' is a 2008 children's novel by Evan Kuhlman. The book was first published in hardback on October 21, 2008 through Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The work follows Finn, a young boy dealing with the sudden death of his ...'' (2008) *''Brother From a Box'' (2012) *Great Ball of light (2015) Plays *''The Bread Man'' Awards *''Short-Story Award for New Writers'' *'' Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch'' (2011, nomination) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhlman, Evan American fiction writers American male writers University of Notre Dame alumni Living people Year of birth missing (li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peregrine Falcon
The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey ( raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest bird in the world, as well as the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a '' National Geographic'' TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is . As is typical for bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telekinetic
Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Psychokinesis experiments have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that psychokinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. Etymology The word ''psychokinesis'' was coined in 1914 by American author Henry Holt in his book ''On the Cosmic Relations''. The term is a compound of the Greek words ψυχή (''psyche'') – meaning "mind", "soul", "spirit", or "breath" – and κίνησις (''kinesis'') – meaning "motion" or "movement". The American parapsychologist J. B. Rhine coined the term '' extra-sensory perception'' to describe receiving information paranormally from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clairvoyant
Clairvoyance (; ) is the magical ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception. Any person who is claimed to have such ability is said to be a clairvoyant () ("one who sees clearly"). Claims for the existence of paranormal and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance have not been supported by scientific evidence.Carroll, Robert Todd. (2003)"Clairvoyance" Retrieved 2014-04-30. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but the existence of the paranormal is not accepted by the scientific community. The scientific community widely considers parapsychology, including the study of clairvoyance, a pseudoscience. Usage Pertaining to the ability of clear-sightedness, clairvoyance refers to the paranormal ability to see persons and events that are distant in time or space. It can be divided into roughly three classes: precognition, the ability to perceive or predict future events, retrocognition, the ability to see pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowser
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in Germany ''alone'' can generate a conservatively-estimated annual revenue of more than 100 million DM (US$50 million)"''GWUP-Psi-Tests 2004: Keine Million Dollar für PSI-Fähigkeiten'' (in German) an. gravesites, malign "earth vibrations" and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. It is also known as divining (especially in water divining), doodlebugging (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum or treasure) or (when searching for water) water finding, or water witching (in the United States). A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones—individually called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: ''virgula divina'' or ''baculus divinatorius''), vining rod, or witching rod—are sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrokinetic
Pyrokinesis is the purported psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis. Many alleged cases are hoaxes, the result of trickery. Etymology The word ''pyrokinesis'' (Greek language: pyr=fire, kinesis=movement) was popularized by horror novelist Stephen King in his 1980 novel '' Firestarter'' to describe the ability to create and control fire with the mind, though its use predates the novel. The word is intended to be parallel to ''telekinesis'', with S. T. Joshi describing it as a "singularly unfortunate coinage" and noting that the correct analogy to telekinesis would "not be 'pyrokinesis' but 'telepyrosis' (fire from a distance)". History A. W. Underwood, a 19th-century African-American, achieved minor celebrity status with the purported ability to set items ablaze. Magicians and scientists have suggested concealed pieces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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