The Irish Portal

You are staying with your great uncle when you find a strange old map. Watching the sunrise at an old portal tomb one morning, you throw a stone and make a wish. Instantly, you are transported into the mythological Otherworld. And if you want to escape, you need to find the symbols from the map. Look around you for the clues, and you'll soon escape...

So, just how do you escape?

In the book

• Read the introduction to each chapter, and then read the chapter itself.
• Think about everything you read and see. There are clues everywhere!
• Escape! Use what you've learnt to find the number you need to break out of each situation.

Online

• Interactive quizzes designed to check your understanding of the plot so far.
• Clues: If you need some help, listen to a downloadable clue.

The book also includes

• explanations of new vocabulary activities focused on developing vocabulary
• CLIL content e.g. history, folklore, wfamous people, literature
• Talking points: opportunities to speak
• Find out more: tasks designed to help you learn more about what you have read