In these stories we find many extremes: there are children fighting wars, and children listening to stories. There is a madman taking a horrible revenge, and a loving wife making something beautiful for her dying husband. There are people falling in love, and falling out of These books contain short stories from other Bookworms, and are specially chosen for use with Reading Circles. The Metals and Gems sets offer different progressions through the Bookworms levels: a gentler pace for Metals and a faster pace for Gems.