When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad.

India: A place to stay ; Swapna Kishore -- Malaysia: The silk fan ; Teoh Choon Ean -- South Africa: Meeting Susamatekkie ; Tod Collins -- Singapore: Clean sheets ; Sue Seah -- Canada: Or be killed ; Elise Moser -- Australia: Down south ; Peter James -- Trinidad: An old wife's tale ; Luke Jorsling -- Malaysia: Swamiji's ring ; Ridjal Noor -- Australia: The policy ; Sylvia McNickle -- Nigeria: Anywhere but here ; C.J. Onyia -- Canada: Recycling ; Eleanor Verbicky-Todd -- Singapore: Eclipse ; Lee Jing-Jing -- Nigeria: The one-armed thief ; Kachi A. Ozumba.