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used in the previous In addition for RT:
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going to for future; all, every; etc; order of past with ever, never; Infinitives
comparison of adjectives adjectives. after verbs and adjectives; Gerunds
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can’t (logical necessity). Participle; reported Present Perfect Should(n’t) have, ought + would; will to describe
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reference); used to: past introduced by precise Inversion of had in 2nd and
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Dorothy The Enormous Turnip The Gingerbread Man

Paola Traverso Retold by Ruth Hobart Jennifer Gascoigne
EARLYREADS EARLYREADS EARLYREADS
Every night, Dorothy delivers A farmer plants a turnip seed One day Grandma makes a
dreams – to adults, children and and overnight it grows into an gingerbread man for tea but,
even pets. Usually everyone enormous turnip! But, even when he is cooked, he jumps
gets the dream they want, but though he and his family pull and off the table and runs away.
one dark night Dorothy can’t pull, they can’t pull the turnip He doesn’t want to be eaten!
see, and she delivers the wrong out of the ground. Read how, Grandma, Grandpa and Billy and
dreams… But in this delightful, in this retelling of a delightful all the animals he passes try
original tale everything ends tale, a little mouse makes a big to catch him, but he runs too
happily as a chorus of cats difference, and everyone enjoys fast for them. Unfortunately,
comes to the rescue! an enormous turnip meal. he doesn’t know how to swim!

ORIGINAL CLASSIC CLASSIC
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The Star The Sun and the Wind A Trip to the The Ugly Duckling
and the Colours Aesop Safari Park Retold by Ruth Hobart
Paola Traverso Adapted by Paola Traverso Gigliola Pagano
EARLYREADS EARLYREADS EARLYREADS EARLYREADS
A very curious star wants to Two children are playing with A class of young South African This little duckling is different
know what the sun is like. When their sheep and the dog. Behind schoolchildren go on a trip from the other ducklings.
the moon calls the stars to go the clouds the wind and the sun to a safari park. They have Everyone laughs at him, animals
to bed, she hides under a cloud are having an argument. The been looking forward to it and and humans alike, and only his
and waits. Little by little the wind thinks he’s strong, but the they can hardly contain their mum loves him. But when spring
sun comes out and a world of sun thinks he’s stronger. When enthusiasm, so their teacher has comes, he sees his reflection in
colourful things appears. The star they see the children with their to be very patient! They have the water, and… what a change
loves what she sees and every coats on they decide to compete a lot of laughs and a lot of fun, has taken place!
time she discovers a new colour to take their coats off. The wind but they also manage to learn
she sings a magic song because blows and blows. something!
she wants to become coloured.
Nothing seems to change, but
in the end the star gets a great
surprise.

ORIGINAL CLASSIC ORIGINAL CLASSIC
Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure Fairy tale & Fantasy
Book + audio 550 words Book + audio 550 words Book + audio 550 words Book + audio 550 words
978-88-530-1201-2 32 p. 978-88-530-1628-7 32 p. 978-88-530-0886-2 32 p. 978-88-530-0494-9 32 p.
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1-2-3 4 5
Pre-A1 Early-A1 A1
Henny Penny Little Red Riding Hood

Retold by Emily Flynn Retold by Ruth Hobart
EARLYREADS EARLYREADS
Henny Penny is going to the A modern-looking girl on the way

village when a big acorn falls on to her grandmother meets an
her head from an oak tree. She old-fashioned wolf in the woods.
thinks that the sky is falling and But there’s a happy ending. The
she runs to tell the king. Along girl, her grandmother and a
the road she meets Cocky Locky, wood-cutter all have tea together,
Ducky Lucky and other animal while the wolf runs away, scared
friends. They all join her, while but still alive!
the fox is waiting for them in the
wood. He’s hungry and he wants
to eat the animals. But, at
the last moment, something
unexpected happens…This
version of the traditional tale
ends in a different and quite
surprising way.

CLASSIC CLASSIC
Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy
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PRIMARY
1-2-3
Pre-A1
The Mad Teacher The Magic Pot Miss Grace Green and Mowgli learns to swim
Cristina Ivaldi Emily Flynn the Clown Brothers Ruth Hobart
Paola Traverso
Teachers are often rather strange Maggie is very poor and has little The four little clown fish just When Mowgli meets the tiger
people, particularly English to eat, but fortunately she meets love swimming and playing, Shere Khan and isn’t able to
teachers! They repeat the same an old woman that gives her a although they are afraid of three cross the river to escape, he
words and ask children to say magic pot. All Maggie needs to particularly big, bad fish! But realises that he must learn to
and do absurd things. This do is to say special words and help is at hand in the shape of swim. With a little help from his
teacher, however, is not just a bit the pot cooks a delicious soup. Miss Grace Green. This delightful friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi
strange, he is really mad... raving When Maggie and her mum are story also shows us how life is and the others, Mowgli discovers
mad! hungry, they can have soup, a lot so much better when we live that swimming isn’t so difficult
By the end of the story children of soup! One day, while Maggie is together. after all!
will realise that a mad teacher out, something goes wrong. The
can be better than a sane and magic pot cooks and cooks and
boring one! it doesn’t stop. The soup goes all
over the kitchen, the house, the
garden! Will Maggie arrive in time
and stop the pot?

ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL CLASSIC
Adventure Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure
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Pre-A1 Early-A1 A1
The Owl’s Song Rapunzel The Scarecrow

Paola Traverso Retold by Ruth Hobart and the Sunflower
Paola Traverso
Every early morning A witch takes Rapunzel away Chris is a scarecrow who lives
the little birds in the wood fly from her parents when she is in a cornfield. It’s summer, he’s
everywhere to wake their animal a small child. When Rapunzel hot and thirsty and nobody can
friends up. One day a big brown grows into a beautiful young help him. The bees, the ants and
owl comes. He wants to join the woman the witch locks her in a the lizards are very busy. Finally
little birds but they do not want tower in the forest! However, the autumn comes and then winter.
him, because they say he is too story ends happily with Rapunzel The scarecrow is cold and feels
big and ugly and he can’t sing. reunited with her parents and alone. He sleeps for a long time
The poor owl hides inside an old then marrying a prince! and when he wakes up there
black tree. But the night comes is a yellow flower near him. It’s
again and… fairies arrive. It’s a sunflower and can do magic
time for the owl to sing his song. things.
He sings beautifully! The fairies
start dancing and the night
becomes magic!

ORIGINAL CLASSIC ORIGINAL
Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tales
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Bugaboo Cinderella The Jungle Book

The Wicked Witch Retold by Ruth Hobart Rudyard Kipling
Cristina Ivaldi Adapted by Gaia Ierace
This is a story about a wicked Poor Cinderella! She has to do all This delightfully illustrated
witch who is so silly that she is the housework, and her sisters story, loosely based on Kipling’s
actually harmless! However, she won’t take her to the ball! But The Jungle Book, will introduce
becomes extremely dangerous thanks to a fairy godmother – children to Mowgli as a baby
when a blow to her head turns and her pets! – she does go to and watch him grow up in the
her into a good witch… There is the ball. There, the Prince falls in jungle with the wolf family. His
nothing worse than a very silly love with her, but will he find her teachers, Baloo the bear and
person who wants to do good, again? Bagheera the panther, will teach
particularly if she has magic Mowgli a number of important
powers! things about surviving in the
jungle.

Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure
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Pre-A1 Early-A1 A1
The Little Mermaid Maggie and Max Visit Monster in the Box
Retold by Judith Percival the Haunted Castle Cristina Ivaldi
Gabriella Coates
The little mermaid lives in a It’s a lovely summer day. Max Bullies at school pick on Bobo,
magical, beautiful world at the and Maggie decide to go and who is a bit small for his age.
bottom of the sea, but she wants visit the castle on the hill near Not to worry, for Bobo is a
to see what the world above is the town. Everybody says it’s resourceful young lad with
like. When she goes up she falls a haunted castle but Maggie a few surprises of his own,
in love with a human. What will doesn’t believe it. Max thinks and he soon teaches the bullies
the little mermaid have to do to that castles are perfect homes a lesson!
be able to have a life in the world for ghosts and he is not sure that
above with the man she loves? he wants to go.
When they are in the castle lots
of strange things happen! First
it’s only Max who sees funny
faces and people moving in
the pictures on the walls but
then Maggie starts feeling a bit
worried, too.

CLASSIC ORIGINAL ORIGINAL
Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure Adventure
978-88-530-0918-0 32 p. 978-88-530-1265-4 32 p. 978-88-7754-455-1 32 p.
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Pre-A1
The Musicians Peter and the Wolf

of Bremen Retold by Ruth Hobart
Retold by Paola Traverso
EARLYREADS EARLYREADS
A donkey decides to leave his Peter’s grandfather warns him

master and go to Bremen, the about going into the forest: it’s
town of music. Along the way still winter, so the wolves are
other animals join in: a dog, a cat hungry! But of course, Peter
and a cock. They all want to go to doesn’t listen... This version of
Bremen and become musicians. the much-loved Russian tale
It’s night, the road is long and ends in a way that that will
they are hungry... surprise and delight all readers!

CLASSIC CLASSIC
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Pre-A1 Early-A1 A1
Aesop’s Fables Dracula and his Family Festivals! Frankenstein

Retold by Ruth Hobart Gaia Ierace Ruth Hobart at School
Gaia Ierace
In three stories three characters This is the ‘ordinary’ life of Count Some festivals are popular all A team of scientists headed
teach us lessons: the tortoise Dracula, his wife Felicia, their over the world. Festivals! tells by none other than Doctor
‘slowly but surely’ wins the race; three children, Adam, Eve and children how Christmas, Easter, Frankenstein creates a tender-
the mouse becomes a ‘great little Brian, and their butler, Roman Halloween and other festivities hearted monster, who a group of
friend’ to the mighty lion; the Blenski. are celebrated in many countries nosy children find in the school
country mouse prefers the quiet of the world. lab.
life back home to the luxury – The young readers are
and dangers – of the town. encouraged to use manual skills
to colour in, cut out, glue on
and create fun decorations and
greetings cards.

CLASSIC ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL
Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure Festivals Adventure
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4
Early-A1
Freddy Finds the Thief Halloween Holiday The Magic The Nightingale
Victoria Heward Ruth Hobart Computer Mouse Hans Christian Andersen
Nella Burnett-Stuart, Liz Taylor Adapted by Paola Traverso
When the Queen’s golden harp It’s Halloween and the Beast Martin, who is very good The Emperor of China invites the
disappears nobody knows where family receive a very special at English, goes to see his nightingale of the forest to stay
to look or what to do. The King invitation from Dracula. Follow penfriend in London. He doesn’t at court. She sings beautifully
offers 500 gold pieces to the them on their adventures as they fly there, or take a coach or and everyone loves her. Things
person who can find it. Clever fly across Europe to Dracula’s catch a train… he arrives there change when a colourful artificial
Freddy is the only one who has castle in Transylvania. Find out magically by computer. bird arrives in the palace. The
the answer and can find the thief. what happens when they get nightingale is not longer the
lost in the forest and all the fun favourite and flies away. All of a
they have at Dracula’s amazing sudden the Emperor is not well
Halloween party! and realizes that what he needs
is that beautiful, real singing. Will
the nightingale ever be back?

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Puss in Boots Sleeping Beauty Space Monsters

Retold by Judith Percival Retold by Catherine E. White Cristina Ivaldi
Daniel is a poor young man The King and Queen are proud Not all aliens are bad. However,
who is in love with the beautiful of their baby daughter, Princess being friends with a kind alien
Princess Caroline. To make Aurora, and they invite everyone may have its negative side too!
matters worse, he lives in a to a party, including the Flower Especially if it might all be a
village which is terrorised by an Fairies. But one of the Fairies dream.
Ogre. But Daniel’s cat comes to puts a curse on Aurora, and
the rescue, and finds a way of despite the King’s precautions,
both getting rid of the Ogre and on her sixteenth birthday she
bringing Daniel and the Princess meets an old lady in a tower
together… in the castle…

CLASSIC CLASSIC ORIGINAL
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Aladdin Ali Baba and the Forty The Canterville Ghost

Retold by Ruth Hobart Thieves Oscar Wilde
Retold by Catherine E. White Adapted by Gaia Ierace
A magician tricks Aladdin, but Ali Baba’s life changes on the When the American Otis family
when Aladdin rubs an old lamp day he sees forty thieves hiding move to their new house in
a genie comes out, and life is their treasure in a secret cave England, interesting things begin
never the same again, for him or and hears the thieves’ leader say to happen – especially when
his mum! Despite the magician’s the words ‘Open Sesame’ to get they meet Mr Ghost!
plots, Aladdin manages to keep into the cave. But before Ali and
the magic lamp… and the his family can enjoy the riches,
beautiful princess! Ali finds there are many dangers
they have to face…

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Nasreddin Snow White Zed the Magician

Ten Stories and the Seven Dwarfs Nella Burnett-Stuart, Liz Taylor
Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne Retold by Catherine E. White
Nasreddin does and says some Snow White’s life is in danger A lively mystery story involving a
strange things. Why does he look when her father marries again magician called Zed, some daring
for his key in the garden when he and his new wife, Queen Bella, schoolchildren and a crime to
lost it in the house? Why does becomes terribly jealous of be solved. Readers follow the
he weigh his cat? Why does he Snow White’s beauty. But Queen adventure, read the clues and
invite a beggar onto his roof? But Bella’s plans fail, and Snow White find out how the friends uncover
perhaps Nasreddin is cleverer finds safety at the cottage of the the mystery.
than we first think! Read this seven dwarfs before becoming
collection of ten amusing stories reunited with her father.
and decide!

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Alice’s Adventures Anne of Green Gables Bathsheba the Witch Beauty and the Beast
in Wonderland Lucy M. Montgomery Jane Elizabeth Cammack Jeanne-Marie Leprince
Lewis Carroll Adapted by Sally M. Stockton de Beaumont
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
Alice follows the White Rabbit Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather A rich man suddenly becomes
down a rabbit hole and finds want a boy from the orphanage Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, poor and he goes to live in
herself in the magical world to help them on their farm, but on top of a high mountain the country with his children.
of Wonderland, where anything the orphanage sends them Anne, near the village of Sunnyville. One day he goes to the city on
can happen. a funny little girl with long red The people in the village don’t business. His daughter, Beauty,
Dossiers: hair who gets up to all kinds of know about Bathsheba. Her only wants a rose.
A Drink Called Tea; A Real Queen adventures. What can Matthew life is peaceful until one day On his way back the man takes
and Marilla do? Find out how she goes down to the village a rose from the garden of a
Anne makes their lives happier, and meets some of the people castle. But the owner of the
and wins their hearts… there, including a very special castle, a beast, becomes angry
Dossiers: soldier… and demands something in
Canada and its Wildlife; Nova Dossiers: exchange…
Scotia Witches; The Weather in Great Dossiers:
Britain; Potions Castles, Flowers; ‘Beauty and
the Beast’ in Films and at the
Theatre

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Black Beauty Five Children and It The Ghost Ship

Anna Sewell E. Nesbit of Bodega Bay
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Cheryl Thompson Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
Black Beauty, a handsome Five children go on holiday When Kate and Mike Sullivan
and intelligent horse, lives in and discover a sand fairy near invite their friend Carlos to
Victorian England on a peaceful their home! The sand fairy sail to the Farallon Islands on
farm with a wonderful master. is an unusual creature that their father’s new boat, The
But his life changes when he is grants wishes, and this is just Pelican, they expect to see the
sold to different masters. the beginning of an incredible fascinating birds and animals
Published in 1877, Black Beauty adventure for them. which live there. But this exciting
is an unforgettable classic for The children go from one exciting boat trip on the Pacific Ocean
readers of all ages. adventure to another until things turns into a night of horror when
Dossiers: become complicated… ghastly ghosts from the past
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The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant The Jungle Book
Oscar Wilde Rudyard Kipling
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Kelly Reinhart
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE
Why is the Happy Prince sad? How can a little swallow help him? Mowgli, a baby boy, is raised
Find out how kindness and true friendship can change the lives of the by a family of loving wolves
people in the Prince’s city. in India. Bagheera, the panther,
Why is it always winter in the Giant’s garden? Why can’t the children and Baloo, the bear, teach him
play there? Find out what happens when the Selfish Giant becomes the laws of the jungle.
generous and invites the children to his garden. The adventure begins!
Dossiers:
Let’s Meet Some of the Animals
Dossiers: Dossiers: in the Story; India
Birds; Gardens; Flowers and Global Warming and the
others Environment; Precious Stones;
Biirds and Migration
LIFE SKILLS
care; generosity; kindness;
happiness; change

Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tales Adventure
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Just So Stories The Lighthouse The Nutcracker Peter Pan

Rudyard Kipling Ghost E.T.A. Hoffmann J.M. Barrie
Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
Rudyard Kipling surprises us Megan and Alex live in beautiful One Christmas Eve in Join Wendy, John and Michael
again with these five tales from Caravel Cove, but one day 19th-century Nuremberg Uncle as they fly off to Neverland with
the animal kingdom. Have you something terrible happens: Drosselmeyer arrives with Peter Pan, where incredible
ever wondered why elephants hundreds of dead fish are on presents for everyone and adventures await them. Meet
have such long noses and why the beach! No one knows why. Clara gets a nutcracker. That the Lost Boys in their secret
leopards have spots? Do you Strange things are happening night Clara discovers that her underground home and swim
know why kangaroos hop around at the old lighthouse. Is Black nutcracker is much more than with the lovely mermaids in
Australia? Find out how a clever Barney’s ghost back? What does a toy. Together they go to the Mermaids’ Lagoon. But watch out
young sailor tricked a whale and old Mr Johnson really know? magic Land of Sweets! But on for cruel Captain Hook and his
meet many other characters. Megan, Alex and their friend Christmas morning there is pirates...
Dossiers: Steve start to investigate and the another surprise for her… Dossiers:
Animals in Australia; Whales truth is shocking! Dossiers: London; Fairies and their Magic;
Dossiers: The ballet of ‘The Nutcracker’ The Great Ormond Street Hospital
Maine; Lighthouses in Maine; for Children; The Darling Home
Keep our oceans clean!

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Fairy tale & Fantasy Adventure Fairy tale & Fantasy Fairy tale & Fantasy
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Pinocchio Sandokan The Secret Garden

Carlo Collodi Emilio Salgari Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
The world’s most famous puppet Sandokan and his pirates rule Life with her uncle is uneventful
comes to life in this beautifully the Malaysian Sea in the 1840s, for bad-tempered Mary Lennox
illustrated book. Meet Pinocchio and the British want to capture until one day she finds a secret
and join him as he gets into and him. One day he meets Marianna, garden.
out of all kinds of trouble. Laugh Lord James’s young niece, and Then Mary meets her cousin
at his incredible adventures, they are immediately attracted Colin, an invalid, who is confined
admire his courage and find out to each other. to bed. With Mary and Dickon’s
how he finally becomes a real Their love is impossible, but help Colin goes out into the
boy... Sandokan and his friend Yanez secret garden and discovers the
Dossiers: make a daring plan to take meaning of true friendship and
Tuscany; Great Amusement Parks Marianna away from her uncle. happiness.
Dossiers: Dossiers:
Pirates; Kuala Lumpur; East English Gardens
Malaysia

Adventure Adventure Human interest
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The Secret The Tempest The Wind

of the Stones William Shakespeare in the Willows
Victoria Heward Adapted by Victoria Heward Kenneth Grahame
Adapted by Rebecca Raynes
Twins Max and Laura spend Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives This classic story, set in the
an exciting summer in a small on a lonely island with his English countryside, features
village near Stonehenge. A daughter Miranda, Caliban (a the lovable characters Rat, Mole,
mysterious symbol, their uncle’s monster) and Ariel (a magic Toad and Badger. When Mole
old book of codes and secrets, spirit). He learns to do magic decides to leave his underground
strange people looking for a and he wants to punish his bad home and meets Rat, he
secret and much more. The two brother, Antonio. He creates a discovers a completely new
young and brave ‘detectives’ magic storm – a tempest. All the world on the river bank and the
will be involved in many exciting people on Antonio’s ship land Wild Wood. And Toad’s passion for
adventures. on Prospero’s island and many fast cars leads them on a series
Dossiers: strange things happen to them. of adventures…
Welcome to Stonehenge; Dossiers: Dossiers:
Symbols Famous Shipwrecks; Magic and Animals in Winter
Magicians

Mystery & Horror Human interest Adventure
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Zorro!

L. Frank Baum Johnston McCulley
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE
An exciting adventure starts when a cyclone blows Dorothy and Read about the daring
Toto up into the sky and to the magic Land of Oz. Here they meet adventures of Zorro, the
the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion, and together they legendary masked hero of
share incredible adventures, learn the value of true friendship and Spanish California. He is a
understand the importance of keeping promises. A story that you will champion of justice and an
never forget! expert with the sword. He is
invincible as he defies corrupt
politicians and defends the
Dossiers: Dossiers: oppressed.
Cyclones; Kansas Extreme weather; Kansas; Dossiers:
Wizard - the musical Spanish California; California
today
LIFE SKILLS
bravery; kindness; hope;
honesty; friendship

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Akron House Mystery Alarm at

Mark Twain Gina D.B. Clemen Marine World!
Adapted by Sally M. Stockton Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
Tom Sawyer lives on the great Mississippi River. Join him and his Carol and Steve Taylor move into Megan and Alex live in sunny
friend Huck Finn when they start looking for exciting and dangerous an old, mysterious house which Florida and have an exciting
adventures in graveyards, on islands, in haunted houses and in hides many secrets. Carol hears summer job at the Marine World
mysterious caves… Tom will always surprise you and make you laugh! footsteps at night, Steve finds an Aquarium. Their friend Steve
old love letter from the American joins them. When three dolphins
Dossiers: Dossiers: Civil War and the people in town mysteriously disappear from
The One-room School; Missouri Missouri, the door to the West; hear a woman crying in the night. the aquarium and no one knows
Native American Indians Who is trying to give them a why, the three friends decide to
message and why? Carol, Steve investigate… but it’s almost too
LIFE SKILLS and their friend Halim solve an late because time is running out!
honesty; intelligence; incredibly difficult and touching Dossiers:
responsibility; resilience; mystery. Florida; Dolphins and other
freedom Dossiers: cetaceans; Amazing American
The American Civil War; The Aquariums
Lewis and Clark Expedition;
Thanksgiving

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Adventure Adventure Mystery & Horror Adventure
978-88-530-1091-9 80 p. 978-88-530-1629-4 80 p. 978-88-530-1204-3 80 p. 978-88-530-1936-3 80 p.
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Alaska Adventure! All Creatures NEW! Alien Alert in Seattle The Black Arrow
Gina D.B. Clemen Great and Small Gina D.B. Clemen Robert Louis Stevenson
James Herriot Adapted by George Gibson
Adapted by Alex Raynham
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING GREEN APPLE
Karen and Justin want to In 1937, a young vet called There has been a UFO sighting Set in 15th-century England, this
celebrate Thanksgiving with James Herriot gets a job in in the Cascade mountains is the exciting story of Richard
their family, but their plans Britain’s wild, windy Yorkshire near Seattle, Washington, and Shelton and the band of the
change when an earthquake Dales. He meets kicking cows, everyone is excited. But no one Black Arrow.
hits Alaska. Their dad, who’s a biting dogs and angry horses, believes there could possibly Sir Daniel is like a father to
petroleum engineer, must fly to but he finds love too and be an alien in town, until Karen, Richard, but one day Richard
Alaska to prevent a disaster on becomes a real Yorkshireman. Barbara and Walter notice that discovers a terrible truth from
the pipeline. Karen and Justin Dossiers: one of the teachers at their the past. Now he must fight
join him in Alaska. When their Farming in the UK, then and high school is behaving very against Sir Daniel and his men.
dad is stranded at the Arctic now; Visit the beautiful Yorkshire strangely. Can Richard and the band of
Circle during a blizzard, who can Dales! Dossiers: the Black Arrow bring justice to
possibly rescue him? Introduction to Seattle; The England?
Dossiers: LIFE SKILLS trust; kindness; solar system, UFOs; American Dossiers:
Alaska; Energy and Environment; empathy; love; loyalty; care; teenagers and High School The Wars of the Roses and others
The Greatest Race on Earth commitment; resilience;
happiness

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The Bottle Imp British and American The Canterville Ghost A Christmas Carol
Robert Louis Stevenson Festivities Oscar Wilde Charles Dickens
Adapted by Patrizia Caruzzo Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS
Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, Why do we celebrate Halloween? A rich American family decides to Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t like
is offered the opportunity to What do people do to celebrate buy a haunted house in England. Christmas, and he doesn’t like
buy a bottle containing an imp the New Year? Why is the egg a They certainly don’t believe in people. He’s a cold, hard man.
which will grant all his wishes. symbol of Easter? Who invented ghosts until they meet Sir Simon He only loves money! But on
However, the bottle must, from the Christmas card? This unique – the 300-year old ghost with Christmas Eve something
then on, be resold for a price book explores the origins of a frightening reputation, who happens: some ghosts visit
lower than what he paid for our festivities, their historical takes his job very seriously. All him! They show him his life and
it, or he will be condemned to significance, and how we kinds of bizarre things happen a possible future. Will he learn
live out the rest of his days in celebrate them today. at Canterville Chase, until young anything from the ghosts?
excruciating torment. Virginia meets Sir Simon… Dossiers:
Dossiers: Dossiers: London in Dickens’s Time; Great
Captain Cook; Hawaii Oscar Wilde in America; The Victorian Writers; Christmas
Times of Oscar Wilde; Famous Around the World
Ghosts
LIFE SKILLS hope; generosity;
kindness; care; love

CLASSIC ORIGINAL CLASSIC CLASSIC
Mystery & Horror Festivals Mystery & Horror Human interest
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The Extraordinary The Great Adventure Great British Writers Great Expectations
Miss Sunshine at Yellowstone Derek Sellen Charles Dickens
Jane Elizabeth Cammack Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Derek Sellen
GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE READING & TRAINING DISCOVERY GREEN APPLE
Some children at The Fairbrother Karen, Sally and Alex are three Who was a spy for Queen Pip, a poor young boy, receives
Academy don’t want to teenagers who take a camping Elizabeth I’s secret service? amazing news. Someone has
learn. They like to push their trip at Yellowstone National Which writer kept a bear in given him a vast amount of
classmates in the playground Park. Two of the park’s wolves his room at Cambridge? Who money and wants to make
and call them bad names. Alice are missing and the three teens wrote poems about the Easter him a gentleman. Who is his
is unhappy when she starts decide to look for them. Their Revolution in Ireland? Follow mysterious benefactor? Is it Miss
secondary school, but when trip becomes an exciting, yet the fascinating lives of some Havisham, the strange lady who
Miss Sunshine hears about dangerous adventure when they of the most important British lives in an old house with the
the problems, she drives to the meet a hungry grizzly bear, an novelists, poets and playwrights beautiful Estella? Life is full of
academy, determined to help. angry mountain lion and a herd from Shakespeare to Graham surprises...
Dossiers: of bison... Greene, and discover more about Dossiers:
Schools in England; Mindfulness Dossiers: different periods of literature in Ladies and Gentlemen;
Yellowstone National Park, British history. Transportation to Australia
LIFE SKILLS friendship; love; Wolves; Wyoming: the Cowboy Dossiers:
kindness; happiness; confidence State; The animals at Yellowstone Writers and Places; Writers and
Films

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Human interest Adventure Personalities Human interest
Book + audio 4320 words Book + audio 6094 words Book + audio Book + audio 3946 words
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Great Lives Home for Christmas I Want To Be You

Outstanding People of the Andrea M. Hutchinson Andrea M. Hutchinson
English-Speaking World
Jane Cammack
GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING GREEN APPLE
Jesse Owens, Katherine Three young women need to Holly and Rosie are cousins but
Johnson, Sir David Attenborough, get to London from Ireland in they are very different. When
Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen time for Christmas. When all the school basketball team
Hawking, Meryl Streep, Bill Gates, flights are cancelled, they are fails to win the championship
J.K. Rowling. forced to share a car and make because Holly misses a penalty,
Eight great lives. How did they the journey by road. They have Holly discovers just how
overcome difficulties to make to decide together what to do cruel her cousin can be. Holly
their dreams come true? when they find a briefcase full always thought that Rosie had
Discover their lives and let them of money. Then they realise that everything; lots of friends and
inspire you. a car is following them… lots of money to buy lots of
Dossiers: Dossiers: designer clothes. But then she
Pen Names; The Film Industry The Emerald Isle; Indians in meets an old lady at a fair and
Britain soon finds out that things aren’t
LIFE SKILLS resilience; always what they seem…
bravery; perseverance; passion; Dossiers:
generosity Travelling Funfairs

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Biography Adventure Human interest
978-88-530-2047-5 96 p. 978-88-530-0542-7 80 p. 978-88-530-1092-6 80 p.
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The Last Unicorn Legends Little Lord

Jane Elizabeth Cammack from the British Isles Fauntleroy
Retold by Deborah Meyers Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS
It is the summer holidays and Enjoy four popular legends What happens when a poor
Megan’s mother is very ill. She from England, Ireland, Scotland young boy from New York City
has to stay with her uncle on the and Wales that tell us about a suddenly finds himself in a
Isle of Skye in Scotland, but she girl who makes friends with a beautiful English castle with a
doesn’t want to go. unicorn, a wizard who casts rich and angry old grandfather?
It is quiet, too quiet, until terrible spells, a king who hides Will he be able to become an
Megan meets Ben, her uncle’s a strange secret and a prince’s English lord? An exciting story
neighbour, and sees a silvery loyal dog… all unforgettable! of how love, friendship and
unicorn. The unicorn has woken Dossiers: kindness can change people.
from its long sleep and it is Haunted Castles in Scotland; Dossiers:
Megan who has woken him… Man’s Best Friend Children in Victorian Times; From
Dossiers: New York City to London!
The Isle of Skye; Clans, Kilts
and Tartan; Scottish Music LIFE SKILLS kindness;
friendship; strength; care;
empathy

Fairy Tale & Fantasy Legend Human interest
978-88-530-1093-3 80 p. 978-88-530-0618-9 96 p. 978-88-530-2048-2 80 p.
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Little Women London The Lost Treasure

Louisa May Alcott Gina D.B. Clemen of Bodega Bay
Gina D.B. Clemen
Adapted by Kelly Reinhart Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING DISCOVERY GREEN APPLE
The March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – are growing up in How many different languages Kate, Mike and Carlos go on
19th-century America, and they have hopes, dreams and exciting plans are spoken in London? What’s another trip to Bodega Bay near
for their future. This is a story about how friendship, kindness and love the Square Mile all about? How San Francisco, where more than
can make dreams come true and bring happiness to everyone. did Piccadilly get its name? Book a year ago they found a pirate’s
a seat in a haunted theatre and old treasure map. An incredibly
enjoy the show! exciting and dangerous
Get to know this sensational city adventure awaits them as they
Dossiers: Dossiers: starting from its glorious history follow a mysterious clue and go
The American Civil War and Global Warming and the all the way to its captivating on a treasure hunt to find a lost
others Environment; Precious Stones; present. Discover the magic that treasure from centuries ago.
Biirds and Migration is London! Dossiers:
Dossiers: Sharks; Pirates
LIFE SKILLS love; honesty; London and its Writers; London;
sharing; responsibility; kindness Great Parks and Museums

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NON FICTION ORIGINAL
Human interest Human interest
Cities Mystery & Horror
978-88-530-0473-4 80 p. 978-88-530-1934-9 80 p.
978-88-530-1021-6 96 p. 978-88-530-1016-2 80 p.
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A Message Miami Police File: A Midsummer Missing

from a Ghost the O’Nell Case Night’s Dream in Sydney
Andrea M. Hutchinson Gina D.B. Clemen William Shakespeare Andrea M. Hutchinson
Adapted by Janet Cameron
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING GREEN APPLE READING & TRAINING
Bella and her friends, Elise and Peter O’Nell, Montego High Hermia and Lysander are in Three best friends are travelling
Gracie, are going on a school trip. School’s favourite teacher, goes love, but Hermia’s father wants around Australia in search of
But then they get lost. They set missing in the Bermuda Triangle, Demetrius to marry his daughter, adventure before they start
out to find their school friends and the police can’t solve the so Hermia and Lysander decide university back home in the UK.
and the youth hostel where they case. His students decide to to run away to get married. But But after celebrating Christmas
should be staying but before investigate, with the help of in the wood some fairies perform Day one of them goes missing.
they can find them, strange and O’Nell’s dog, Rover. But the truth some magic and some strange Lisa is just an ordinary 18-year-
spooky things start to happen. behind O’Nell’s disappearance is things start to happen... old, so why would anyone
Dossiers: very macabre… Dossiers: want to kidnap her? Amy and
School trips; Ghosts in films Dossiers: Fairies; Acting and Theatres; in Claire are determined to find
Halloween; American High School Shakespeare’s Time her, but they do not know that
Sports; The Bermuda Triangle Lisa and her kidnapper share
a connection…
Dossiers:
Sydney; Around Australia

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Mystery & Horror Crime Human interest Adventure
978-88-530-1206-7 80 p. 978-88-530-0604-2 96 p. 978-88-530-1014-8 96 p. 978-88-530-0535-9 80 p.
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Mystery in A New Atlantis

San Francisco Victoria Heward
Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
An abandoned mansion, a Atlantis was once an advanced

ghostly face at the window and civilisation where everybody
mysterious happenings at one lived in peace. But when the
of the city’s favourite landmarks rains come everybody knows it
all mark the start of a thrilling will be destroyed. Ryan, a slave,
adventure for Jim Reilly and his and Daria, a princess, tell the
teenage friends. story of its last days, how they
Set in San Francisco, California, built a new Atlantis and how two
this is a mystery story full of enemies eventually became
suspense with an unexpected friends.
twist, solved by three young Dossiers:
detectives. Atlantis; The Pyramids; Cinema
Dossiers:
A Guide to San Francisco; Natural
Resources and Pollution

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978-88-530-0215-0 80 p. 978-88-530-1838-0 80 p.
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The Prince and the Pauper Project Vampire The Railway Children
Mark Twain Victoria Heward E. Nesbit
Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore
Adapted by Kelly Reinhart Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
What happens when two boys discover that they look exactly alike? Max and Laura are involved in After their father is mysteriously
They decide to play an exciting but possibly dangerous game. Suddenly another mysterious case. This forced to leave home, the three
things start going very wrong for one of them… Mark Twain’s wonderful time a phantom thief seems children and their mother go to
story takes you to 16th-century London and into Westminster Palace, to be able to get in and out of live in a cottage in the country
where incredible things start happening… important museums in London near a railway track. The children
stealing valuable paintings. make friends with the station
Max and Laura decide to explore master, the porter and a friendly
Dossiers: Dossiers: the area around one of the old gentleman.
King Henry VII Shakespeare and the Globe museums. Something very Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy
Theater; Life during Tudor times spooky is going to happen… several exciting adventures and
Dossiers: even become the heroes of the
LIFE SKILLS village. But the mystery of their
bravery; ambition; friendship; London museums; Travelling
around London; Top five things; father remains unsolved, until
honesty; fairness one day…
to do in London
Dossiers:

Early Railways

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Recipe for Success Robinson Crusoe Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes

Andrea M. Hutchinson Daniel Defoe and The Red Circle Stories
Adapted by Janet Cameron Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
READING & TRAINING GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE READING & TRAINING
Seren wants to go on a school Young Robinson Crusoe wants to A mysterious lodger has just The world’s most famous
trip to Paris more than anything. see the world, but a storm brings rented rooms at Mrs Warren’s detective solves the case of
But when her Dad won’t even him to an island where he is lodging house. She is frightened the horrible murder of a young
let her walk home from school alone and danger is everywhere. by this strange individual, so she woman in The Speckled Band.
by herself, how is she going to Years pass before he meets a asks Sherlock Holmes to help. He Smile with him and Watson as
convince him? Determined not friend who will help him to find and Dr Watson discover cryptic they listen to the puzzling story
to give up on her dream, Seren his home again. Written in 1719, messages, a sinister secret of one of their odd clients, who is
comes up with a plan. But she Robinson Crusoe is one of the society and a terrible murder… not so odd after all, in The Red-
quickly learns that even the best most famous and best-loved Dossiers: Headed League.
plans can go wrong, and even adventure stories ever told. Victorian Writers; Police and Dossiers:
the biggest dreams can end up Dossiers: Detectives of the 19th Century London at the Time of Sherlock
broken. Robinson Crusoe through the Holmes
Dossiers: years; Robinson Crusoe Island;
A food journey across the United Cinema
Kingdom; Claude Monet; Wales

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Human interest
Adventure Mystery & Horror Crime
Book + audio 6239 words
Book + audio 6029 words Book + audio 5148 words Book + audio
978-88-530-1414-6 96 p.
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Stories for the Curious Tales from Tristan and Isolde

M.R. James The Thousand Retold by George Gibson
Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson and One Nights
Retold by Jennifer Gascoigne
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING
What happens when a professor A selection from the famous One of the great romances of
finds an object on the beach? collection of Oriental stories: the Middle Ages, Tristan and
Why does an antiques dealer go The Thousand and One Nights. Isolde has inspired writers,
to Germany to look for hidden Luxurious palaces in India, poets, artists and musicians for
treasure? Who is the man in the desert islands in the China centuries.
library? seas. But also kings, sultans, After slaying a dragon, the young
In this collection of ghost stories princesses, merchants, sailors prince Tristan wins the hand of
you can find the answers to and thieves. beautiful Isolde for marriage to
these and other questions. Dossiers: his uncle, King Mark. But on their
But will the answers terrify The Origins of ‘The Arabian journey back to Mark’s court,
or surprise you? Nights’; Baghdad, the city of; ‘The they drink a love potion that was
Dossiers: Arabian Nights’ intended for the king and his
The Knights Templar; Ghost young bride. They instantly fall in
Stories love but…
Dossiers:
The Celts; King Arthur

Mystery & Horror Fairy tale & Fantasy Legend
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The True Story The Truth about Wonder

of Pocahontas Professor Smith R. J. Palacio
Retold by Kelly Reinhart Andrea M. Hutchinson Adapted by Jane Elizabeth
Cammack
GREEN APPLE READING & TRAINING GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS
Pocahontas is the touching story Professor Smith has always been Although August Pullman
of a Native American princess every student’s favourite teacher. was born with a facial deformity,
whose courage saved a white But when Sam and Izzie return he’s a normal ten-year-old boy.
man’s life. to school after the summer He plays video games and loves
No one could have imagined that holidays, their fun, energetic Star Wars. He has a loving family
Pocahontas would be the first science teacher is gone. What and studies at home, until his
Native American to marry a white dark secret could their science parents decide it’s time to go to
man! teacher be hiding? And can real school.
Dossiers: Sam and Izzie uncover the truth Dossiers:
The Origins of Virginia; Indian before their own lives will be put Schools plays; Summer camps
Life; Virginia Today in danger?
Dossiers: LIFE SKILLS resilience; empathy;
Detectives in Fiction; Forensic kindness; loyalty; care
Science

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Adventures of The Call of the Wild

Huckleberry Finn Jack London
Mark Twain Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE
When Huckleberry Finn meets Buck, a big happy dog, is

Jim, a runaway slave, they kidnapped from his comfortable
decide to travel North on the home in California and is sold
mighty Mississippi River. They as a sled dog in the cold Yukon
have all sorts of incredible Territory during the Klondike
adventures, meet all kinds Gold Rush of 1896. His new
of people and get into a lot of life in the Northland is difficult,
trouble, until one day... Mark challenging, adventurous…
Twain’s masterpiece is one of and full of surprises!
the greatest novels in American Dossiers:
literature. The Klondike Gold Rush; Wolves
Dossiers:
America’s Great River: The
Mississippi; The Slave Trade; The
American Civil War

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David Copperfield Great English The Halloween Secret

Charles Dickens Monarchs Gina D.B. Clemen
and their Times
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Gina D.B. Clemen
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David’s childhood is a happy one, but after his mother’s marriage to Do you know that Henry VIII Is Halloween a magic night?
cruel Mr Murdstone, his life changes for the worse. David is sent to was happily married for almost Do witches still haunt Salem,
London to work in a factory. Is this going to be his life? He desperately 20 years to the same queen Massachusetts? What secrets
wants to change his future, and decides to run away... before meeting his other wives? does an old cemetery hold?
Do you know Queen Elizabeth Discover what happens to Janet
refused to marry in spite of all and Dave when an ancestor from
Dossiers: Dossiers: the men who loved her? And do long ago appears and gives them
Dover; Australia The Social Problems of the you know what particular events a mysterious riddle to solve…
Victorian Age; The Industrial during Queen Victoria’s long reign Dossiers:
Revolution; Australia; Cinema contributed to making the British Halloween’s Origins; The Salem
Empire the biggest ever? English Witch Trials; Massachusetts
LIFE SKILLS monarchs have fascinated the
generosity; strength; world for centuries. LIFE SKILLS friendship; fairness;
responsibility; honesty; empathy Dossiers: cleverness; responsibility; care
Reading a Painting and others

Human interest Human interest Historical novel Mystery & Horror
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King Arthur Lost at Macbeth

and his Knights Dead Man’s Camp William Shakespeare
Retold by George Gibson Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Victoria Heward
GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE GREEN APPLE DRAMA
Learn about how Arthur became Megan, Alex and Steve are really ‘Hail, Macbeth, who will be king
King and where he found his excited because they’re going one day.’
great sword Excalibur, about his to the wonderful California Gold On a cold Scottish heath, three
love for Guinevere, and all about Country. They can hardly wait witches make a prophecy.
the courageous Knights of the to see a live rodeo and explore Inspired by their words and
Round Table. Yosemite National Park. But encouraged by his evil wife,
Dossiers: suddenly their vacation becomes Macbeth begins his trail of
Knights; Castles; The Round a dangerous and unexpected destruction to gain and keep
Table; Old Castles of Great race against time, where every the Scottish throne.
Interest and others minute counts… will they make Dossiers:
it? Scotland; Some Scottish History;
Dossiers: Shakespeare
California; The California Gold
Rush; Sustainability: what is it?;
Earthquakes

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in San Francisco Charles Dickens Short Stories Retold by Gina D.B. Clemen
Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Victoria Heward
Two years have passed since Set in the dark streets of The Young King tells how a Robin Hood, the legendary
Susan, Brian and Jim solved 19th-century London, this shepherd boy becomes a king hero of Sherwood Forest, has
a baffling mystery in San unforgettable classic tells the and realises that money is not captured the imagination of
Francisco. This time they story of Oliver Twist, a penniless worth human suffering. generations of readers. Why did
have to solve a million dollar orphan who lives through all In The Star Child a baby is found Robin Hood become an outlaw?
mystery: Mark Twain’s secret kinds of hardship for many in the forest and discovers How did Marian find Robin in
diary has just been discovered years. Find out how, in spite of his true identity after many Sherwood Forest? How was the
and publishers want to get their adverse circumstances, he finds adventures. wicked Sheriff of Nottingham
hands on it… but it suddenly happiness in the end. The Nightingale and the Rose punished?
disappears without a clue! Dossiers: is a tale of a nightingale who Dossiers:
Dossiers: Child Labour; Crime in Victorian sacrifices her life to create the Medieval Times in England;
Mark Twain in the Gold Country; London; Oliver Twist in Films perfect red rose for a student in Medieval Life in a Castle Town,
San Francisco and the Gold Rush; love. Archery; King Richard’s Crusade;
Alcatraz Island Dossiers: The Magna Carta
Life in Victorian Times and others

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Mystery & Horror Adventure Fairy tale & Fantasy Legend
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Romeo and Juliet Tales from Camelot Treasure Island

William Shakespeare King Arthur and the Knights of Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Victoria Heward the round Table Adapted by Derek Sellen
Victoria Heward
GREEN APPLE DRAMA GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS GREEN APPLE
Nobody can remember why the Legends say that a boy called Read about the thrilling
Capulet family and the Montague Arthur pulled a sword from a adventures of young Jim
family hate each other, so, stone and became the new king Hawkins and his friends, who set
when Juliet Capulet and Romeo of Britain. Come and discover sail for Treasure Island in search
Montague meet and fall in love his castle Camelot and his of treasure.
the result is tragic, and peace adventures with the Knights But will the cruel Long John
between the two families is of the Round Table. Silver get to the treasure first?
possible only after the death Dossiers: Dossiers:
of many people. King Arthur: truth or legend?; A Pirate Ship; Famous Pirates
Dossiers: Heroes
The Renaissance Man; ‘Romeo;
and Juliet’ on Film; Saint Francis LIFE SKILLS honesty; bravery;
and the Franciscan Friars; loyalty; strength; ambition
Shakespeare’s Theatre

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Gina D.B. Clemen in Wonderland George Orwell
Lewis Carroll Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
Helen and Mark are actors Join Alice as she follows the What happens when the animals
in a high school version of white rabbit into the amazing at Manor Farm decide to rebel
Shakespeare’s Macbeth. On world of Wonderland, where against their master, Mr Jones,
opening night at the theater anything can happen! Watch and throw him out?
there’s a special guest in the Alice change size, meet the Mad George Orwell’s satirical
audience, Sherlock Holmes, who Hatter and his friend, the March masterpiece is a bitter criticism
witnesses a terrible murder on Hare, talk to the smiling Cheshire of all totalitarian systems. It has
stage. What happens when Helen cat, play a game of croquet with continued to amaze and shock
and Mark join Sherlock Holmes to the Queen of Hearts, witness the its readers, as they realize that
solve a baffling case of murder in strangest trial ever and enjoy power and corruption are often
the exciting city of Chicago? never-ending adventures in the two faces of the same coin.
Dossiers: land of dreams! Dossiers:
Chicago, the windy city; Famous Dossiers: Animal Farm: an allegory
characters in popular culture Oxford; A Great Invention:
Photography; Victorian Sports

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Animal Tales Around the World in Eighty Days The Boscombe

Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne Valley Mystery
E. Parker Butler, et al. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by James Butler Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING
Read these amusing stories and It is 1872. Phileas Fogg, a precise, calm, English Gentleman lives a A beautiful young woman wants
discover why elephants have quiet life. That is, until he makes a £20,000 bet with his friends at the Sherlock Holmes to investigate a
trunks, how it’s best to work out Reform Club and begins an incredible journey. In this game of luck, terrible murder. All the evidence
the correct price for pigs straight Phileas Fogg learns the true value of friendship and loyalty, and that points to the man she loves,
away, and what happened when the biggest prize of all is not always about the money to be won. but she knows that he is not
an English lady went hunting the murderer. Here is another
for a tiger! You will also find a baffling case for the world’s most
stolen elephant, go boating with Dossiers: Dossiers: popular detective!
three friends and see how much Great Journeys around the Global or local?; Great challenges Dossiers:
trouble a small dog can make! World; Passenger ships and and adventures; Around the How did Sherlock Holmes and
Dossiers: Transatlantic Travel World in films Doctor Watson Became Friends?;
Elephants; Tigers Australia; Sherlock Holmes’s
LIFE SKILLS Deduction Techniques; The
trust; hope; perseverance; detective story
ambition; friendship; sensibility

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The British Isles A Dream Come True The Eighth Sister The English-speaking
Derek Sellen Andrea M. Hutchinson Victoria Heward World
Janet Cameron
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The British Isles tells the story Ellie is mad about music: she When a mysterious birthday English is one of the most widely
of England, Wales, Scotland and dreams of becoming a singer and present arrives from somebody spoken languages in the world.
Ireland. It includes the most she desperately wants to go to she doesn’t know, Helen realises Have you ever wondered why?
important events in their history, the Glastonbury Festival, where that there’s something strange Here we go on a journey over five
as well as key information about her favourite singer, Murphy, going on. With her cousin Will, continents to look at countries
their cultures. The British Isles is will be playing. But with an she discovers a terrifying secret where English is used in daily
full of interesting facts about the overprotective dad and important which is hundreds of years old life: from the top of Mount
people and their way of life. exams to take, it seems that and a curse which has almost Everest to the beaches of the
Dossiers: Ellie’s dreams will have to remain destroyed her family. It’s a Caribbean, from the plains of
Great British Scientists and just that, dreams. But one day race against time to solve the Kenya to the shores of Australia,
Inventors; The British Isles; and she sees a competition in a mystery and stop the curse, and beyond.
Films music magazine… before it destroys them too. Dossiers:
Dossiers: Dossiers: Aboriginal Australians; Real
Education in England, Yorkshire; Villages in the UK; Portraits; Pirates of the Caribbean
Festivals in Britain and Ireland Witches

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Human interest Human interest
Travels Travels
978-88-530-0624-0 112 p. 978-88-530-1513-6 80 p.
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and his Soul Prince of Denmark William Saroyan
Oscar Wilde William Shakespeare Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey Adapted by Derek Sellen
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS
A story of love and friendship When the ghost of Hamlet’s Homer Macauley wants to
about a fisherman who catches a father reveals the terrible secret become the best telegram
mermaid. He lets her go because of Elsinore, the result is tragedy. messenger in California. But his
she promises to help him fish. Does Hamlet really go mad? job brings him face-to-face with
Each day the mermaid appears Does he love Ophelia? Will his the harsh realities of life and
and sings her song, so he falls plan succeed? death. This is an unforgettable
in love with her. However, she Dossiers: story about hospitality,
cannot marry him until he has Films of Hamlet; Shakespeare generosity and kindness.
lost his human soul. and the Elizabethan Theatre; Who Dossiers:
Dossiers: was Hamlet? The USA – A country of
Children’s Literature; immigrants; Communications
Aestheticism
LIFE SKILLS empathy;
responsibility; generosity;
hospitality; kindness

Fairy tale & Fantasy Tragedy Human interest
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Journey to the The Jumping Frog Kidnapped

Centre of the Earth Mark Twain Robert Louis Stevenson
Jules Verne Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Nancy Timmins
Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne
The famous mineralogist, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of When his father dies, David
Professor Lidenbrock, finds a Calaveras County depicts one of Balfour discovers he has
piece of parchment in an old American history’s most exciting inherited the family home
book. A message written in code periods: the California Gold Rush near Edinburgh. But his Uncle
describes a secret entrance to of the 1850s. Come to Angel’s Ebenezer also wants the house
another world. The Professor’s Mining Camp in California and and puts David on a ship to
nephew, Axel, breaks the code meet Smiley, whose frog is a America. The story follows
and he and his uncle set out on a living gold mine until one day… David’s adventures across land
journey that takes them back in Dossiers: and sea. With the help of his new
time to the days of the dinosaurs The California Gold Rush; Life in friend, Alan Breck, can David
and pre-historic man. the Mining Camps return to Edinburgh and claim
Dossiers: what is rightfully his?
Volcanoes; Geological Time Dossiers:
Scotland; The Jacobites; The City
of Edinburgh from Past to Present

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the World at Coyote Canyon Orient Express
Adapted by Frederick Garland Andrea M. Hutchinson Gina D.B. Clemen Agatha Christie
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At the beginning of the 1900s the Lola is fed up with being invisible. The Chumash are American A murder is discovered on the
whole world has been explored: All she wants is for high school Indians who live in California. Orient Express, just as snow
there is nothing left to discover. rugby star Matt to ask her to the When a property developer stops the train in the mountains
But maybe this is not totally prom, but he doesn’t even know starts building homes on the site for days. There is a killer on
true. The eccentric Professor she exists. She has a plan that of their ancient cemetery, the board – but who is it? World-
Challenger says there is a place will make her the most popular Chumash become angry. famous detective Hercule Poirot
where dinosaurs still live. So he girl in school, but is being During the night of the Fourth of promises to find the truth, in one
decides to lead an expedition popular what makes someone July celebrations a mysterious of Agatha Christie’s greatest and
to this prehistoric world in the the luckiest girl in the world? American Indian warrior appears most popular mysteries.
middle of the great Amazon Dossiers: and a murder is committed. Dossiers:
forest. Liverpool; Blogging; Prom Night; Suspicion falls on the Chumash... Agatha Christie; 1933; The great
Dossiers: in the UK Dossiers: detectives
Amazonia: a Land of Wonders; Independence Day; American
Dinosaurs Indians

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Mystery in Natural Environments The Rajah’s Diamond The Ransom

New Orleans Joanna Burgess Robert Louis Stevenson of Red Chief
Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Frances Justice and Other Stories
O. Henry
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Two greedy businessmen want Our planet is full of natural The Rajah’s Diamond, the The Ransom of Red Chief is a
to destroy a wildlife reserve in wonders: the forests, the oceans most precious diamond in the wonderfully funny and ironic
New Orleans, where Andy and and the Polar regions and world, seems to bring bad luck story about two inexperienced
Brian have summer jobs, and deserts. They have existed for to everyone who comes into kidnappers and their unusual
plan to build a huge shopping thousands of years, but these contact with it. Sir Thomas ‘victim’, with a great surprise
center. Mysterious and terrible environments and the plants and Vandeleur’s wife tries to sell it to ending. O. Henry’s unique talent
deaths, and an ecological animals which live in them are pay her debts. But the diamond enabled him to create a world
disaster shock the people of New changing. Discover why they are is stolen and falls into the hands full of ordinary people who did
Orleans. changing and what you can do of people who are all corrupted extraordinary things.
Dossiers: to help. by its great beauty and value. Dossiers:
What can you eat in New Dossiers: Dossiers: The Origins of the American
Orleans?; New Orleans, one of The Environment in Films; The The Hope Diamond; ‘The Police
America’s most unusual cities; Environment and Popular Culture Thousand and One Nights’;
New Orleans and Dixieland Jazz Gentlemen’s Clubs; The Empire
Strikes Back

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Mystery & Horror Travels Adventure Humour & Comedy
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Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mystery
Adapted by Jenny Pereira Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Rudyard Kipling, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, J.S. Le Fanu
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING
Mary Lennox is a spoilt little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his Three authors reveal the obscure
enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. corners of the occult. Sinister
She explores the grounds of the estate, finds a secret garden and ghosts of the past have never left
meets Dickon and Colin. This is a story of friendship and hope, where Barwyke Hall, a man disappears
Mary learns the importance of caring for and helping others. mysteriously, the Puritan
Reverend Hooper is plagued by a
terrible secret sin that forces him
Dossiers: Dossiers: to wear a black veil.
The World of The Secret Garden; India; Victorian children; Cinema Dossiers:
India; The Rich and Poor in England and Its Ghosts; New
Victorian Times; British Gardens LIFE SKILLS England and the Puritans
happiness; hope; care; kindness;
friendship

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A Study in Scarlet Time Games

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Victoria Heward
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING
A Study in Scarlet is the very Like many 15 year olds,

first Sherlock Holmes story. Adam prefers computer games
This adventure of lost love and to school work, but he can’t
revenge crosses two continents. understand why one of his
It is a bewildering and macabre favourite games seems to have a
mystery for Scotland Yard, until life of its own. Why can’t anyone
Sherlock Holmes examines the else see the strange boy outside
case in depth with the help of his the school gates? He finds the
friend, Doctor Watson. answers he’s looking for…
Dossiers: hundreds of years in the past.
Conan Doyle; The Detective Dossiers:
Story; Transportation in London Time Travel; Schools in Britain
in the mid-1800s; Utah and the
Movement West

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Banknote George Orwell Oscar Wilde
Mark Twain Adapted by Alex Raynham Adapted by Derek Sellen Adapted by Derek Sellen
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS
Have you ever made a bet – a In the year 1984, the people of The Ghost of Sir Simon has haunted Canterville Chase for hundreds of
big bet? Oceania cannot do, say or think years and scared away everyone who has lived there. But when an
In the 1850s, a young American what they want. They must love American millionaire buys the house for his family home, the Ghost
finds himself in London by Big Brother, the Party leader, is in for a shock! There are activities and illustrations to enhance the
chance. He is penniless, and yet and follow him. ‘Everything’s pleasure of reading and to allow readers to express their own feeling
he leads the luxurious life of a great in Oceania,’ the Party says, about the story.
millionaire. How can he do this? but Winston questions his life.
It’s all thanks to a bizarre George Orwell’s masterpiece of Dossiers: Dossiers:
bet made by two eccentric dystopian science-fiction warns Oscar Wilde in America and Wilde’s American adventure;
gentlemen. us of the dangers of totalitarian others Haunted Britain
Dossiers: governments.
San Francisco in the 1850s; The Dossiers: LIFE SKILLS
English and Betting; Money and Fake news; Dystopian novels love; peace; pride; courage;
its Origins and others patriotism; happiness

Humour & Comedy Science fiction Mystery & Horror Mystery & Horror
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American Cities Classic Detective Death on the Nile The Final Problem
Gina D.B. Clemen Stories Agatha Christie and Other Stories
Charles Dickens, A. Conan Adapted by Janet Cameron Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle, et al. Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
Adapted by Joshua Anderson
READING & TRAINING DISCOVERY READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING
How much did the Dutch pay Sherlock Holmes battles against Linnet Doyle has everything: Sherlock Holmes is the world’s
for Manhattan Island in 1614? a criminal organisation in Conan beauty, money… and her best only consulting detective. He
Where is the world’s blue jeans Doyle’s The Five Orange Pips; in friend’s fiancé. But Linnet’s helps Scotland Yard to solve
headquarters? New York, San Dickens’s Hunted Down a honeymoon cruise down the mysteries they can’t solve.
Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago murderer is brought to justice; Nile River turns into a nightmare Surely no-one can defeat
and New Orleans are America’s in The Stir Outside the Café when one of the passengers is Sherlock Holmes... or can they?
most exciting cities. Similar in Royal by Rook a woman tracks found murdered. Hercule Poirot In this collection of short stories,
some ways and yet completely down her fiancé’s killer; and must find the murderer before Holmes comes face to face
different in others, they fascinate in Chesterton’s The Oracle of more passengers die, in Agatha with his main rival, Professor
everyone who visits them. Open the Dog Father Brown solves Christie’s popular classic novel. Moriarty.
this book and find out why. a murder case. Dossiers: Dossiers:
Dossiers: Dossiers: Agatha Christie; Egypt; The Wall The Role of Women in Victorian
American cities in films; USA: The English Detective Fiction Street Crash of 1929 England; Sherlock Holmes in
Birth of Another Music Popular Entertainment

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Cities Crime Crime Crime
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Great Mysteries Gulliver’s Travels

of Our World Jonathan Swift
Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Jeremy Fitzgerald Adapted by Derek Sellen
Was Nostradamus really a Lemuel Gulliver makes one of the most famous journeys in literature.
prophet or were his predictions He meets the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the
a mere coincidence? What impractical scientists of Laputa and intelligent horses who rule over
mystery lies behind the curse stupid, ugly human beings. Enter the fantastic world of Jonathan Swift’s
of the tomb of the Egyptian imagination.
pharaoh King Tut? Does evil
really exist and what forms can Dossiers: Dossiers:
it take? Popular Travel Books; Utopia and Voyages on the page; Imaginary
Find out about these strange Dystopia places; Filmography
stories and others, and perhaps
you’ll be able to solve our world’s LIFE SKILLS
greatest mysteries! intelligence; support; peace;
courage; pride

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The Hound The Importance Jane Eyre

of the Baskervilles of Being Earnest Charlotte Brontë
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Oscar Wilde
Adapted by Jeremy Fitzgerald Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson Adapted by Jenny Pereira Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
Dr Watson is sent to Devonshire Two men have secret lives. Jane Eyre is an orphan. Her childhood is an not a happy one, but life
to investigate the death of Two women want to marry a changes when she becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall for the
Sir Baskerville, who has been man called Ernest. But who is mysterious and interesting Mr Rochester. However, her new home is
mutilated by a large dog Ernest? Is he a badly behaved not all it seems. The house holds secrets Jane has yet to understand.
according to the tradition of brother, the ideal fiancé or Will Jane ever find love and happiness or will she always remain poor
the curse of the house of the Lady Bracknell’s nephew and and unimportant?
Baskervilles. The new heir to the fun-loving bachelor, Algernon
estate, calls upon the detective Moncrieff? Follow the incredible Dossiers: Dossiers:
to solve this enigma. events that lead to the discovery Victorian Family Life; Victorian The woman in the attic; Locations
Dossiers: of the importance of being Schools; Victorian Houses in Jane Eyre; Cinema
Early Crime Detection; The Earnest in this adaptation of
Coming of the Fairies Oscar Wilde’s witty and highly LIFE SKILLS compassion;
entertaining play. forgiveness; love; trust; hope
Dossiers:
The dandy; Victorian values and

morals
Crime Humour & Comedy Love Human interest
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Julius Caesar Kim Lord Arthur Love in Shakespeare:

William Shakespeare Rudyard Kipling Savile’s Crime Five Stories
Adapted by James Butler Adapted by Kenneth Brodey and Other Stories William Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne
Adapted by Justin Rainey
There is discontent in Rome. Kim, a young Irish boy, lives At Lady Windermere’s party a In The Taming of the Shrew,
The aristocrats are worried that alone on the streets of the Indian famous palm reader predicts that Katharina learns to love
Julius Caesar will seek to become city of Lahore. He meets an old Lord Arthur Savile will commit a Petruchio only after she has
king. A group of conspirators led Tibetan lama who is looking for murder... Read about Lady Alroy’s learnt to be an obedient wife.
by Brutus decides to assassinate a sacred river. The boy and the mysterious ways in The Sphinx Romeo and Juliet’s love is
Caesar. At first everything seems old man become great friends without a Secret and how it pays destined to end in tragedy. In
to go well for them, but soon the and travel across British India. to be nice to beggars in The Twelfth Night, love is romantic
conspirators find themselves This is Rudyard Kipling’s greatest Model Millionaire. but also painful, while in Othello
pursued by the ‘Spirit of Caesar’. book – a story about the British Dossiers: love turns into jealousy. And
Dossiers: empire, spies, friendship, London: the World City; Pseudo- in the final story, Antony and
The Historical Julius Caesar; The spirituality and, most of all, India. Science in Late Victorian England Cleopatra’s passionate love has
Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time Dossiers: tragic consequences.
and others The Many Lives of Buddhism; Dossiers:
Varanasi – The City of Temples, Courtship and Marriage; in
the City of Light; Kim, Kipling and Elizabethan Times

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Les Misérables Moonfleet The Murder of NEW! The Phantom

Victor Hugo John Meade Falkner Roger Ackroyd of the Opera
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen Agatha Christie Gaston Leroux
Adapted by Janet Cameron Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
After spending nineteen years in Young John Trenchard lives in Hercule Poirot was looking A mysterious ghost is haunting
prison, Jean Valjean is a free man Moonfleet, an English village forward to a quiet life in the the famous Paris Opera House.
at last. But what does the future with dark secrets. One day he English village of King’s Abbot. There are all sorts of rumours
hold for him? He is insulted and discovers a hidden crypt below But every village has secrets, about the ‘Phantom of the Opera’,
rejected by everyone he meets, the cemetery where smugglers and when his friend Roger a frightening figure whose face is
until something happens that will meet and hide their goods. Ackroyd is killed, Poirot must hidden by a terrible mask...
change his life forever. Here he accidentally finds the solve one of the most difficult Dossiers:
Dossiers: skeleton of evil Colonel Mohune, mysteries of his career. The The Paris Opera House; Film; and
Paris at the time of King; Louis- better known as Blackbeard, and Murder of Roger Ackroyd has Stage Versions of the Novel; Lon
Philippe; Gardens in Paris; a precious clue that could help been called Agatha Christie’s Chaney (1883-1930); Opera: the
Romantic heroes in 19th-century him find Blackbeard’s treasure… greatest novel and one of the First International Pop Music
literature Dossiers: best crime novels of all time.
The English Civil War Dossiers:
Agatha Christie; The 1920s;
Crime investigation, then and

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The Pickwick Papers The Picture Rain, Rain, Go Away! The Return of
Charles Dickens of Dorian Gray Nicola Prentis Sherlock Holmes
Adapted by Maud Jackson Oscar Wilde Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by Victoria Heward Adapted by Blanche Malvern
In Dickens’s first novel, Samuel When the beautiful young In a dystopian future where In 1891, the great detective
Pickwick and three other Dorian Gray sees his portrait, he access to clean water is Sherlock Holmes disappeared.
members of the Pickwick Club understands that it will remain controlled by the Keepers, thirst A month after Holmes’s
decide to spend six months beautiful forever and that he will is a part of everyday life. Kailani, disappearance, his good friend
travelling around England grow old. He makes a wish that a young girl, goes into the desert, and colleague Dr Watson
observing the manners and will change not only his looks to the Edge, to find water for her published an article in the
habits of everyone they meet. but also his soul. As he lives sick brother. If she fails, he might newspaper, explaining that
Follow them on their hilarious a life of pleasure and sin, the die. Holmes died while struggling
adventures as they get involved portrait shows the signs of his Dossiers: with his arch-enemy Professor
in a duel, an election campaign corruption. Dystopian Stories; The World’s Moriarty. But is that what really
and as one of them even ends up Dossiers: Driest Places; Water, Water, happened?
in prison… Oscar Wilde; Victorian Everywhere? Dossiers:
Dossiers: Entertainment; Women in The Immortal Sherlock Holmes
England in the Early 19th Victorian England; Cinema:
Century Dorian Gray

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Romeo and Juliet Sherlock Holmes The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
William Shakespeare Investigates Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Derek Sellen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by James Butler, Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey, Lucia De Vanna
Rebecca Raynes
The Montagues and the Capulets Sherlock Holmes is at work A respected scientist, a mysterious will, a strange door and an evil and
hate each other and so when in three stories: solving the violent man. What connects these people and events? Mr Utterson,
Romeo and Juliet fall in love problem of a hat and a goose a lawyer and friend to Dr Jekyll, has decided to find out. One of
they are forced into secrecy in The Blue Carbuncle; finding Stevenson’s best-loved novels: a thrilling story of science, curiosity and
and subterfuge. Will true love a missing fiancé in A Case of the darker side of human nature.
survive? Identity; and discovering the
Dossiers: identity of a strange creature
In Fair Verona; Settings and in The Yellow Face. Dossiers: Dossiers:
Sources and others Dossiers: London and Crime; The ‘Double’ in Deacon Brodie; Mad scientists
Conan Doyle Defends the Crew; of 19th Century Fiction and monsters: Frankenstein
the ‘Titanic’; Arthur Defends the
Underdog LIFE SKILLS justice; curiosity;
responsibility; trust; ambition

Love Crime Mystery & Horror Mystery & Horror
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Three Men in a Boat The Three Musketeers The Time Machine

Jerome K. Jerome Alexandre Dumas H. G. Wells
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Adapted by Derek Sellen
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING
What can possibly happen to three friends and their dog when they D’Artagnan travels to Paris The Time Traveller visits the year
take a peaceful boat trip on the River Thames? Well, just about hoping to join the Musketeers, 802,701. The people seem to live
anything! They have incredibly funny adventures as they visit historic a group of adventurers who peacefully with nothing to do but
sites on the beautiful Thames. Living together on a small boat isn’t serve Louis XIII. A series of eat fruit, gather flowers and play.
easy, and they learn to be considerate of each other’s needs… the misadventures brings him to a But what is the hidden secret
dog’s too! duel with none other than three of this world? What happens on
of his heroes — the Musketeers the darkest night? In one of the
Dossiers: Dossiers: Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. The greatest science fiction novels,
Fox-Terriers; Queen Elizabeth Navigating on the River; The three men ask D’Artagnan to join H.G. Wells explores the future of
I; Life on the River; Preserving Historical Thames; Cinema them in their struggle to protect the human race.
Food; The Magna Carta; Famous Queen Anne against the plots of Dossiers:
People and Places on the LIFE SKILLS friendship; power-hungry Cardinal Richelieu. A short history of science fiction;
Thames; Oxford kindness; understanding; trust; Dossiers: Is time travel possible?; Cinema
empathy France in the 17th century;
Costumes in the 17th century;

Dumas beyond the page
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The Tragedy Treasure Island Twelfth Night

of Richard III Robert Louis Stevenson William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Adapted by Nancy Timmins
Adapted by Richard Elliott Adapted by Christopher Hall Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING
After a long civil war between the One day in eighteenth-century Bristol, an old sea captain arrives at an After surviving a shipwreck
Houses of Lancaster and York, inn. This is where young Jim Hawkins’ adventures begin: he set sails to off the coast of Illyria, Viola
England is enjoying a period find the mysterious Treasure Island. An exciting tale of pirates, mutiny disguises herself as a boy to
of peace under King Edward IV. and buried treasure; will the voyage end as well as he had hoped? get a position at the court of
But Edward’s younger brother, Duke Orsino, who is in love
Richard, resents Edward’s power, Dossiers: Dossiers: with beautiful Olivia. Unknown
Richard begins to aspire secretly Pirates in History Pirates and the Spanish Main; to Viola, her twin brother
to the throne and decides to Marooned! All alone on a desert Sebastian has also survived
kill anyone he has to in order to island the shipwreck. When he too
become king. arrives in Illyria, confusion and
LIFE SKILLS courage; misunderstandings follow…
Dossiers: loyalty; fairness; leadership;
The Renaissance: Art of Manners determination Dossiers:
and the ‘Galateo’; Niccolò The Meaning of Twelfth Night;
Machiavelli; Richard III on screen Shakespeare and the Elizabethan
and stage Theatre

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The Vampire’s Tear The War of the Worlds

Gina D.B. Clemen H. G. Wells
Adapted by Jane Cammack
A diamond is on display at a When a cylinder from Mars

New York City museum. Nick has lands near London, crowds of
a summer job at the museum people arrive. Curiosity turns to
and invites his friends Bill and terror as Martians appear. Their
Michelle to join him for a summer technology is far more advanced
of fun. One night the diamond than humans and their heat-
disappears and the three ray weapon kills instantly. This
teenagers start investigating… invasion could mean the end
Dossiers: of human civilisation and the
Manhattan, the heart of New beginning of Martian rule.
York City; Vlad Tepes, Prince of Dossiers:
Wallachia; Vampires in literature H. G. Wells; The Planet Mars;
and films Orson Welles radio dramatisation
of The War of the Worlds; Cinema:
The War of the Worlds

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Crime Science fiction
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American Horror. Beowulf The Canterbury Tales A Christmas Carol

Five Terrifying Tales Retold by Robert Hill Geoffrey Chaucer Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe Adapted by Robert Hill Adapted by Peter Foreman
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the first The mighty warrior Beowulf In Chaucer’s classic, much- Mean old Ebenezer Scrooge
masters of modern short stories. offers to help the King of the loved collection of tales a host doesn’t like Christmas. He
But he is best remembered for Danes in a quest to kill the of medieval characters come doesn’t like people. He only likes
his strange style of horror. A man vicious monster Grendel. After alive on the page – and they are money. But when the ghost
who drains away his wife’s life killing Grendel, Beowulf must as lively and colourful now as of his friend, Old Marley, visits
to make his painting seem alive; also kill the monster’s mother they were seven hundred years him on Christmas Eve, it’s the
an animal lover who becomes before he can return to his ago! In this retelling of five of beginning of a very strange
obsessed by a cat; a young man homeland. But he is called for a the stories in modern English, night. Next morning he wishes
obsessed by an old man’s blue new adventure, as a great dragon Chaucer’s pilgrims entertain everybody a Merry Christmas!
eye… comes to destroy his kingdom. us with tales of knights, lovers, So what has changed bad old
Dossiers: Dossiers: resourceful women, and more. Scrooge?
Poe’s Scientific Imagination; Poe Epics; Anglo-Saxon Treasure; Dossiers: Dossiers:
as Pop Icon; Poe’s America Versions of Beowulf Thomas Beckett and the City Some Christmas Ghosts; London
of Canterbury; Pilgrimages; in Dickens’s time; The Christmas
Traditional Tales Story

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Dracula Far from the Flush

Bram Stoker Madding Crowd Virginia Woolf
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey Thomas Hardy Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson
When Jonathan Harker goes Independent-minded In Flush, we experience the

to Transylvania to visit Count Bathsheba Everdene is in charge love story of two famous poets,
Dracula on business, he of her own farm at a time when Elizabeth Barrett and Robert
discovers that his client’s few women owned property. Browning, through a dog’s eyes.
motives for coming to England She must also make a difficult Flush has many adventures.
are rather more sinister than choice, between three very He has to learn about the effects
they first appeared. different men who love her. of jealousy, the dangers of dog
This classic horror story has Set in the beautiful English thieves and many others. This
fascinated readers ever since countryside, Far from the biography of a dog shines new
it came out in 1897. Madding Crowd is one of Thomas light on the human world.
Dossiers: Hardy’s most romantic and Dossiers:
Real Vampires; Vampire Bats, popular novels. The True Love Story of Elizabeth
Victorian Villains; Monsters and Dossiers: and Robert;
Fears Hardy Country; Love, Marriage
and Divorce in Victorian England; LIFE SKILLS loyalty; love;
Cinema tanding; freedom; patience


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Hamlet, Prince The House of the Jack the Ripper Katherine Mansfield
of Denmark Seven Gables Peter Foreman Short Stories
William Shakespeare Nathaniel Hawthorne Katherine Mansfield
Adapted by Robert Hill Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen
The most famous play The 17th-century house of the Since the autumn of 1888, when In The Garden Party, Mansfield
by the world’s most famous seven gables shelters an old he terrorised London, Jack the explores class consciousness,
dramatist begins with Hamlet’s curse and a terrible secret. Ripper has become famous all sensitivity and the co-existence
return to Denmark after the Hepzibah and Clifford Pyncheon over the world. Who was he? of life and death. In The Singing
sudden and unexpected death of are tormented by the memories There have been hundreds Lesson, a young music teacher
his father, the King. One night the and ghosts of the past, until of suspects and theories but experiences a cascade of
ghost of the old King appears to the love of two young people nobody has yet discovered his emotions in the space of a few
Hamlet and tells him that he was changes the course of destiny… identity. hours. Feminism, vanity and
poisoned – by his brother! The Dossiers: Jack the Ripper takes you back materialism are the themes
ghost makes Hamlet promise to Witchcraft; The British Colonies to the dark streets of Victorian of A Cup of Tea.
take revenge... in America; The History of London, to investigate the story Dossiers:
Dossiers: Photography of the most mysterious killer in Music: An expression of feelings;
Revenge in Elizabethan Drama; the history of crime. New Zealand; Edwardian
London in Shakespeare’s times; Dossiers: England; The 1920s
Hamlet on the screen Life in the East End; Immigrants
in the East End

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The Last Macbeth The Merchant

of the Mohicans William Shakespeare of Venice
James Fenimore Cooper Adapted by James Butler William Shakespeare
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Robert Hill
During the Seven Years’ War Macbeth is a loyal and Bassanio wants to impress
between the French and the courageous servant of King Portia but he doesn’t have
British, Cora and Alice Munro Duncan. But, one day, after a enough money to do so. He
are on their way to Fort Henry to battle he meets three witches, turns for help to Antonio, who is
join their father, the commander. who tell him that one day he will forced to borrow from Shylock,
But their American Indian guide, be King of Scotland. Soon his a Jewish moneylender. When
Magua, betrays the group obsession to become king and Antonio’s business starts going
to the Iroquois. This is only his wife’s cold-blooded ambition badly, repayment becomes
the beginning of their many lead to murder. impossible and Shylock is
adventures. Dossiers: allowed to demand a pound of
Dossiers: Films of ‘Macbeth’; Scotland’s the merchant’s flesh.
The Origins of the American History; Witches; The Castles; of Dossiers:
Indian People; The Iroquois Scotland Venice – a Centre of Commerce;
Confederacy; The American Venice – a City of Masks; Jews
Indian Experience and others in Venice

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A Midsummer Moby Dick Le Morte d’Arthur

Night’s Dream Herman Melville Sir Thomas Malory
William Shakespeare Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Victoria Spence
Adapted by James Butler
Two young lovers, Hermia and Moby Dick is an epic tale of the Le Morte d’Arthur tells the story
Lysander, meet in the wood with voyage of the whaling ship the of King Arthur and the Knights of
the intention of running away Pequod and its captain, Ahab, the Round Table. The tale begins
and getting married secretly. who pursues the great white with Arthur’s birth, his education,
They are followed by Demetrius, whale almost around the world. and his rise to the throne. It also
who loves Hermia, and Helena, Ishmael, a sailor, arrives in recounts the tragic love story
who is in love with Demetrius. New Bedford, where he meets of Sir Lancelot and Guinevere,
What they don’t know is that the Queequeg, a harpooner from the the destruction of the Round
wood is enchanted… South Pacific, who becomes his Table and Arthur’s mysterious
Dossiers: inseparable friend. disappearance or death.
Shakespeare’s Sources; The Captain Ahab’s voyage is one of Dossiers:
Elizabethan Performance revenge and, in the end, one of Medieval Romance Literature;
disaster. Places in the Arthurian Story; Sir
Dossiers: Gawain and the Green Knight
A Short History of Whaling

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Much Ado North and South Northanger Abbey Othello

About Nothing Elizabeth Gaskell Jane Austen William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Adapted by Jane Elizabeth Adapted by Nancy Timmins Adapted by Lucy Parker
Adapted by James Butler Cammack
READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS READING & TRAINING READING & TRAINING
Claudio is in love with Hero, but Margaret Hale finds the industrial Catherine is going on her first Othello is a successful general,
is afraid that she will reject him. north of England very different visit to the city of Bath. She is but a very simple man who
His friend, Don Pedro, volunteers to the rural and gentle south, seventeen and comes from a trusts Iago completely. When
to make her fall in love with when she moves there with her small town in the countryside. he elopes with and marries
him at a masked ball. The trick parents. When she meets John When she makes friends with Desdemona, he is overwhelmed
works and Hero agrees to marry Thornton, who is a self-made Henry and his sister Eleanor, by the happiness that seems
Claudio. But Don Pedro’s brother, and ambitious young man, she will find herself in the middle to be his. Iago, embittered by
Don John, organises a plot to there is an attraction, but many of a family tragedy. Henry’s his failure to win promotion in
make Claudio think that Hero is differences. home, Northanger Abbey, is the army, decides to poison the
unfaithful… Dossiers: the scene of a crime. Or is it all general’s happiness…
Dossiers: A novel of contrast; A Condition- just a product of Catherine’s Dossiers:
Tragic and Comic Elements; in of-England novel; A famous kiss; imagination? The First London Theatres; The
Much ado About Nothing; Women An age of steam and smoke Dossiers: Portrayal of Othello
in Shakespeare’s Comedies King George III and Regency
LIFE SKILLS love; pride; self- England; British female novelists
awareness; ambition; justice

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Power and Ambition in The Sign of Four A Study in Scarlet The Tempest
Shakespeare Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Adapted by Nancy Timmins Adapted by Nancy Timmins Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne
Adapted by Jane Elizabeth
Cammack
A power-hungry Richard III, Sherlock Holmes is bored. But In an empty house lies a dead Thirteen years ago Prospero was
a remorseful Macbeth, a a fascinating new case is just man. There are no wounds on robbed of his title and sent to die
revengeful Prince Hamlet, a around the corner. The attractive his body. On the wall, the word at sea with his daughter. They
powerful Julius Caesar, and a Mary Morstan arrives at 221B RACHE – German for ‘revenge’ made their home on a remote
ruthless and ambitious King Baker Street with a strange story – is written in blood. With the island. One day a ship passes
Henry V: various aspects of to tell. Her father vanished ten help of his friend Doctor Watson near the island. Prospero, now a
power and ambition feature in years ago: four years later she can Sherlock Holmes use his powerful magician, creates a big
these five stories based on plays receives six beautiful pearls, one deductive powers to find the storm and makes it sink. All the
by William Shakespeare. each year. She has been invited murderer? Set in London in passengers manage to get to the
Dossiers: to meet the sender of these the 1880s, A Study in Scarlet island safely. The storm is part of
Ghosts; Witches and Revenge; pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes is the first Holmes and Watson Prospero’s plan for revenge.
The Influence on Shakespeare’s and Doctor Watson for their help. mystery, the beginning of a long Dossiers:
Plays Dossiers: and famous partnership. John Dee – an Elizabethan
The Andaman Islands; The British Dossiers: Magus; The Tempest and the
in India The Mormons; London in the New World; Music in Elizabethan
1800s Times

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Tom Jones The Tragedy of The Turn of the Screw

Henry Fielding Dr Faustus Henry James
Adapted by James Butler Christopher Marlowe Adapted by Maud Jackson
Adapted by James Butler
Kindly Mr Allworthy returns Doctor Faustus, a brilliant In the 1840s, a young woman
home to find that someone has scholar, enters into an is employed as governess
left a baby boy in his house. agreement with the Devil. to two children in an English
He adopts him and names him He agrees to sell his soul in country house. The children are
Tom Jones. Mr Allworthy’s sister, return for twenty-four years of beautiful and charming, and –
Bridget, has a son called Blifil. knowledge, power and riches. for a while – the young woman
What happens when Tom falls But he eventually realises the thinks her position is both easy
in love with a neighbouring full implications of his rash and pleasant. Then she begins
gentleman’s daughter, Sophia, action. to see the ghosts of the former
whose family want her to marry Dossiers: governess Miss Jessel and the
Blifil? Christopher Marlowe and manservant Peter Quint...
Dossiers: Elizabethan Espionage and Dossiers:
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Humorous Tales Wilkie Collins
Adapted by Nancy Timmins Saki Adapted by Christopher Hall
Adapted by Kenneth Brodey
The great detective Sherlock A dramatic intrusion ends a long Late one night, on a lonely road
Holmes is needed to solve a family feud, a man is strangely near London, Walter Hartright, a
murder in Sussex, England. A influenced by his pets, a cat young drawing teacher, meets a
card with the initials VV 341 brings scandal to British society solitary woman dressed in white.
has been left by the body, and and a little boy battles to enjoy This is the opening scene of The
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Adapted by Peter Foreman, Kenneth
Brodey
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, A fascination with science and Bram Stoker (the author of
clever and rich, has a perfect the aspiration to understand the Dracula) takes student Malcolm
life. She has decided never to mysteries of creation lead Victor Malcolmson through a terrifying
get married but to live as the Frankenstein to create life from ordeal inside a judge’s house.
mistress of Hartfield, her father’s death. But the results are not Travel, if you dare, in a ghostly
house in the beautiful English what he expects and his rejection coach – with three dead men
countryside. But when she starts of his monstrous creation causes as your fellow passengers. Or
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danger. about. monkey’s paw...
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Charles Dickens F. Scott Fitzgerald Joseph Conrad
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by James Butler
Pip is destined to become a A rich man with a mysterious Marlow, a merchant sailor, travels
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of an eccentric old woman and a love. who is seriously ill. He arrives
beautiful young girl change the Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is both a at Kurtz’s station to find that
course of his life. He is suddenly pitiless and moving exposure of the agent has taken control of
dissatisfied with his social ‘the American Dream’. the whole area. In his complete
status and wants to become Dossiers: isolation from civilised society
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Jane Eyre The Murders

Charlotte Brontë in the Rue Morgue
Adapted by Christopher Hall and The Purloined Letter
Edgar Allan Poe
Adapted by G. and S. Thomson
Plain orphaned Jane Eyre lives Two cases of detection

unwanted with her aunt until she for Auguste C. Dupin. Who
is sent away to school. When committed the atrocious
Jane leaves school to work as a murders in the Rue Morgue? Will
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The Picture of Pride and Prejudice The Problem of Cell 13 Robinson Crusoe
Dorian Gray Jane Austen Jacques Futrelle Daniel Defoe
Oscar Wilde Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne Adapted by Graeme Thomson, Adapted by Maud Jackson
Adapted by Gina D.B. Clemen Silvia Thomson
When the superbly handsome Mrs Bennet has five daughters ‘Lock me in any cell in any prison When the captain tells Robinson,
Dorian Gray sees his portrait he to be married: Jane, Elizabeth, anywhere at any time, wearing ‘Young man, you should never
makes a terrible wish: that the Mary, Kitty and Lydia. So, when only normal clothes and I’ll go to sea again…’, Robinson
portrait will grow older and that rich and friendly Mr Bingley escape in a week.’ For Professor ignores his advice, with terrible
he will remain young forever. comes to live in their village Van Dusen, otherwise known as consequences. He is forced into
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that no one ever sees? unfriendly, Mr Darcy with him, impossible. Logic is his passion. then shipwrecked on a desert
Dossiers: Mrs Bennet is delighted and One hour later he finds himself island, where he manages to
The Aesthetic Movement; Oscar hopeful. However, something locked up in Chisholm prison survive through resourcefulness
Wilde’s London goes wrong, as Mr Bingley loses and has to use all his mental and luck.
interest in Jane and Mr Darcy resources to find the solution Dossiers:
and Elizabeth clearly dislike each to the problem. The Slave Trade; Shipwrecks;
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Adapted by Derek Sellen
In 17th-century Puritan Boston, These stories from James Elinor and Marianne Dashwood Dr Manette is falsely imprisoned
Hester Prynne gives birth to Joyce’s Dubliners take you are sisters. Both are intelligent for 18 years by the Marquis of
an illegitimate child and is inside the tragedies and and beautiful, but there the Evrémonde. He is eventually
condemned to wear the scarlet comedies of Irish life in the similarities end. Elinor values released and goes to England
letter ‘A’ as a sign of her adultery. early twentieth century. Meet propriety and common sense; to join his daughter Lucie, who
Meanwhile, Hester’s husband unforgettable characters, Marianne has extravagant marries the Frenchman Charles
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discover who Hester’s secret love, determined mothers and explores two ways of thinking During the Reign of Terror Darnay
lover is. romantic dreamers. Many of and acting – the ‘sense’ of Elinor travels to Paris where he is
Dossiers: them are forced to see the truth and the ‘sensibility’ of Marianne imprisoned and sentenced
The Puritans – The Origins; about their lives. One of Ireland’s – as they try to find happiness in to be executed...
Boston, Heart of the American greatest writers gives you his a world full of hypocrisy. Dossiers:
Revolution and others view of his native city. Dossiers: The French Revolution; The
Dossiers: Money and Marriage French Revolution in A Tale; of
The Easter Rising; Features of life Two Cities
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William Shakespeare Thomas Hardy Adapted by Maud Jackson
Adapted by James Butler, Lucia De Adapted by Maud Jackson
Vanna
Baptista’s two beautiful The Durbeyfield family are Wuthering Heights is home to
daughters are ready for poor and simple people, the Earnshaw family, who adopt
marriage. Bianca, pursued by but their ancestors were an orphan called Heathcliff.
three different suitors, cannot the mighty d’Urbervilles, an When they grow up, Catherine
marry until someone dares to ancient and noble family. When Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall
marry her sister, the proud and the Durbeyfields meet with deeply in love. But Catherine
contemptuous Katharine. Then misfortune, they send their decides to marry Edgar Linton
Petruchio arrives in Padua and oldest daughter, Tess, to visit from the big house across the
proposes to Katharine. Will he be her wealthy cousin and ask for moors. Heathcliff runs away in
able to turn her into a model of help, but the wealthy cousin despair. When he returns some
devotion and obedience? has a young son, Alec Stoke- years later, a series of terrible
Dossiers: d’Urberville, who finds Tess very events destroys the relationship
Shakespeare and English attractive… between the Lintons and the
Comedy; Shakespeare and Italian Dossiers: Earnshaws.
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Maggie and Tom Tulliver are Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by Wuthering Heights is home to
sister and brother. Maggie is his best friend and the woman the Earnshaw family, who adopt
passionate, impulsive, intelligent he loves. He loses all faith in an orphan called Heathcliff.
and often makes mistakes. humanity and moves to the Catherine Earnshaw becomes
Tom is practical, unimaginative, village of Raveloe. There he great friends with Heathcliff and
judgemental, honest and lives a solitary life, working and they fall in love. But Catherine
hardworking. When their father hoarding his gold coins, until one decides to marry Edgar Linton.
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hard to pay his father’s debts, Dossiers: he returns a series of events
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friendships and is eventually and the Industrial Revolution between the Lintons and the
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The Importance The Picture of

895, it has been a secret. Dorian Gray lives a double life: a public life in elegant unsentimental look at the provincial city he left as a young man
A selection from
y, ambiguity and high society and a life of secret sin in the most degraded slums but maintained would always be engraved upon his heart.
ce of the witty of Victorian London. Richly symbolic yet firmly realistic in style, these short stories
Dorian Gray Dubliners

d entertain. paint a compassionate and ironic portrait of the city Joyce saw
of Being Earnest
Received with outrage by the critics on its publication in 1890,
and how, through The Picture of Dorian Gray expresses the essence of aestheticism as ‘the centre of paralysis’.
gs, there arises a and fin de siècle decadence in the pure English of the great prose The selection contained in this volume allows the reader to
stylist Oscar Wilde. follow the author’s declared thematic progression from
A selection from Dubliners

The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest
ocial criticism of childhood through adolescence and young adulthood to

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Oscar Wilde
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Stories
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and other stories
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sful and versatile Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is one of the most famous stories
Short Short The Strange Case of

story, ‘The Canterville Ghost’, will give readers a taste of his
in nineteenth century European literature. Stevenson’s tale
humour, his sympathy for those who suffer and his wisdom
ves – in terms of contains a masterful analysis of moral and solid Victorian
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

about life. We can appreciate the irony of ‘The Nightingale and
erse as Dickens, society and the theme of dualism between the good and evil
Stories Stories
the Rose’, the wit and satire of ‘The Remarkable Rocket’ and the
cing students to present in human nature.
contrast between beauty and the grotesque in ‘The Birthday of the
and other stories

upper classes to The two short stories that are included in this volume,
Infanta’. Though Wilde told stories like the ‘The Happy Prince’
‘Markheim’ and ‘The Body Snatcher’, are also concerned with
Short Stories
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
and ‘The Selfish Giant’ to his young sons, they have proved
the theme of ‘doubleness’.
Short Stories
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language and style
transcriptions of some difficult words
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EAR – EARLYREADS RT – READING & TRAINING RC – READING CLASSICS

GA – GREEN APPLE
INDEX GALS – GREEN APPLE LIFE SKILLS RTLS – READING & TRAINING LIFE SKILLS IT – INTERACT WITH LITERATURE
£ 1,000,000 Banknote (The) ....................................................... 70 D avid Copperfield − GA .......................................................................... 51 House of the Seven Gables (The) .......................................... 86
new 1 984 ............................................................................................................................... 70 David Copperfield − GALS ................................................................... 51 Human Comedy (The) ........................................................................... 61
A ct II: Murder! ..................................................................................................... 58 Death on the Nile ............................................................................................ 71 I deal Husband (An) ................................................................................. 105
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .............................................. 50 Dorothy ........................................................................................................................ 12 I Want To Be You ............................................................................................... 40
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GA ........................... 36 Dracula ......................................................................................................................... 85 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − IT ....................... 105
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GALS ................... 36 Dracula and his Family ......................................................................... 20 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − RC .................... 107
Aesop’s Fables ................................................................................................... 20 Dream Come True (A) .............................................................................. 60 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − RT ..................... 73
Akron House Mystery .............................................................................. 36 E ighth Sister (The) ..................................................................................... 60 J ack the Ripper ................................................................................................ 86
Aladdin .......................................................................................................................... 23 Emma ............................................................................................................................ 94 Jane Eyre − RT ................................................................................................... 73
Alarm at Marine World! .......................................................................... 36 English-speaking World (The) .................................................... 60 Jane Eyre − RTLS ........................................................................................... 73
Alaska Adventure! ........................................................................................ 37 Enormous Turnip (The) ........................................................................ 12 Jane Eyre − RT ................................................................................................... 96
new All Creatures great and small ..................................................... 37 Extraordinary Miss Sunshine (The) ................................... 39 Journey to the Centre of the Earth ....................................... 64
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ................................................... 23 F ar from the Madding Crowd ........................................................ 85 Julius Caesar ....................................................................................................... 74
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − GA .......................... 26 Festivals! .................................................................................................................. 20 Jumping Frog (The) ................................................................................... 64
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − RT ........................... 58 Final Problem and Other Stories (The) ........................... 71 Jungle Book (The) − EAR ................................................................... 17
new Animal Farm .......................................................................................................... 58 Fisherman and his Soul (The) .................................................... 61 Jungle Book (The) − GA ........................................................................ 30
Alien Alert in Seattle .................................................................................. 37 Five Children and It ..................................................................................... 27 Just So Stories .................................................................................................. 31
Amazing Characters .................................................................................. 104 Flush ............................................................................................................................... 85 K atherine Mansfield Short Stories ........................................ 86
American Cities ................................................................................................. 71 Four Continents ............................................................................................... 107 Kidnapped ............................................................................................................... 64
American Horror .............................................................................................. 84 Frankenstein ....................................................................................................... 94 Kim .................................................................................................................................... 74
Animal Tales .......................................................................................................... 59 Frankenstein − RC ........................................................................................ 107 King Arthur and his Knights ........................................................... 52
Anne of Green Gables .............................................................................. 26 Frankenstein at School ......................................................................... 21 L ast of the Mohicans (The) ............................................................ 87
Around the World in Eighty Days − RT .............................. 59 Freddy Finds the Thief ............................................................................ 21 Legends from the British Isles ................................................... 41
Around the World in Eighty Days − RTLS ...................... 59 G host Ship of Bodega Bay (The) ............................................. 27 Lighthouse Ghost (The) ...................................................................... 31
B athsheba the Witch ................................................................................ 26 Gingerbread Man (The) ......................................................................... 12 Little Lord Fauntleroy .............................................................................. 41
Beauty and the Beast ............................................................................. 26 Gothic Short Stories ................................................................................... 94 Little Mermaid (The) ................................................................................ 18
Beowulf ....................................................................................................................... 84 Great Adventure at Yellowstone (The) ............................ 39 Little Red Riding Hood ............................................................................ 14
Black Arrow (The) ......................................................................................... 37 Great British Writers .................................................................................. 39 Little Women − GA ........................................................................................ 42
Black Beauty ........................................................................................................ 27 Great English Monarchs and their Times .................... 51 Little Women − GALS ................................................................................ 42
Bonds of Love ..................................................................................................... 105 Great Expectations − GA ...................................................................... 39 London ......................................................................................................................... 42
Boscombe Valley Mystery (The) ............................................ 59 Great Expectations − RT........................................................................ 95 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories ......... 74
Bottle Imp (The) ............................................................................................. 38 Great Gatsby (The) − RC....................................................................... 107 Lost at Dead Man's Camp .................................................................. 52
British and American Festivities ............................................. 38 Great Gatsby (The) − RT........................................................................ 95 Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay (The) ..................................... 42
British Isles (The) ........................................................................................ 60 Great Lives .............................................................................................................. 40 Lost World (The) ............................................................................................. 65
Bugaboo the Wicked Witch .............................................................. 17 Great Mysteries of Our World ........................................................ 72 Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories ........................................ 74
C all of the Wild (The) ............................................................................... 50 Gulliver’s Travels − RT .............................................................................. 72 Luckiest Girl in the World (The) ................................................ 65
Canterbury Tales (The) ......................................................................... 84 Gulliver’s Travels − RTLS ...................................................................... 72 Macbeth − GA ....................................................................................................... 52
Canterville Ghost (The) − EAR .................................................... 23 H alloween Holiday ....................................................................................... 21 Macbeth − RT ....................................................................................................... 87
Canterville Ghost (The) − GA ......................................................... 38 Halloween Secret (The) ....................................................................... 51 Mad Teacher (The) ....................................................................................... 15
Canterville Ghost (The) − RT ......................................................... 70 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark − RT ............................................. 61 Maggie and Max Visit the Haunted Castle .................. 18
Canterville Ghost (The) − RTLS ................................................. 70 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark − RT ............................................. 86 Magic Computer Mouse (The) ..................................................... 21
Christmas Carol (A) − GALS ............................................................ 38 Happy Prince − The Selfish Giant (The) − GA ......... 30 Magic Pot (The) ................................................................................................ 15
Christmas Carol (A) − RC ................................................................... 106 Happy Prince; The Selfish Giant (The) − GALS .............. 30 Merchant of Venice (The) .................................................................. 87
Christmas Carol (A) − RT .................................................................... 84 Henny Penny ....................................................................................................... 14 Message from a Ghost (A) ............................................................... 43
Cinderella .................................................................................................................. 17 Home for Christmas .................................................................................. 40 Miami Police File: the O’Nell Case ............................................ 43
Classic Detective Stories .................................................................... 71 Hound of the Baskervilles (The) ............................................. 73 Midsummer Night’s Dream (A) − GA .................................. 43
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INDEX
Midsummer Night’s Dream (A) − RT ................................... 88 Rajah’s Diamond (The) .......................................................................... 66 Tales to Talk About ........................................................................................ 104
Mill on the Floss (The) ........................................................................... 102 Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories (The) ..... 66 Taming of the Shrew (The) .............................................................. 100
Million Dollar Theft in San Francisco .................................. 53 Rapunzel .................................................................................................................... 16 Tempest (The) − GA ................................................................................... 33
Mind the Characters .................................................................................. 104 Recipe for Success ...................................................................................... 46 Tempest (The) − RT .................................................................................... 90
Misérables (Les) ........................................................................................... 75 Relationships ...................................................................................................... 105 Ten Women Ten Stories .......................................................................... 105
Miss Grace Green and the Clown Brothers ................ 15 Return of Sherlock Holmes (The) .......................................... 76 Tess of the D’Urbervilles ...................................................................... 100
Missing in Sydney ........................................................................................ 43 Robin Hood ............................................................................................................. 53 Three Men in a Boat − RT .................................................................... 78
Moby Dick ................................................................................................................. 88 Robinson Crusoe − GA ............................................................................ 46 Three Men in a Boat − RTLS ............................................................. 78
Monster in the Box ....................................................................................... 18 Robinson Crusoe − RT ............................................................................. 98 Three Musketeers (The) ...................................................................... 78
new Murder of Roger Ackroyd (The) ................................................. 75 Romeo and Juliet − GA ........................................................................... 56 Time Games .......................................................................................................... 68
Moonstone (The) ........................................................................................... 88 Romeo and Juliet − RT ........................................................................... 77 Time Machine (The) ................................................................................... 78
Morte d’Arthur (Le) .................................................................................... 88 S andokan ................................................................................................................. 32 Tom Jones ................................................................................................................ 91
Mowgli learns to swim ........................................................................... 15 Scarecrow and the Sunflower (The) .................................. 16 Tragedy of Dr Faustus (The) .......................................................... 91
Much Ado About Nothing .................................................................... 89 Scarlet Letter (The) ................................................................................... 99 Tragedy of Richard III (The) ............................................................. 79
Murder at Coyote Canyon .................................................................. 65 Secret Garden (The) − GA .................................................................. 32 Treasure Island − GA .................................................................................. 56
Murder on the Orient Express ...................................................... 65 Secret Garden (The) − RT .................................................................. 67 Treasure Island − RT ................................................................................... 79
Murders in the Rue Morgue (The) .......................................... 96 Secret Garden (The) − RTLS .......................................................... 67 Treasure Island − RTLS .......................................................................... 79
Musicians of Bremen (The) ............................................................ 19 Secret of the Stones (The) .............................................................. 33 Trip to Safari Park (A) ............................................................................. 13
Mystery in New Orleans ....................................................................... 66 Selection from Dubliners (A) − RT ......................................... 99 Tristan and Isolde .......................................................................................... 47
Mystery in San Francisco .................................................................. 44 Selection from Dubliners (A) − RC ..................................... 107 True Story of Pocahontas (The) ................................................ 48
N asreddin – Ten Stories ...................................................................... 24 Sense and Sensibility ............................................................................. 99 Truth about Professor Smith (The) ...................................... 48
Natural Environments ............................................................................ 66 Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle .................................. 46 Turn of the Screw (The) ........................................................................ 91
New Atlantis (A) .............................................................................................. 44 Sherlock Holmes Investigates .................................................... 77 Twelfth Night ........................................................................................................ 79
Nightingale (The) .......................................................................................... 21 Sherlock Holmes Stories ..................................................................... 46 U gly Duckling (The) .................................................................................. 13
North and South .............................................................................................. 89 Short Stories − Dickens, Stevenson et al. ................... 107 V alley of Fear (The) ................................................................................... 92
Northanger Abbey ........................................................................................ 89 Short Stories − Oscar Wilde ............................................................ 107 Vampire’s Tear (The) ................................................................................. 82
Nutcracker (The) ........................................................................................... 31 Sign of Four (The) ......................................................................................... 90 Voices from Inside ........................................................................................ 105
O liver Twist ............................................................................................................. 53 Silas Marner .......................................................................................................... 102 W ar of the Worlds (The) ........................................................................ 82
Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories .............................................................. 53 Sleeping Beauty .............................................................................................. 22 Wicked and Humorous Tales ......................................................... 92
Othello ........................................................................................................................... 89 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ...................................... 24 Wind in the Willows (The) ................................................................. 33
Owl’s Song (The) ............................................................................................ 16 Space Monsters ............................................................................................... 22 Woman in White (The) ........................................................................... 92
P eter and the Wolf ....................................................................................... 19 Splintering Frame (The) ...................................................................... 105 Wonder ......................................................................................................................... 48
Peter Pan ................................................................................................................... 31 Star and the Colours (The) .............................................................. 13 Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The) − GA ...................................... 34
Phantom of the Opera (The) .......................................................... 75 Stories for the Curious ............................................................................ 47 Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The) − GALS .............................. 34
Pickwick Papers (The) ........................................................................... 76 Stories of Ghosts and Mystery ................................................... 67 World of Difference (A) ......................................................................... 105
Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RC .......................................... 107 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Wuthering Heights − RT ........................................................................ 100
Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RT ........................................... 76 (The) − RT ................................................................................................................ 77 Wuthering Heights − RT ........................................................................ 102
Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RT ........................................... 98 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Z ed the Magician ........................................................................................... 24
Pinocchio .................................................................................................................. 32 (The) − RTLS ........................................................................................................ 77 Zorro! .............................................................................................................................. 34
Power and Ambition in Shakespeare ................................. 90 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Pride and Prejudice ..................................................................................... 98 (The) − RC ............................................................................................................... 107
Prince and the Pauper (The) − GA ......................................... 45 Study in Scarlet (A) − RT ..................................................................... 68
Prince and the Pauper (The) − GALS ................................. 45 Study in Scarlet (A) − RT .................................................................... 90
Problem of Cell 13 (The) ...................................................................... 98 Sun and the Wind (The) ....................................................................... 13
Project Vampire ................................................................................................ 45 Sweet and Sour ................................................................................................ 105
Puss in Boots ...................................................................................................... 22 T ale of Two Cities (A) ............................................................................... 99
R ailway Children (The) ......................................................................... 45 Tales from Camelot ...................................................................................... 56
Rain, Rain, Go Away! ................................................................................. 76 Tales from The Thousand and One Nights ................... 47
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INDEX CLASSICS
INDEX CLASSICS
£ 1,000,000 Banknote (The) ........................................................................... 70 Great Expectations − RT......................................................................................... 95 Mowgli learns to swim ........................................................................................... 15
new 1984 .................................................................................................................................... 70 Great Gatsby (The) − RC ....................................................................................... 107 Much Ado About Nothing ...................................................................................... 89
A dventures of Huckleberry Finn ................................................................... 50 Great Gatsby (The) − RT ........................................................................................ 95 Murder on the Orient Express ........................................................................... 65
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GA ...................................................... 36 Gulliver’s Travels − RT ............................................................................................. 72 Murders in the Rue Morgue (The) ................................................................ 96
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GALS................................................. 36 Gulliver’s Travels − RTLS ....................................................................................... 72 Musicians of Bremen (The) ............................................................................... 19
Aesop’s Fables .............................................................................................................. 20 H amlet, Prince of Denmark − RT ................................................................... 61 a asreddin – Ten Stories ....................................................................................... 24
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Aladdin ................................................................................................................................ 23 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark − RT .................................................................... 86 Nightingale (The) ....................................................................................................... 21
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ......................................................................... 23 Happy Prince; The Selfish Giant (The) − GA .......................................... 30 North and South .......................................................................................................... 89
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − GA ..................................................... 26 Happy Prince; The Selfish Giant (The) − GALS ..................................... 30 Northanger Abbey ..................................................................................................... 89
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − RT....................................................... 58 Henny Penny ................................................................................................................. 14 Nutcracker (The) ........................................................................................................ 31
new All Creatures great and small ........................................................................... 37 Hound of the Baskervilles (The) .................................................................... 73 O liver Twist ..................................................................................................................... 53
Amazing Characters ................................................................................................ 104 House of the Seven Gables (The) .................................................................. 86 Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories ................................................................................. 53
American Horror .......................................................................................................... 84 Human Comedy (The) ........................................................................................... 61 Othello ................................................................................................................................. 89
new Animal Farm ................................................................................................................... 58 I deal Husband (An) ............................................................................................... 105 P eter and the Wolf .................................................................................................... 19
Animal Tales ................................................................................................................... 59 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − IT ................................................... 105 Peter Pan .......................................................................................................................... 31
Anne of Green Gables .............................................................................................. 26 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − RC ................................................ 107 Phantom of the Opera (The) .............................................................................. 75
Around the World in Eighty Days − RT ........................................................ 59 Importance of Being Earnest (The) − RT ................................................. 73 Pickwick Papers (The) ........................................................................................... 76
Around the World in Eighty Days − RTLS .................................................. 59 J ack the Ripper ........................................................................................................... 86 Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RC ................................................................. 107
B eauty and the Beast ............................................................................................ 26 Jane Eyre − RT ............................................................................................................ 73 Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RT .................................................................. 76
Beowulf .............................................................................................................................. 84 Jane Eyre − RTLS ........................................................................................................ 73 Picture of Dorian Gray (The) − RT .................................................................. 98
Black Arrow (The) ...................................................................................................... 37 Jane Eyre − RT ............................................................................................................ 96 Pinocchio .......................................................................................................................... 32
Black Beauty .................................................................................................................. 27 Journey to the Centre of the Earth ............................................................... 64 Power and Ambition in Shakespeare .......................................................... 90
Bonds of Love ............................................................................................................... 105 Julius Caesar ................................................................................................................. 74 Pride and Prejudice ................................................................................................. 98
Boscombe Valley Mystery (The) ................................................................... 59 Jumping Frog (The) .................................................................................................. 64 Prince and the Pauper (The) − GA ................................................................. 45
Bottle Imp (The) ......................................................................................................... 38 Jungle Book (The) − EAR ...................................................................................... 17 Prince and the Pauper (The) − GALS ........................................................... 45
C all of the Wild (The) .............................................................................................. 50 Jungle Book (The) − GA ......................................................................................... 30 Problem of Cell 13 (The) ....................................................................................... 98
Canterbury Tales (The) .......................................................................................... 84 Just So Stories ............................................................................................................. 31 Puss in Boots ................................................................................................................. 22
Canterville Ghost (The) − EAR ......................................................................... 23 K atherine Mansfield Short Stories ............................................................... 86 R ailway Children (The) ......................................................................................... 45
Canterville Ghost (The)− GA .............................................................................. 38 Kidnapped ....................................................................................................................... 64 Rajah’s Diamond (The) .......................................................................................... 66
Canterville Ghost (The)− RT .............................................................................. 70 Kim ........................................................................................................................................ 74 Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories (The) ..................................... 66
Canterville Ghost (The) − RTLS ....................................................................... 70 King Arthur and his Knights .............................................................................. 52 Rapunzel ........................................................................................................................... 16
Christmas Carol (A) − GALS ............................................................................... 38 La ast of the Mohicans (The) ............................................................................... 87 Relationships ................................................................................................................ 105
Christmas Carol (A) − RC ..................................................................................... 106 Legends from the British Isles ......................................................................... 41 Return of Sherlock Holmes (The) .................................................................. 76
Christmas Carol (A) − RT ...................................................................................... 84 Little Lord Fauntleroy ............................................................................................. 41 Robin Hood ..................................................................................................................... 53
Cinderella ......................................................................................................................... 17 Little Mermaid (The) ............................................................................................... 18 Robinson Crusoe − GA ............................................................................................ 46
Classic Detective Stories ...................................................................................... 71 Little Red Riding Hood ............................................................................................ 14 Robinson Crusoe − RT ............................................................................................. 98
D avid Copperfield − GA .......................................................................................... 51 Little Women − GA...................................................................................................... 42 Romeo and Juliet − GA ........................................................................................... 56
David Copperfield − GALS ..................................................................................... 51 Little Women − GALS ............................................................................................... 42 Romeo and Juliet − RT ........................................................................................... 77
Death on the Nile ........................................................................................................ 71 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories ........................................ 74 S andokan ........................................................................................................................ 32
Dracula ............................................................................................................................... 85 Lost World (The) ......................................................................................................... 65 Scarlet Letter (The) .................................................................................................. 99
E mma ................................................................................................................................ 94 Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories ................................................................ 74 Secret Garden (The) − GA .................................................................................... 32
Enormous Turnip (The) ......................................................................................... 12 M acbeth − GA ................................................................................................................ 52 Secret Garden (The) − RT .................................................................................... 67
F ar from the Madding Crowd ............................................................................ 85 Macbeth − RT ................................................................................................................ 87 Secret Garden (The) − RTLS .............................................................................. 67
Final Problem and Other Stories (The) ...................................................... 71 Merchant of Venice (The) .................................................................................... 87 Selection from Dubliners (A) − RC ................................................................ 107
Fisherman and his Soul (The) ......................................................................... 61 Midsummer Night’s Dream (A) − GA ............................................................ 43 Selection from Dubliners (A) − RT ................................................................. 99
Five Children and It ................................................................................................... 27 Midsummer Night’s Dream (A) − RT ............................................................ 88 Sense and Sensibility ............................................................................................. 99
Flush .................................................................................................................................... 85 Mill on the Floss (The) ........................................................................................... 102 Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle ............................................................ 46
Four Continents ........................................................................................................... 107 Mind the Characters ................................................................................................ 104 Sherlock Holmes Investigates ........................................................................ 77
Frankenstein ................................................................................................................. 94 Misérables (Les) ........................................................................................................ 75 Sherlock Holmes Stories ...................................................................................... 46
Frankenstein − RC ..................................................................................................... 107 Moby Dick ........................................................................................................................ 88 Short Stories − Dickens, Stevenson et al. ............................................... 107
G ingerbread Man (The) ........................................................................................ 12 new Murder of Roger Ackroyd (The)........................................................................ 75 Short Stories − Oscar Wilde ............................................................................... 107
Gothic Short Stories ................................................................................................. 94 Moonstone (The) ....................................................................................................... 88 Sign of Four (The) ...................................................................................................... 90
Great Expectations − GA ........................................................................................ 39 Morte d’Arthur (Le) .................................................................................................. 88 Silas Marner .................................................................................................................... 102
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INDEX ORIGINALS
INDEX ORIGINALS
Sleeping Beauty .......................................................................................................... 22 A ct II: Murder! ............................................................................................................... 58 Truth about Professor Smith (The) .............................................................. 48
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .............................................................. 24 Akron House Mystery ............................................................................................. 36 V ampire’s Tear (The) .............................................................................................. 82
Splintering Frame (The) ....................................................................................... 105 Alarm at Marine World! .......................................................................................... 36 Z ed the Magician ...................................................................................................... 24
Stories for the Curious ............................................................................................ 47 Alaska Adventure! ..................................................................................................... 37
Stories of Ghosts and Mystery ........................................................................ 67 Alien Alert in Seattle ................................................................................................. 37
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The) − RC ........................ 107 B athsheba the Witch .............................................................................................. 26
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The) − RT ......................... 77 British and American Festivities .................................................................... 38
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The) − RTLS .................... 77 Bugaboo the Wicked Witch ................................................................................ 17
Study in Scarlet (A) − RT ..................................................................................... 68 D orothy ............................................................................................................................. 12
Study in Scarlet (A) − RT ..................................................................................... 90 Dracula and his Family .......................................................................................... 20
Sun and the Wind (The) ........................................................................................ 13 Dream Come True (A) ............................................................................................. 60
Sweet and Sour ........................................................................................................... 105 E ighth Sister (The) ................................................................................................... 60 INDEX NON FICTION
T ale of Two Cities (A) .............................................................................................. 99 Extraordinary Miss Sunshine (The) ............................................................ 39
Tales from Camelot ................................................................................................... 56 F estivals! ........................................................................................................................ 20 A merican Cities ........................................................................................................... 71
Tales from The Thousand and One Nights ................................................ 47 Frankenstein at School .......................................................................................... 21 B ritish Isles (The) ..................................................................................................... 60
Tales to Talk About ..................................................................................................... 104 Freddy Finds the Thief ............................................................................................ 21 E nglish-speaking World (The) ........................................................................ 60
Taming of the Shrew (The) ................................................................................. 100 G host Ship of Bodega Bay (The) ................................................................... 27 G reat British Writers ................................................................................................ 39
Tempest (The) − GA .................................................................................................. 33 Great Adventure at Yellowstone (The) ....................................................... 39 L ondon .............................................................................................................................. 42
Tempest (The) − RT................................................................................................... 90 Great English Monarchs and their Times ................................................. 51 N atural Environments ........................................................................................... 66
Ten Women Ten Stories .......................................................................................... 105 Great Lives ...................................................................................................................... 40
Tess of the D’Urbervilles ....................................................................................... 100 Great Mysteries of Our World ............................................................................. 72
Three Men in a Boat − RT ...................................................................................... 78 a alloween
H Holiday .................................................................................................... 21
Three Men in a Boat − RTLS ................................................................................ 78 Halloween Secret (The) ........................................................................................ 51
Three Musketeers (The) ....................................................................................... 79 Home for Christmas ................................................................................................. 40
Time Machine (The) ................................................................................................. 78 I Want To Be You ........................................................................................................ 40
Tom Jones ........................................................................................................................ 91 Lighthouse Ghost (The) ........................................................................................ 31
Tragedy of Dr Faustus (The) .............................................................................. 91 Lost at Dead Man's Camp .................................................................................... 52
Tragedy of Richard III (The) ................................................................................ 79 Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay (The) ............................................................. 42
Treasure Island − GA ................................................................................................ 56 Luckiest Girl in the World (The) ....................................................................... 65
Treasure Island − RT ................................................................................................. 79 Mad Teacher (The) .................................................................................................... 15
Treasure Island − RTLS ........................................................................................... 79 Maggie and Max Visit the Haunted Castle ............................................... 18
Tristan and Isolde ....................................................................................................... 47 Magic Computer Mouse (The) .......................................................................... 21
True Story of Pocahontas (The) ...................................................................... 48 Magic Pot (The) ........................................................................................................... 15
Turn of the Screw (The) ........................................................................................ 91 Message from a Ghost (A) .................................................................................. 43
Twelfth Night .................................................................................................................. 79 Miami Police File: the O’Nell Case ................................................................... 43
U gly Duckling (The) ................................................................................................ 13 Million Dollar Theft in San Francisco ........................................................... 53
V alley of Fear (The) ................................................................................................. 92 Miss Grace Green and the Clown Brothers ............................................. 15
Voices from Inside ..................................................................................................... 105 Missing in Sydney ..................................................................................................... 43
W ar of the Worlds (The) ........................................................................................ 82 Monster in the Box .................................................................................................... 18
Wicked and Humorous Tales ............................................................................. 92 Murder at Coyote Canyon .................................................................................... 65
Wind in the Willows (The) .................................................................................... 33 Mystery in New Orleans ........................................................................................ 66
Woman in White (The) ........................................................................................... 92 Mystery in San Francisco .................................................................................... 44
Wonder ............................................................................................................................... 48 N ew Atlantis (A) ......................................................................................................... 44
Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The) − GA .............................................................. 34 O wl’s Song (The) ........................................................................................................ 16
Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The) − GALS ........................................................ 34 P roject Vampire .......................................................................................................... 45
World of Difference (A) .......................................................................................... 105 R ain, Rain, Go Away! ............................................................................................... 76
Wuthering Heights − RT ......................................................................................... 100 Recipe for Success ................................................................................................... 46
Wuthering Heights − RT ......................................................................................... 102 S carecrow and the Sunflower (The) .......................................................... 16
Z orro! .................................................................................................................................. 34 Secret of the Stones (The) ................................................................................. 33
Space Monsters ......................................................................................................... 22
Star and the Colours (The) ................................................................................. 13
T ime Games .................................................................................................................. 68
Trip to Safari Park (A) ............................................................................................. 13
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Primary ................................................................................................ 11 B2.2 ....................................................................................................... 93

Level 1-2-3 ......................................................................................... 12 C1 ............................................................................................................ 101
Level 4 .................................................................................................. 20
Unabridged ..................................................................................... 103
Level 5 .................................................................................................. 23
Interact with Literature ...................................................................... 104
A1 ............................................................................................................. 25 Reading Classics .................................................................................... 106
A2 ............................................................................................................. 35 Index ........................................................................................................... 108
A2/B1 ................................................................................................... 49 Index Classics .................................................................................... 110
B1.1 ....................................................................................................... 57 Index Originals .................................................................................. 111
B1.2 ....................................................................................................... 69 Index Non Fiction ............................................................................ 111
B2.1 ....................................................................................................... 83
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Puss in Boots Sleeping Beauty Space Monsters

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Aladdin Ali Baba and the Forty The Canterville Ghost

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Nasreddin Snow White Zed the Magician

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Black Beauty Five Children and It The Ghost Ship

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to the future! preparation series for the Trinity

• Suitable preparation material for Trinity qualifications

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Just So Stories The Lighthouse The Nutcracker Peter Pan

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Pinocchio Sandokan The Secret Garden

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The Secret The Tempest The Wind

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Zorro!

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Akron House Mystery Alarm at

Great Lives Home for Christmas I Want To Be You

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The Last Unicorn Legends Little Lord

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Little Women London The Lost Treasure

A Message Miami Police File: A Midsummer Missing

Mystery in A New Atlantis