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RESÚMENES LIBROS BIBLIOTECA DE ALUMNOS

DEPARTAMENTO INGLÉS SECCIÓN READINGS (Libros de lectura) NIVEL ELEMENTARY

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TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN

1RG – 102 DI – 76

THE MISSING COINS(John Escott)

Pete and Carla are both students at the University of Bath. One day in summer they are walking round the city and decide to look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some, but they are too expensive. Later that afternoon the coins are missing from the shop – and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete…

2RG – 103 DI – 79

GIRL AGAINST THE JUNGLE(Monica Vincent)

On Christmas Eve, Suzanne and her mother are flying from Lima back to their home in Pucallpa. But suddenly there is a storm and the plane crashes. Suzanne’s mother is dead and Suzanne is lost and alone in the South American jungle. This is the true story of ten dangerous days in the jungle and of a girl’s struggle to stay alive.

3RG – 104 DI – 77

MARCEL GOESTO HOLLYWOOD(Stephen Rabley)

Marcel is a French mouse, and a very fine detective. He and his friend, Céline, are on holiday in Los Angeles. They’re staying at the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But on the first night of their holiday, Arnold’s daughter is kidnapped.

4RG – 105 DI – 83

THE EARTHQUAKE(Elizabeth Laird)

Gabriel loves Silvia and is very disappointed when she chooses to go out with rich, handsome Marco instead of him. But that evening a terrible earthquake strikes the town and their lives are changed for ever…

5RG – 106 DI – 78

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME(Margaret Iggulden)

Helen Davies is sad and lonely when her boyfriend, Tom, goes to Australia without her. But then a friend encourages her to take an exciting new job and Helen sets off on a journey round Europe; an adventurous journey that brings her new confidence, new hope and the chance to find out more about herself – the chance of a lifetime!

6RG – 107 DI – 80

THE BATTLE OF NEWTON ROAD(Leslie Dunkling)

Newton Road is in an English town. The houses are small but the people aren’t poor. And all the neighbours are friends. They are happy. But one day, a man from the Town Hall comes. He’s going to knock down the houses in Newton Road. He’s going to build a new road. But the people of Newton Road aren’t happy. And they have a battle –a battle with the man from the Town Hall!

7RG – 129 DI – 81

SEVEN ONE ACT PLAYS(Donn Byrne)

Tom is the new assistant in a shop that sells old pictures, vases and furniture. He must make a good profit on the things he sells. “The new assistant” describes his first day at work! All the seven plays are full of interesting and funny people (a professor, a bank manager, a film maker) doing unusual things. They are not only great fun to perform but will practise your English too!

8RG – 132 DI – 82

MY DEAR AUNT AND A MORNING IN LONDON(Donn Byrne)

Jane’s two aunts, Agatha and Mary, quarrelled. They don’t speak to each other. Jane writes letters to each of them. To Aunt Agatha she writes bad things about Aunt Mary, and to Aunt Mary she writes bad things about Aunt Agatha. She wants their money. But one day, something goes wrong. My dear aunt tells the story.

9RG – 133 DI – 74

THE CANTERBURY TALES(Geoffrey Chaucer)

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has a group of people each telling a story, but our interest is as much in the story-tellers as in the stories. Each of them is a real person. Chaucer introduces them in the Prologue, and then we meet them again between stories. Before long, we feel that we know them personally. We don’t have pardoners and summoners today, but we all know people with characters just like the pardoner and the summoner. The tales are told (in Chaucer’s book) in poetry.

10RG – 134 DI – 73

ALICE IN WONDERLAND(Lewis Carroll)

Alice in Wonderland was not written as a book for grown-ups. It was for children. It must have been a great surprise. But are the things that happen in Alice really so surprising? We –children and grown-ups– have all been in Wonderland in our dreams. We are not really surprised when Alice changes her size; we have done that in our own dreams. The Cheshire Cat appears and disappears. Why not? The playing-card people are

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frightening one minute, and “only a pack of cards” the next minute. Of course. We all know the feeling.



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11RG – 136 DI – 88

THE RING(Bernard Smith)

The story of the madman, Rafael, and his gold ring is a story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of Rafael’s story, but no one knows the whole truth. One man tries to find out what really happened…

12RG – 247 DI – 175

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE(Thomas Hardy)

Dick Dewy lives in the village of Upper Mellstock. He sings in the choir with his father and grandfather. Then one day a new school teacher, Fancy Day, comes to the village. Soon Dick is in love with her… but so are Mr Shiner and Mr Maybold. But does Fancy love Dick, and will she marry him?

13RG – 248 DI – 176

JANE EYRE(Charlotte Bronte)

Jane Eyre is a poor young teacher who works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves Jane too, but he has a secret which brings them great sadness.

14RG – 257 DI – 185

THE LADY IN THE LAKE(Raymond Chandler)

The Lady in the Lake is a murder story. Private detective Philip Marlowe is looking for the wife of Derace Kingsley. Is she dead or not? Is she the lady in the lake?

15RG – 259 DI – 187

DINO’S DAY IN LONDON(Stephen Rabley)

A wealthy actress wants her son, Dino, to have a cultural tour of London by taxi. There is a taxi tour, but it’s not quite as expected.

16RG – 260 DI – 188

MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN(Stephen Rabley)

Maisie lives in the Caribbean. She is unhappy because her parents haven’t got enough money to keep their animal hospital open. However, Maisie’s friendship with a dolphin leads to a discovery which changes everything.

17RG – 261 DI – 189

MARCEL AND THE MONA LISA(Stephen Rabley)

Marcel is a French mouse, and a detective. One evening, at the Louvre museum, he sees a man steal a famous painting –the Mona Lisa. Marcel follows the thief to Venice and risks his life to get the painting back again.

18RG – 262 DI – 190

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Stephen Rabley)

Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in north Australia, where she works with a Flying Doctor. One day a baby is so ill that Joanna has to take her to hospital in Sydney. Will the baby live? And will Joanna accept an unexpected job offer in the big city?

19RG – 263 DI – 191

APRIL IN MOSCOW(Stephen Rabley)

April Fox is very excited when the dance company she works for is invited to visit Moscow. April has a very busy time there –dancing and seeing as much of the city as possible. She also gests to know a young man called Nikolai…

20RG – 264 DI – 192

THE FIREBOY(Stephen Rabley)

Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. He works for his father, a goldsmith. One day Hapu has a wonderful idea. He decides to make a beautiful gold necklace for Queen Cleopatra.

21RG – 265 DI – 193

FLYING HOME(Stephen Rabley)

Felix the parakeet is miserable in his cage in a New York apartment. He manages to escape and starts flying south.. His hope is to go back to the Brazilian rainforest. Will he find his home again?

22RG – 266 DI – 194

TINKERS ISLAND(Stephen Rabley)

The year is 1798, and Jenny and her father, Sam Tinker, are working in the market. Sam gets mistaken for a thief and finds himself on a ship full of criminals. They are on their way to Australia. Jenny has her own plants to rescue him.


23RG – 269 DI – 197

DANGEROUS GAME(William Harris)

William and Julie seemed the perfect, happy couple. Then suddenly Julie dies and William finds himself alone except for his friend, Louis. Every week they play a game of chess.Then one night William discovers a new friend –a playful ghost. Together they make up their own special game. But soon the game changes. It’s no longer any fun – it’s becoming dangerous, and William doesn’t want to play it any more. But the ghost won’t let him stop…



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24RG – 270 DI – 198


The story of the madman, Rafael, and his gold ring is a story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of Rafael’s story, but no one knows the whole truth. One man tries to find out what really happened…

25RG – 271 DI – 199

MIKE´S LUCKY DAY(Leslie Dunkling)

It’s the summer vacation, and Mike is an assistant van driver. While working, he meets a girl called Jennifer –and likes her very much. They decide to meet at Cinema One to watch a movie. But that night the traffic’s terrible, Mike forgets his money and his keys, and the police think he’s criminal. Mike’s going to be very late – and Jennifer’s going to be very angry.

26RG – 272 DI – 200

ISLAND FOR SALE(Anne Collins)

Duncan McTavish and his dog, Jock, live in a castle on a Scottish island. One day Duncan gets an electricity bill for £5,000. He doesn’t have any money, and he can’t pay the bill. There is only one thing he can do –sell his island. A famous pop star comes to look at it…

27RG – 275 DI – 203

A CHRISTMAS CAROL(Charles Dickens)

It’s Xmas Eve in London but mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t celebrating. In his opinion, Xmas is “a waste of time and money”. That night, he has a strange experience. Four ghosts visit Scrooge and show him his past, present and future. Gradually, Scrooge begins to understand that he has to change.

28RG – 276 DI – 204

KING ARTHUR AND THEKNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE(D.K. Swan & Michael West)

29RG – 277 DI – 205

TALES FROMTHE ARABIAN NIGHTS(John Turvey)

- The Sultan & Sheherezade- The man who never laughed again- The Caliph laughs- The story of the helpful barber- The boy judge- The dwarf & the fishbone- Ali Baba & the cave- Ali Baba & the forty thieves- The man who turned into a donkey- Aladdin & the magic lamp

30RG – 278 DI – 206

ROBIN HOOD(D.K. Swan)

31RG – 282 DI – 208

A TALE OF TWO CITIES(Charles Dickens)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson’s Bank. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre Manette, is alive and has recently been released after having been secretly imprisoned in Paris for 18 years.

32RG – 283

RIP VAN WINKLEand other stories(Washington Irving)

Washington Irving's ‘‘Rip Van Winkle’’ is one of the best-known short stories in American literature. That is to say, the character of Rip Van Winkle, the man who sleeps for twenty years and awakens to a greatly changed world and a long beard, is one of


DI – 209the best-known characters in American popular culture, widely recognized through his many appearances and references in books, movies, cartoons, and advertisements.

33RG – 297 DI – 219

GREAT BRITISH GHOSTS(Nick McIver)

Britain has always been famous for the ghosts which are said to haunt its old buildings: the castles, theatres and churches. Great British ghosts visits the wild mountains of Scotland, where the ghost of Earl Beardie –dead for over five hundred years— plays cards with the Devil! It visits, too, the Tower of London, scene of so many royal executions, and where famous figures re-live the past.Perhaps you don’t believe in ghosts –yet. Read this book, and you may find that you must believe in them.



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34RG – 298 DI – 220

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONSIN BRITAIN

35RG – 229 DI – 221

IRELAND(Patrick Tolfree)

Ireland, the “Emerald Isle” is famous for the green of its countryside and its warm-hearted people. It is a country of strong traditions, a land of poetry and song. The Irish have a strong independent spirit, a distinctive character and a wonderful sense of humour.This book will show you why so many people love to visit Ireland and why so many of the Irish who now live in other countries long to return)

36RG – 300 DI – 222

DOUBLE FEARand other stories(John Escott)

“The snow came to the south one day in January, and on that day Greg Mason saw his Double.” So begins “Double fear”, the first of the three stories in this chilling new collection.Greg’s Double is exactly like him. He wears the same clothes, he has the same face, hair and eyes. Only his smile is different; it is not a nice

37RG – 301 DI – 223

SHAKESPEARE DETECTIVEand other short stories(S.H. Burton)

Julie walked across the room and sat down. Her face was white. She wasn’t very well – I could see that. But she was brave and she smiled at me.“What am I going to do, John? He’s trying to hurt me because. I’ve got Cordelia’s part in the play. Why? Who is he?”“I don’t know, Julie, but I believe he’s dangerous.”

38RG – 302 DI – 224

SCOTLAND(David Hill)

Scotland is one of the most beautiful parts of Great Britain. It is famous for its mountains, lakes, glens and castles.But it is also famous for its history and traditions, its historical characters, its dancing, the Kilt and the bagpipes and, of course, the Loch Ness Monster.

39RG – 303 DI – 225

AUSTRALIA(Elizabeth Laird)

Australia is famous for koalas and kangaroos, sunshine and surfers. But how much do you really know about the world’s largest island? Do you know what a “jumbuck” is? Or a “surfie”? A “barbie”? Come on a tour of Australia and find out!Explore the most beautiful parts of Australia, from Ayers Rock to the Great Barrier Reef, and see for yourself what Australia is really like…

40RG – 304 DI – 226

DAVID COPPERFIELD(Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens is perhaps Britain’s most famous writer and this is one of his most famous books. It was written in 1850 and follows the sometimes happy, sometimes sad life of David as he grows up. It is filled with the funny and interesting people that he meets and which Dickens so richly describes.

41RG – 305 DI – 227

TREASURE ISLAND(R.L. Stevenson)

“Treasure” island is the island on the map that young Jim Hawkins finds in the wooden chest of Billy Bones, the dead sea captain. The local squire, the doctor and Jim decide to find treasure and they buy a ship. But when they look for a crew to sail the ship, they choose the cruel men who have been following Billy Bones and his map with the fearful “black spot.” The adventures that the true and honest Englishmen have with the pirates, led by the one-legged Long John Silver, have made this exciting story a classic of English Literature.


42RG – 306 DI – 228

JAPANESE REDand other short stories(Lewis Red)

“Lenny sat down in an old armchair and read a book. But he kept an eye on Dr Spinks. The old man walked about the shop. He stopped and looked here and there, but never at the goldfish bowl. The bowl came from Italy, and was Venetian glass, and it could bring a lot of money. Dr. Spinks moved on. For a time he looked at the little red flowers of a house plant. Then he made his way to a small white horse –it stood to the right of the goldfish bowl.”

43RG – 307 DI – 229

THE LOST LOVEand other stories(Jan Carew)

One summer’s day, a young man is walking along a quiet country road. He meets a girl. She takes him to her home in a nearby village. But the village is not on the map, the people there wear strange clothes, and they cook their food in pots over the fire. Can this really be England?



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44RG – 309 DI – 231

LOVE IS A GIMMICKand other short stories(Paul Gallico)

The Great Armando was a strange, brave man. His escape tricks were the most important thing in the world to him. He liked to say that there wasn’t a lock or a prison that he couldn’t escape from. But at that time, he hadn’t met Sheriff Jules Massim, in Detroit. Massim was going to put Armando in straitjacket, and then into a strong bag with a lock. He was going to put that inside a box and drop the box into an ice-cold river in winter. Could Armando escape?

45RG – 310 DI – 232

CAMBRIDGE(Ronald Carter)

The Romans came to Cambridge in the first century A.D. They built the first bridge over the river Cam and gave the town its name.Today, Cambridge is best known for its historic university and this book visits the most famous of the colleges, traces their growth and history, and names their most famous ex–students.But Cambridge is also the centre for the most advanced research in medicine and science, and is a thriving town in its own right. Old meets new in every aspect of life in Cambridge, a fascinating insight into one of Britain’s most fascinating towns.

46RG – 311 DI – 233

THE SPYand other stories(Paul Victor)

Graham Reed is a professor at the university of Cambridge. His brother is a commanding officer in the British army. How can Professor Reed hope to write interesting letters to his brother? The army in Germany is much more exciting than the quiet life he leads in Cambridge… or is it?

47RG – 312 DI – 234

ROUND THE WORLDIN EIGHTY DAYS(Jules Verne)

One evening, Phileas Fogg is reading a newspaper. “The railway is now complete in India”, he tells his friends. “A person can now go round the world in eighty days.”“It isn’t possible”, his friends say. “You have forgotten bad weather. Perhaps the ships will arrive late, or will catch fire. Trains can be late too”.But Phileas Fogg is an exact man. He makes a bet with his friends. He bets twenty thousand pounds that he can go round the world in eighty days. And he leaves that night for Paris, with his servant Passepartout, and a small bag of clothes…

48RG – 314 DI – 236

OXFORD(D´Arcy Adrian-Vallance)

1000 years ago, Oxford was a rich town. There were a lot of churchmen in the city. Some churchmen gave lessons in churches, and students came to Oxford from other parts of Britain and form Europe. Slowly, a university began to grow, and it grew richer and stronger.Oxford is about history, but it is also about today. It meets some students and gives you a taste of life –the fun and the hard work- at one of Britain’s most famous universities.

49RG – 335 DI – 257

THE LADY IN THE LAKE(Raymond Chandler)

The Lady in the Lake is a murder story. Private detective Philip Marlowe is looking for the wife of Derace Kingsley. Is she dead or not? Is she the lady in the lake?

50 SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE Who killed Charles McCarthy? And why? Was it really his son? Sherlock Holmes, the famous English detective, must answer


RG – 337 DI – 259

MYSTERY OF BOSCOMBE POOL(Arthur Conan Doyle)

these questions. His friend, Dr Watson, helps him to find the murderer.

51RG – 338 DI – 260

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE(Thomas Hardy)

Dick Dewy lives in the village of Upper Mellstock. He sings in the choir with his father and grandfather. Then one day a new school teacher, Fancy Day, comes to the village. Soon Dick is in love with her… but so are Mr Shiner and Mr Maybold. But does Fancy love Dick, and will she marry him?

52RG – 341 DI – 263

JANE EYRE(Charlote Bronte)

Jane Eyre is a poor young teacher who works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves Jane too, but he has a secret which brings them great sadness.

53RG – 343 DI – 265

GHOST STORIES(R. Kipling and others)

Three stories, three ghosts. There is a dangerous woman in a picture in a room in a tower. A young woman marries an older man and arrives at his house. But his dead wife is still there. A dead man walks through a house every night because he wants the people there to catch his killer. Sometimes the dead return…



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54RG – 346 DI – 268

TIME BIRD(John Escott)

Mia is on holiday with her mother and grandfather in a small town by the sea. She sees a mysterious bird again and again. She knows she has to follow it, but why? Where will the bird take her? What will she have to do?

55RG – 347 DI – 269

THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS(John Buchan)

One evening Hannay returns home and finds Scudder dead on the floor. Hannay knows that his own life is in danger. He has to live if he is going to save his country. But who are his enemies? What are they trying to do? And what did Scudder mean when he wrote the words “thirty-nine steps” in his secret notebook? A man is killed in Richard Hannay’s apartment. The police think Hannay is the murderer. This is the start of an exciting spy story. Can Hannay is the murderer. This is the start of an exciting spy story. Can Hannay find the real killers? And what is the secret of the thirty-nine steps?

56 RG – 348 DI – 270

MONEY TO BURN(John Escott)

Some robbers steal a lot of money and escape in a stolen car. Because the weather is very bad they have to stop at a farm. A young girl and her brother are alone at the farm. The robbers catch her brother but they do not catch the girl. What can she do?

57RG – 349 DI – 271

BLACK BEAUTY(Anna Sewell)

This is the story of the life and adventures of a beautiful horse: Black Beauty. Black Beauty works hard for all his owners, who are sometimes cruel, sometimes kind; sometimes rich, sometimes poor. Will he ever find true happiness?

58RG – 351 DI – 273

TWICE SHY(Dick Francis)

Two brothers, two stories. A thief wants something he thinks the brothers have got. A computer programme which tells you which horse is going to win a race. The thief is ready to kill for the programme.

59RG – 352 DI – 274

CHOCKY(John Wyndham)

Matthew has a friend that no one can see: Chocky. Everyone else thinks Chocky is not real. But she is. She lives in Matthew’s head. He starts to do strange things. No one understands what is happening. What can his mother and father do to help him? And what will Chocky do?

60RG – 353 DI – 275

SIMPLY SUSPENSE(J.Y.K. Kerr)

Three exciting short stories. Three people are in dangerous places. What can they do? Who can help them? What is going to happen?

61RG – 354 DI – 276

THE BLACK CATand other stories(Edgar Allan Poe)

These four stories of murder and mystery will frighten you! Edgar Allan Poe writes about terrible people with strange lives. Do you have a black cat …?


62RG – 356 DI – 278

PERSUASION(Jane Austen)

Persuasion is a story of love and marriage. Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth meet again after many years. They are in love, but are they going to marry?

63RG – 589 DI – 483

THE ELEPHANT MAN(Tim Vicary)

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him “The Elephant Man.”Then someone speaks to him –and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life.This is a true and tragic story. It is now also a famous film.

64RG – 593 DI – 487

ROBINSON CRUSOE(Daniel Defoe)

“I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully…It was a footprint –the footprint of a man!”In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend –or an enemy?



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65RG – 595 DI – 489

THE DEATH OFKAREN SILKWOOD(Joyce Hannam)

This is the story of Karen Silkwood. It begins with her death.Why does her story begin where it should end? Certain people wanted her death to be an ending. Why? What were they afraid of? Karen Silkwood had something to tell us, and she believed that it was important. Why didn’t she live to tell us? Will we ever know what really happened? The questions go on and on, but there are no answers.This is a true story. It happened in Oklahoma, USA, where Karen Silkwood lived and worked… and died.

66RG – 597 DI – 491

FRANKENSTEIN(Mary Shelley)

Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new “man”. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him –even Frankenstein himself!The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill…

67RG – 598 DI – 492

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS(Tim Vicary)

England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens –Mary, the Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen.Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her.But she also had many enemies –men who said: “The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.”

68RG – 603 DI – 497

THE BRONTË STORY(Tim Vicary)

On a September day in 1821, in the church of a Yorkshire village, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a woman: the man’s wife, the children’s mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too.Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontës of Haworth, then? Branwell died while he has still a young man, but the three sisters who were left had an extraordinary gift. They could write marvellous stories – Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall… But Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories.


69RG – 612 DI – 506

ADVENTURES OFSINDBAD THE SAILOR(D.K. Swan)

Sinbad the Sailor went to sea seven times and his voyages were always dangerous. He met giant men, snakes and birds, strange monkey-men, and the Old Man of the Sea. But he always came back safely to tell his story!.

70RG – 613 DI – 507

TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN(D.K. Swan)

- The ugly duckling- The nightingale- The little mermaid- The Emperor’s new clothes.- Thumbelina

71RG – 614 DI – 508

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER(Mark Twain)

On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the palace garden and meet the prince. They change clothes with each other but the guards discover them and throw out the prince, since they are almost identical. Nobody believes them when they try to tell the truth. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

72RG – 615 DI – 509

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND(Jules Verne)

On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

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73RG – 616 DI – 510

THE SECRET GARDEN(Frances Hodgson Burnett)

The Secret Garden is about a garden that has been locked up for ten years and is discovered by a young girl named Mary Lennox. Mary has come from India, orphaned, spoiled, sickly and determined that she will not like living with her uncle, Mr. Craven. When Mary discovered the garden she began caring for it with the aid of her new friend Dicken. The garden and Mary experience a great transformation. While staying at her uncle's, Mary uncovered another secret, her cousin, Colin. Colin believed he was incurable, bedridden and destined to die. His tantrums were so frightening that the servants performed every request made by him in order to keep him calm. Mary hoped that by taking Colin to the garden he would learn to love the garden and its magic would work wonders on him.

74RG – 619 DI – 513

SHERLOCK HOLMESAND THE DANCING MEN(A. Conan Doyle & D.K. Swan)

Elsie Patrick’s father is a gangster in America. He’s Number One in the Dancing Men gang. The gang is evil.Elise goes to England. There, she marries a good man –John Hilton. But soon Elsie gets a letter from America and she sees pictures of little dancing men. She is afraid. Why? What are the dancing men? Can Sherlock Holmes help?

75RG – 620 DI – 514

THE MYSTERY OFTHE LOCH NESS MONSTER(Leslie Dunkling)

What is a monster? What is a loch? This book answers your questions. Here you can read the real story of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists think “she” is a creature from the past, but they cannot give us all the answers. This book has photographs and newspaper stories. In Scotland you can buy books, pictures and games about the monster, but is the monster real? What do you think?

76RG – 621 DI – 515

MORE ADVENTURES OFROBIN HOOD(John Turvey)

Was there once a man called Robin Hood? Some people think so, and others think not. But there are many old stories about him.When bad men took his lands, he ran away to Sherwood Forest near Nottingham. There he lived with his friends: Little John, Friar Tuck and many others. They killed and ate the king’s deer, and stole from the rich.King Richard, who ruled then, was always fighting in other countries. So his brother, John, ruled England for him. Prince John was a bad man, and his sheriff in Nottingham was no better.The Sheriff was always trying to catch Robin Hood and kill him. But Robin Hood knew the forest well, and the people loved him. He was not afraid of the Sheriff and his men.

77RG – 627 DI – 521

TALES OF HORROR(Bram Stoker)

Three strange and frightening short stories by the author of Dracula:The Judge’s House.The Iron Maiden.The Return of Abel Behena.

78RG – 630 DI – 524

THE ESCAPEand other stories(V. Somerset Maugham)

Maugham takes us from England to France, to Chicago and to the beautiful island of Tahiti.Roger Charing is engaged to marry Ruth, but he changes his mind. We read how he makes his clever Escape.Many men fall in love with Louise. But she is selfish and uses her poor health to live as she pleases.In The Ant and the Grasshopper, George and Tom are brothers. One works hard and is unhappy. The other is lazy but enjoys his life.Romance on the Pacific island of Tahiti leads to The Fall of Edward Barnard.

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79RG – 754 DI – 621

GULLIVER´S TRAVELS(Jonathan Swift)

On his first voyage Gulliver is shipwrecked. He comes in Lilliput, a land were all the people are twelve times as short as he is. He learns their language their laws and their habits. He gets a title of honour when he takes the fleet of Blefuscu out of the water. But when he makes water on the emperor's palace it's decided he should die. But he escapes.On his second voyage he gets into a great storm and comes in a land of giants (12 times as big as he is). He is found by a farmer. Who takes him to a market and to the metropolis? He is sold to the queen. He learns that these people are very nice. At the end he is picked up by a large bird and dropped in the sea, where he is picked up by a ship.

80RG – 755 DI – 622

THE THREE MUSKETEERS(Alexandre Dumas)

Young d’Artagnan comes to Paris in 1627 with a dream – to become a King’s Musketeer. He soon makes friends with 3 brave soldiers.After a short time d’Artagnan has fallen in love – and into great danger. Can he and his friends fight against the evil plans of the beautiful Milady and the cruel Cardinal Richelieu?

81RG – 757 DI – 624

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY(Oscar Wilde)

“When we are happy, we are always good, “ says Lord Henry, “but when we are good, we are not always happy.”Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven –even murder- if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

82RG – 901 DI – 746


Alice in Wonderland was not written as a book for grown-ups. It was for children. It must have been a great surprise. But are the things that happen in Alice really so surprising? We –children and grown-ups– have all been in Wonderland in our dreams. We are not really surprised when Alice changes her size; we have done that in our own dreams. The Cheshire Cat appears and disappears. Why not? The playing-card people are frightening one minute, and “only a pack of cards” the next minute. Of course, we all know the feeling.

83RG – 988 DI – 775


The same as above.

84RG – 1000 DI – 788

THE CANTERBURY TALES(Geoffrey Chaucer)

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has a group of people each telling a story, but our interest is as much in the story-tellers as in the stories. Each of them is a real person. Chaucer introduces them in the Prologue, and then we meet them again between stories. Before long, we feel that we know them personally. We don’t have pardoners and summoners today, but we all know people with characters just like the pardoner and the summoner. The Tales are told (in Chaucer’s book) in poetry

85RG – 1021 DI – 808

MARIE CURIE(Beverley Birch)

Marie Curie was the brilliant scientist who discovered radium nearly a hundred years ago. It was a discovery that changed the world: doctors were later able to help people with cancer and scientists came to know more about the atom.This book tells the story of her life of struggle, success and disaster, and of her devotion to her work which continues to help millions of people throughout the world.

86RG – 1022 DI – 809

MARTIN LUTHER KING(Valerie Schloredt & Pam Brown)

Martin Luther King was the leader of the campaign for black civil rights in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s. This book tells the story of the peaceful demonstrations he held in the southern states demanding equal rights for blacks. He faced enormous opposition but his non-violent struggle for freedom won changes for the blacks of America and opened the eyes of the world to the injustice of racial discrimination




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87RG – 1026 DI – 813

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS(Kenneth Grahame)

A linked series of animal tales by Kenneth Grahame, considered a classic of English children’s literature. The book was begun as a series of bedtime stories for Grahame’s son and was published in 1908. The tales relate the adventures of four animal friends and neighbours in he English countryside - Mole, Rat, Toad (of Toad Hill), and Badger. Although the animals converse and behave like humans, each creature also retains its distinctive animal habits. Review by child: “My mom made me read it. She always picks the worst books! Surprisingly, after the first 10 pages, I couldn’t put it down. This group of friends is more than the story of adventure. It’s the story of them.”

88RG – 1027 DI – 814


It’s Christmas Eve in London but mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t celebrating. In his opinion, Xmas is “a waste of time and money”. That night, he has a strange experience. Four ghosts visit Scrooge and show him his past, present and future. Gradually, Scrooge begins to understand that he has to change.

89RG – 1032 DI – 819

GANDHIHis life was the message(Donn Byrne)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in a small seatown in India in 1869. His family were simple people. But when Gandhi died in 1948, he had become “the father of the nation” and people in India and throughout the world were sad.How did Gandhi become so famous? What special powers did he possess? Was he a saint – or a politician? Gandhi: his life was the message tells the life story of a man whose ideas are still valued and discussed everywhere today

90RG – 1040 DI – 827

KIDNAPPED(Robert Louis Stevenson)

Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.

91RG – 1118 DI – 884

IT NEVER SNOWS IN ENGLAND(Peter Ferguson)

Sally Thompson is a schoolgirl and she is learning to ski. Ski? The rain in winter is cold, the ski mat that she falls on is hard, and Brenda Moore always laughs at her at school. But Sally is brave, and one day her skiing helps a friend …

92RG – 1119 DI – 885

CATCH A THIEFand other short stories(Richard Musman)

[“Here we go!” said Bertie, beginning to run. When he reached the car he could hardly believe his eyes. It was a completely new Rolls Royce, with enough room in if for eight people. The man must be worth a million pounds, Bertie thought, and all from diamonds! He looked through the windows. There were papers Iying on the back seat, but he could not read what was on them. He tried the doors. Three of them were locked. But the fourth was not. “Ah!” he cried, pulling it open.At the same time he felt a hand on his arm, and an angry voice said right in his ear, “And what do you think you’re doing?”]This extract from The Empty Street is one of the eight short stories of crime and detection in Catch a Thief.

93RG – 1121 DI – 887

BLACK BEAUTY(Anna Sewell)

This is the story of the life and adventures of a beautiful horse: Black Beauty. Black Beauty works hard for all his owners, who are sometimes cruel, sometimes kind; sometimes rich, sometimes poor. Will he ever find true happiness?

94RG – 1122 DI – 888






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95RG – 1123 DI – 889


On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the palace garden and meet the prince. They change clothes with each other but the guards discover them and throw out the prince, since they are almost identical. Nobody believes them when they try to tell the truth. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne

96RG – 1125 DI – 891

MARCEL GOESTO HOLLYWOOD(Stephen Rabley)

Marcel is a French mouse, and a very fine detective. He and his friend, Céline, are on holiday in Los Angeles. They’re staying at the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But on the first night of their holiday, Arnold’s daughter is kidnapped …

97RG – 1126 DI – 892



98RG – 1127 DI – 893

ANOTHER WORLD(Elaine O´Reilly)

In Eden City the sun always shines, people never grow old and everyone is happy. For BZXY741, a young student, life seems perfect. But one day he meets Eve, a girl who is different from the rest, a girl who shows him that there is another world …

99RG – 1128 DI – 894

THE ELEPHANT MAN(Tim Vicary)

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him “The Elephant Man.”Then someone speaks to him –and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life.This is a true and tragic story. It is now also a famous film.

100RG – 1453 DI – 1083

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA(Jennifer Bassett)

It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a head without a head; he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, and he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the phantom –the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers …But who has actually, seen him?

101RG – 1454 DI – 1084

VOODO ISLAND(Michael Duckworth)

Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops –and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti.There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man.But the old man has friends –friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead!

102RG – 1455 DI – 1085

SKYJACK(Tim Vicary)

When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened.There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well –too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead –if the hijackers can find out who he is!And there isn’t much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a few minutes the hijackers will use their guns again. And the Prime Minister knows who they are going to kill.

103RG – 1595 DI – 1200

A TALE OF TWO CITIES(Charles Dickens)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson’s Bank. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre Manette, is alive and has recently been released after having been secretly imprisoned in Paris for 18 years.


DEPARTAMENTO INGLÉS SECCIÓN READINGS (Libros de lectura)


NIVEL ELEMENTARY

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104RG – 1596 DI – 1201

BLUE MOON VALLEY(Stephen Rabley)

Li Sun is living happily in Blue Moon Valley, but her grandmother thinks it is time for her to go to the big city and work in her uncle’s circus. The Emperor’s visit to the circus changes Li Sun’s life, and she has to make some difficult decisions.

105RG – 1599 DI – 1204


On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the palace garden and meet the prince. They change clothes with each other but the guards discover them and throw out the prince, since they are almost identical. Nobody believes them when they try to tell the truth. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

106RG – 1600 DI – 1205

THE JUNGLE BOOK(Rudyard Kipling)

A baby is left in the jungle. He will be adopted by a pack of wolves and will learn the laws of the jungle.

107RG – 1603 DI – 1208

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONSIN BRITAIN(Stephen Rabley)

From Scotland to Cornwall, Britain is full of customs and traditions. A lot of them have very long histories. Some are funny and some are strange. But they’re all interesting.Some British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. Bowler hats, drinking tea and talking about the weather, for example. But who was Guy Fawkes? Is the Queen the only person in Britain with two birthdays? This book on British customs and traditions will tell you.

108RG – 1060 DI – 1211

THE MYSTERY OFTHE LOCH NESS MONSTER(Leslie Dunkling)

What is a monster? What is a loch? This book answers your questions. Here you can read the real story of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Scientists think “she” is a creature from the past, but they cannot give us all the answers. This book has photographs and newspaper stories. In Scotland you can buy books, pictures and games about the monster, but is the monster real? What do you think?

109RG – 1607 DI – 1212

GIRL AGAINST THE JUNGLE(Monica Vincent)

On Christmas Eve, Suzanne and her mother are flying from Lima back to their home in Pucallpa. But suddenly there is a storm and the plane crashes. Suzanne’s mother is dead and Suzanne is lost and alone in the South American jungle. This is the true story of ten dangerous days in the jungle and of a girl’s struggle to stay alive.

110RG – 1608 DI – 1213


Pete and Carla are both students at the University of Bath. One day in summer they are walking round the city and decide to look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some, but they are too expensive. Later that afternoon the coins are missing from the shop –and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete…

111RG – 1625 DI – 1230

EARRINGS FROM FRANKFURT(Reg Wright)

Richard Walton is in trouble again. He has lost his job, and he has borrowed money from his sister, Jennifer – again. And now he has disappeared. Jennifer is looking for him, and so are the police. They both have some questions that they want to ask him.How did he lose his job? Why did he fly to Frankfurt? Who gave his girlfriend those very expensive gold earrings?Only Richard can answer these questions. But nobody can find Richard.

112RG – 2020 DI – 1514


Alice in Wonderland was not written as a book for grown-ups. It was for children. It must have been a great surprise. But are the things that happen in Alice really so surprising? We –children and grown-ups– have all been in Wonderland in our dreams. We are not really surprised when Alice changes her size; we have done that in our own dreams. The Cheshire Cat appears and disappears. Why not? The playing-card people are frightening one minute, and “only a pack of cards” the next minute. Of course. We all know the feeling

113RG – 2021 DI – 1515

DINO´S DAY IN LONDON(Stephen Rabley)

A wealthy actress wants her son, Dino, to have a cultural tour of London by taxi. There is a taxi tour, but it’s not quite as expected.




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114RG – 2052 DI – 1543

DUBLINERS(James Joyce)

Six short stories about everyday life in Ireland in the early nineteen hundreds –about families, growing up, love and death in the city of Dublin. James Joyce, one of Ireland’s most famous writers, paints a clever and understanding picture of the city and its people.

115RG – 2106 DI – 1568

MY DEAR AUNTand A MORNING IN LONDON(Donn Byrne)

Jane’s two aunts, Agatha and Mary, quarrelled. They don’t speak to each other. Jane writes letters to each of them. To Aunt Agatha she writes bad things about Aunt Mary, and to Aunt Mary she writes bad things about Aunt Agatha. She wants their money. But one day, something goes wrong. My dear aunt tells the story.

116RG – 2107 DI – 1569

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY(L.G. Alexander)

It is April 1st. It is April Fool’s Day. Joe Selby wants to play a joke on Puddleton, his village. Why is he digging a hole in his garden? Why isn’t he working on his farm? Mr ‘Nosey’ Parker thinks he knows the answers to there questions. By 10 o’clock at night, Joe has shown that ‘Nosey’ and all the people in the village are fools!

117RG – 2114 DI – 1576

COUNTDOWN TO MIDNIGHT(Caroline Laidlaw)

Why does Joe Carter’s scientist father move his satellite dish in the middle of the night? Why does he disappear the next day? Will Joe’s mother arrive safely in Australia? Joe and his friends follow Professor Carter to Dead Man’s Island. But can they stop the war in space? Will they beat the Countdown to Midnight?

118RG – 2147 DI – 1598

TALES OF MYSTERYAND IMAGINATION(Edgar Alan Poe)

The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit, and sometimes it works in strange and frightening ways. That sound in the night… is it a door banging in the wind, or a murdered man knocking inside his coffin? The face in the mirror … is it yours, or the face of someone standing behind you, who is never there when you turn round?

119RG – 2148 DI – 1599


England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens – Mary, the Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen.Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her.But she also had many enemies – men who said: ‘The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.’

120RG – 2149 DI – 1600

DRACULA(Bram Stoker)

In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula – a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls.In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead – a vampire that drinks the blood of living people …

121RG – 2166 DI – 1617

LIFE ON EARTHand other pieces(Christine Lindop & Dominic Fisher)

Who invented the personal stereo? How much water do you need to make a car? How do you make a paper glider? Is Europe really smaller than we think? How tall was the tallest man? You’ll find out the answers to these questions, and much more, as you read Life on Earth and other pieces.

122RG – 2167 DI – 1618

HIDDEN PICTURESand other pieces(Christine Lindop & Dominic Fisher)

What’s the Breakfast Club? How logically can you think? What’s it like living in a horse-drawn caravan? How do you make real American cookies? Can elephants really paint?You’ll find out the answers to these questions, and much more, as you read Hidden Pictures and other pieces.

123RG – 2170 DI – 1621

BILLY AND THE QUEEN(Stephen Rabley)

Billy and Rox are staying with their grandmother in Brighton. They dream of having expensive new bikes, but where will they find the money? Gran has a plan. The only things they need are a camera, a bit of luck – and the Queen of England!

124RG – 2171 DI – 1622







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125RG – 2189 DI – 1640

DEATH IN THE FREEZER(Tim Vicary)

Ellen Shore’s family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first.And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous – very rich, but he gives nothing to his sister Ellen. She has a difficult life, with three young kids and very little money. And she learns to hate her rich, famous, unkind brother …

126RG – 2190 DI – 1641

AS THE INSPECTOR SAID ...(retold by John Escott)

The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly, fail? And when Sonia’s stupid, boring little husband is dead; she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all…Murder plants that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective … These five short stories from the golden age of crime writing are full of mystery and surprises.

127RG – 2232 DI – 1667

CRAIGEN CASTLE MYSTERY(Rod Smith)

Each of the courtyards in Craigen Castle tells a tragic story. When Ed and Joan go to visit the castle, they discover that they cannot get out. As it gets darker, the past begins to come alive. Joan is terrified. It is all part of the plan. But whose plan is it?

128RG – 2233 DI – 1668

KING ARTHUR andthe knights of the round table(D.K. Swan & Michael West)

129RG – 2234 DI – 1669

GULLIVER´S TRAVELS(Jonathan Swift)

On his first voyage Gulliver is shipwrecked. He comes in Lilliput, a land were all the people are twelve times as short as he is. He learns their language their laws and their habits. He gets a title of honour when he takes the fleet of Blefuscu out of the water. But when he makes water on the emperor's palace it's decided he should die. But he escapes.On his second voyage he gets into a great storm and comes in a land of giants (12 times as big as he is). He is found by a farmer. Who takes him to a market and to the metropolis? He is sold to the queen. He learns that these people are very nice. At the end he is picked up by a large bird and dropped in the sea, where he is picked up by a ship.

130RG – 2235 DI – 1670

THE LEOPARD ANDTHE LIGHTHOUSE(Anne Collins)

Sindi is a beautiful island off the coast of Africa. One day a hungry leopard swims across from the mainland and hides in the light-house. How will the people of Sindi catch the leopard before it comes out looking for food?

131RG – 2236 DI – 1671



132RG – 2237 DI – 1672



133RG – 2238 DI – 1673


Duncan McTavish and his dog, Jock, live in a castle on a Scottish island. One day Duncan gets an electricity bill for £5,000. He doesn’t have any money, and he can’t pay the bill. There is only one thing he can do – sell his island. A famous pop star comes to look at it …

134RG – 2268 DI – 1687

SIMON AND THE SPY(Elizabeth Laird)

The police are looking everywhere for a spy. Simon Simple is so busy trying to start a holiday romance with Samantha, he does not see what is in front of his nose …


DEPARTAMENTO INGLÉS



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135RG – 2269 DI – 1688

ROOM 13and other ghost stories(M.R. James)

Five short stories about ghosts, evil spirits and creatures of the night.Beware! Don’t turn your light out immediately after you’ve finished reading. Something may be waiting for you in the dark…

136RG – 2270 DI – 1689


Pete and Carla are both students at the University of Bath. One day in summer they are walking round the city and decide to look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some, but they are too expensive. Late that afternoon the coins are missing from the shop – and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete …

137RG – 2271 DI – 1690

ROUND THE WORLDIN EIGHTY DAYS(Jules Verne)

One evening, Phileas Fogg is reading a newspaper. “The railway is now complete in India”, he tells his friends. “A person can now go round the world in eighty days.”“It isn’t possible”, his friends say. “You have forgotten bad weather. Perhaps the ships will arrive late, or will catch fire. Trains can be late too”.But Phileas Fogg is an exact man. He makes a bet with his friends. He bets twenty thousand pounds that he can go round the world in eighty days. And he leaves that night for Paris, with his servant Passepartout, and a small bag of clothes …

138RG – 2273 DI – 1692

THE BOY FROM YESTERDAY(John Davage)

Sea Brid Cottage is the ideal place for a holiday. That’s what Mrs Dale and her children think when they first arrive. But the cottage has a sad history. What are the noises they hear at night? Who is the mysterious figure in the garden? And who is the boy from yesterday?

139RG – 2274 DI – 1693


The story of the madman, Rafael, and his gold ring is a story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of Rafael’s story, but no one knows the whole truth. One man tries to find out what really happened …

140RG – 2275 DI – 1694

LOST IN NEW YORK(John Escott)

Nicky has just got off the plane at New York to stay with his Aunt Carrie. But at once things start to go wrong… Soon Nicky finds that he is being taken on a terrifying tour of New York by a group of young people that he doesn’t even know. And the police are looking for him because they think he is a thief! Nicky is lost, alone and very scared. He has got to find Aunt Carrie before the police find him …

141RG – 2369 DI – 1775

MARIA´S DILEMA(Julia Newsome)

When Maria discovers Harriet Beecham’s body in the river, she runs to tell the police. But first she takes something, a necklace. She knows that this is wrong, but she doesn’t realise that other people also want the necklace. And they will do anything to find it.

142RG – 2380 DI – 1786

THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS(John Bucham)

When Richard Hannay’s neighbour. Scudder, tells him a secret, an exciting adventure begins.One evening Hannay knows that his own life is in danger. He has to live if he is going to save his country. But who are his enemies? What are they trying to do? And what did Scudder mean when he wrote the words “thirty-nine steps” in his secret notebook?Hannay needs to find the answers to these questions quickly. But his enemies are very dangerous and clever men who are prepared to kill anyone.

143RG – 2381 DI – 1787



144RG – 1788 DI – 2382

TINKERS FARM(Stephen Rabley)

It is 1800 and Jenny and Sam Tinker arrive in the United States of America. They have to work very hard on a farm, but Jenny’s friendship with the Indian girl, Blue Sky, leads the Thinkers to a better life.




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145RG – 2383 DI – 1789

K´S FIRST CASE(L.G.Alexander)

Sir Michael Gray is dead. He was the victim of a murder and he was very rich. Who murdered him? And why? Katrina Kirby –or ‘K’ as she is called— is a detective and she wants to find the answers to these important questions. Was it Sir Michael’s wife, Lady Elizabeth? Or was it his secretary? Or his housekeeper? Or his brother? Or his friend? One of these five people is the murderer. This is K’s first case. Can you help her find the murderer?

146RG – 2428 DI – 1834

NEW YORKERS(O. Henry)

A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress – ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry’s famous short stories – sensitive, funny, sympathetic – give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.

147RG – 2469 DI – 1860

TREASURE ISLAND(R.L. Stevenson)

‘Sometimes I wake up at night. I can hear the sea around Treasure Island. I can hear the voice of Long John Silver’s parrot calling – “Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!”Jim Hawkins tells the story of the journey on the ship, the Hispaniola, to Treasure Island. And he tells of the battle with the pirates to get Captain Flint’s gold.

148RG – 2491 DI – 1869

BRAVEHEART(Randall Wallace)

‘Sons of Scotland, you have come here to fight as free men… if you fight, perhaps you’ll die. If you run, you may live for a time. But at what cost? … I say we’ll always be free!’

149RG – 2505 DI - 1873


In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula- a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls.In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead- a vampire that drinks the blood of living people...

150RG – 2549 DI – 1917

HELP !(Philip Prowse)

Frank Wormold is a writer. He doesn’t have much money and his wife is unhappy. To help him finish one of his stories he starts to use a computer. But the computer gives him more help than he wants. Then he really needs ‘help’!

151RG – 2550 DI – 1918

THE DOUBLE BASS MYSTERY(Jeremy Harmer)

Penny Wade is a musician. She is enjoying her first visit to Barcelona with her orchestra. But first her double bass is lost, and then someone with her orchestra dies. The police want to know what happened and Penny’s life changes as she also slowly learns the truth.

152RG – 2551 DI – 1919

JOHN DOE(Antoinette Moses)

The man they call John Doe lies in a hospital bed. He watches and thinks but says nothing. The doctor wants to know who he is. But John Doe leaves hospital, the doctor finds out more about him than just his real name.

153RG – 2552 DI – 1920

SUPERBIRD(Brian Tomlinson)

A spaceship crashes on a strange planet and everyone on it dies –except for one person. She helps the people of the planet to build their own spaceship, and returns home in it. But when she is back home with her own people, the real trouble begins.

154RG – 2553 DI – 1921

THE IRONING MAN(Colin Campbell)

While Tom is at work in London, his wife Marina is left bored and alone in the small village where they live. She wishes for someone to do the housework for her and a strange thing happens. Her wish comes true, the Ironing Man enters her life, and everything begins to change for both Marina and Tom.

155RG – 2554 DI – 1922

DOUBLE CROSS(Philip Prowse)

A fast-moving international thriller set in Scandinavia, London and southern Africa. A politician nearly dies in Stockholm, and secret agent Monika Lundgren chases the would-be killer. As she races across the world she meets a strange football team, a rock musician, and a madman with dreams of world power.




NIVEL ELEMENTARY

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156RG – 2676 DI – 2031

ROBINSON CRUSOE(Daniel Defoe)

“I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully…It was a footprint –the footprint of a man!” In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend –or an enemy?

157RG – 2696 DI – 2051

THE GREAT GATSBY(F. Scott Fitzgerald)

No one knew where Jay Gatsby had come from or how he had become so rich. Everyone in New York went to the parties in Gatsby’s beautiful house on Long Island. They ate his food and drank his wine. But he was interested in only one person, Daisy Buchanan. He would do anything to please her.

158RG – 2697 DI – 2052


The same as above.

159RG – 2698 DI –2053

160RG – 2704 DI – 2059

MACBETH(William Shakespeare)

This great Shakespearean tragedy is set in a Scotland of witches and prophecy, of ghosts and murder, and of conspiracy and madness, and is a brilliant study of a man destroyed by the evil within him.Macbeth is loyal and courageous, and is a friend of King Duncan. However, after a battle he encounters three witches who tell him that one day he will be king of Scotland. At first Macbeth does not believe what the witches have promised. Then his wife makes a plan to kill Duncan

161RG – 2705 DI – 2060

THE £ 1,000,000 BANK NOTE(Mark Twain)

Have you ever made a bet – a big bet?In the 1850’s, a young American finds himself in London by chance! He is penniless, and yet he leads the luxurious life of a millionaire. How can he do this? It’s all thanks to a bizarre bet, made by two eccentric gentlemen. This amazing story, with a surprise ending, is recorded in full on the accompanying cassette, along with the listening activities.

162RG – 2730 DI – 2085


In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula- a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls.In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead- a vampire that drinks the blood of living people ...

163RG – 6243 DI – 5123

STRANGER THAN FICTION(Phil Healey & Rick Glanvill)

A collection of real stories about strange and interesting things which appeared originally in The Guardian newspaper. Then in 1991 they were put together in a book, Urban Myths.

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When Jonathan Harker goes on a business trip to Transylvania with documents regarding the purchase of an estate in England, little does he know what the sinister intentions of his client, Count Dracula are …




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JOHN DOE(Antoinette Moses)

The man they call John Doe lies in a hospital bed. He watches and thinks but says nothing. The doctor wants to know who he is. But John Doe doesn´t answer his questions. Then, after John Doe leaves hospital, the doctor finds out more about him than just his real name.

167RG – 2896 DI – 2198

A PICTURE TO REMEMBER(Sarah Scott-Malden)

Cristina Rinaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. She loves art and is happy with her life. Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can´t remember some things. But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

168RG – 2897 DI – 2199


The same as above.

169RG – 2898 DI – 2200

APOLLO´S GOLD(Antoinette Moses)

Liz studies and teaches archaeology in Athens. She works hard and needs a holiday, so she goes to the beautiful and peaceful island of Sifnos. But the peace does not last long when a mysterious yacht arrives, one of the local men dies, and Liz becomes involved with some very dangerous people.

170RG – 2899 DI – 2201


The same as above.

171RG – 2900 DI – 2202


Liz studies and teaches archaeology in Athens. She works hard and needs a holiday, so she goes to the beautiful and peaceful island of Sifnos. But the peace does not last long when a mysterious yacht arrives, one of the local men dies, and Liz becomes involved with some very dangerous people.

172RG – 2901 DI – 2201

SUPERBIRD(Brian Tomlinson)

A spaceship crashes on a strange planet and everyone on it dies- except for one person. She helps the people of the planet to build their own spaceship, and returns home in it. But when she is back home with her own people, the real trouble begins.

173RG – 2902 DI – 2204

THE DOUBLE BASS MYSTERY(Jeremy Harmer)

Penny Wade is a musician. She is enjoying her first visit to Barcelona with her orchestra. But first her double bass is lost, and then someone with her orchestra dies. The police want to know what happened, and Penny´s life changes as she also learns the truth.

174RG – 2903 DI – 2205

THE HOUSE BY THE SEA(Patricia Aspinall)

A married couple, Carl and Linda Anderson, buy a house by the sea to spend their weekends. But one weekend Linda does not arrive at the house and Carl begins to worry. What has happened to her? Who is the taxi driver that follows Carl? And how much do the people in the village really know?

175RG – 2904 DI – 2206


The same as above.

176RG – 2905 DI – 2207

DOUBLE CROSS(Philip Prowse)

A fast-moving international thriller set in Scandinavia, London and southern Africa. A politician nearly dies in Stockholm, and secret agent Monika Lundgren chases the would-be killer. As she races across the world she meets a strange football team, a rock musician, and a madman with dreams of world power.

177RG – 2906 DI – 2208

THE IRONING MAN(Colin Campbell)

While Tom is at work in London, his wife Marina is left bored and alone in the small village where they live. She wishes for someone to do the housework for her and a strange thing happens. Her wish comes true, the ironing man enters her life, and everything begins to change for both Marina and Tom.





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HELP !(Philip Prowse)

Penny Wade is a musician. She is enjoying her first visit to Barcelona with her orchestra. But first her double bass is lost, and then someone with her orchestra dies. The police want to know what happened, and Penny’s life changes as she also slowly learns the truth

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WALKABOUT(James Vance Marshall)

This is the story of an Aboriginal boy´s walkabout and two American children lost in the Australian bush. When they meet; Mary and Peter learn about the desert. They follow the boy to food and water. Now they have to finish their journey home!

181RG – 2988 DI – 2290

RAINMAN(Leonore Fleischer)

Charlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. The money goes to someone he does not know.He is a man who lives in a special hospital, and is the brother Charlie never knew. The two men meet and this is the start of a surprising new life for both of them.

182RG – 2989 DI – 2291

BLUE MOON VALLEY(Stephen Rabey)

Li Sun is living happily in Blue Moon Valley, but her grandmother thinks it is time for her to go to the big city and work in her uncle´s circus. The Emperor´s visit to the circus changes Li Sun´s life and she has to make some difficult decisions.

183RG – 2990 DI – 2292

THE GIFT OF THE MAGIand other stories(O. Henry)

O. Henry´s short stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems and you never know how a story is going to finish! People always remember his writing.

184RG – 2991 DI – 2293

PROJECT-OMEGA(Elaine O´reilly)

Charles Hatfield Baker, the New York millionaire, is head of Hatfield International Investments. One morning he disappears. What has happened to him? When his daughter, Julia, takes change of his company, she finds out about the mysterious Project Omega...and her own life is in danger.

185RG – 2992 DI – 2294

INSPECTOR THACKERAYCALLS(Kenneth James & Lloyd Mullen)

The robbery on the ten o´clock London to Manchester train is big news. But how did it happen? And what secret is hidden in the quiet little village of Woodley? These are just two of the crimes which Inspector Thackeray and his assistant, Sergeant Silver, must solve. The criminal always makes at least three mistakes ... Read and listen, to see if you can find them with the Inspector.

186RG – 3039 DI – 2341

HALLOWEEN HORROR(Gina D.B. Clemen)

Halloween is probably the most exciting festivity on our calendar! What could be more than a spooky Halloween party in a haunted house? If you live in Salem, Massachusets, the “Witch City”, incredibly eerie things can happen on Halloween night.

187RG – 3041 DI – 2343


This great Shakespearean tragedy is set in a Scotland of witches and prophecy, of ghosts and murder, and of conspiracy and madness, and is a brilliant study of a man destroyed by the evil within him.Macbeth is loyal and courageous, and is a friend of King Duncan. However, after a battle he encounters three witches who tell him that one day he will be king of Scotland. At first Macbeth does not believe what the witches have promised. Then his wife makes a plan to kill Duncan

188RG – 3043 DI – 2345

THE £ 1,000,000 BANK NOTE(Mark Twain)

Have you ever made a bet – a big bet? In the 1850’s, a young American finds himself in London by chance! He is penniless, and yet he leads the luxurious life of a millionaire. How can he do this? It’s all thanks to a bizarre bet, made by two eccentric gentlemen. This amazing story, with a surprise ending, is recorded in full on the accompanying cassette, along with the listening activities.





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189RG – 3045 DI – 2347

THE JUMPING FROG(Mark Twain)

Come to Angel´s Mining Camp in California and meet Smiley whose frog is a living gold mine, until one day...Discover some incredible Western remedies for Curing a cold. There is a wealth of rare background information about California during the Gold Rush period and about California today, as well as a “sing along” of old western songs!

190RG – 3047 DI – 2349

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SHERLOCK HOLMESInvestigates(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Conan Doyle´s Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first time in “A study in Scarlet” in 1887, and he soon became the most famous literary detective of all time. Here we see him at work in three stories: solving the problem of the hat and the goose in “the Blue Cabuncle”; finding the missing fiancé in “A Case of Identity”: and discovering the identity of the strange creature in “the Yellow Mask”

192RG – 3079 DI – 2381


No one knew where Jay Gatsby had come from or how he had become so rich. Everyone in New York went to the parties in Gatsby’s beautiful house on Long Island. They ate his food and drank his wine. But he was interested in only one person, Daisy Buchanan. He would do anything to please her.

193RG – 3087 DI – 2389

THE ADVENTURES OFTOM SAWYER(Mark Twain)

Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends- Huck Finn and Joe Harper. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, and one in a cave. Who does he see there, and why is he afraid?

194RG – 3088 DI – 2390

THE HORSE WHISPERER(Nicholas Evans)

One winter morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved-horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace´s mother believes her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can the Horse Whisperer nurse Pilgrim back to health?

195RG – 3089 DI – 2391


In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula- a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls.In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead- a vampire that drinks the blood of living people...

196RG – 3090 DI – 2392

FOOTSTEPS(Simon Betterton)

John is a security guard in a school. It´s a routine job, but one day, strange things start to happen. Mary, one of the teachers, disappears and then John loses his job. John decides to discover what´s happening. Can he find the answer to the mystery?

197RG – 3091 DI – 2393

THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE(Sue Townsend)

Wednesday, May 26th.”My mother is pregnant. My mother!!!!! How can she do this to me? ”How will Adrian react to having a baby in the house? Will his parents manage to save their marriage? Will Pandora remain his girlfriend? You can find our happens to his not-so-average British teenager in his very amusing diary.

198RG – 3185 DI – 2487

CHILDREN, ANIMALS AND STRANGE ADULTS(Saki)

See below.

199RG – 3187 DI – 2489

CHILDREN, ANIMALS AND STRANGE ADULTS(Saki)

A dramatic intrusion ends a long family feud, a man is strangely influenced by his pets, a cat brings scandal to British society and a little boy battles to enjoy life with the help of his own personal god-these are just a few of the amazing stories created by Hector Hugh Munro, alias master short-story teller Saki.




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BIZARRE TALES(Peter Foreman)

“Strange and surprising”. This is the meaning of “bizarre”. And for those who enjoy strange surprises these five original stories will be a delight. Teke Fiona the fashion model who decided to show her invisible self instead of clothes! Or what about Max, who thought that sleeping was a waste of time- until the media got to know about him...

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JOJO´S STORY(Antoinette Moses)

There aren’t any more days. There’s just time. Time when it’s dark and time when it’s light. Everything is dead, so why not days too? Everyone on Jojo’s village is dead, and ten-year-old Jojo is alone

204RG – 3351 DI – 2653


Cristina Rinaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.She loves arat and is happy with her life. Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can´t remember some things. But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

205RG – 3352 DI – 2654

LOGAN´S CHOICE(Richard MacAndrew)

“I´m Inspector Logan of the Edinburgh police”, Jenny said. ”I´m very sorry about the death of your husband”. Who killed Alex Maclennan? His friend, his wife or her brother? It isn´t easy, but Logan has to chose.

206RG – 3353 DI – 2655

TWO LIVES(Helen Naylor)

In the small Welsh village of Tredonald, Megan and Huw fall in love. But is their love strong enough to last? Death, their families and the passing years are all against them.

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208RG – 3410 DI – 2693

SHERLOCK HOLMESInvestigates(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle))

Conan Doyle´s Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first time in “A study in Scarlet” in 1887, and he soon became the most famous literary detective of all time. Here we see him at work in three stories: solving the problem of the hat and the goose in “the Blue Cabuncle”; finding the missing fiancé in “A Case of Identity”: and discovering the identity of the strange creature in “the Yellow Mask”

209RG – 3458 DI – 2741

WALKABOUT(James Vance Marshall))

This is the story of an Aboriginal boy’s walkabout and two American children lost in the Australian bush. When they meet, Mary and Peter learn about the desert. They follow the boy to food and water. Now they have to finish their journey home!

210RG – 3459 DI – 2742

MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS(Gerald Durrell))

This very funny book is about an English family, the Durrells, who live on the Greek island of Corfu. There, under the sun, the youngest boy, Gerald, collects all sorts of animals: insects, fish, dogs and snakes, and brings them back to his house. His family think this is a very bad idea!

211RG – 3460 DI – 2743

THE HORSE WHISPERER(Nicholas Evans))

One winter morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace’s mother believes her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can the Horse Whisperer nurse Pilgrim back to health?



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England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens – Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen.Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her.But she also had many enemies – men who said: “The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.”

213RG – 3462 DI – 2745

THE WITCHES OF PENDLE(Rowina Akinyemi)

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it … and a few weeks later you are dead.Today, of course, most people don’t believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family …

214RG – 3473 DI – 2756

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT(Norman Whitney)

Max worked for a large company – Friendship Services International. Every day he received lots of letters. These letters asked for “FSI products”.But FSI products had no names! They only had numbers and letters: X3Ys, L7Ks, and A5Qs. What did these numbers and letters mean? Max did not know.

215RG – 3474 DI – 2757


The same as above.

216RG – 3475 DI – 2758

LOST IN NEW YORK(John Escott)

This is Nicky’s first visit to New York. He is going to stay with his Aunt Carrie. But before he sees her, he meets some older boys with motorbikes. Then, the police think that Nicky is a thief. They are looking for him. Nicky has to find Aunt Carrie before the police find him!

217RG – 3476 DI – 2759

BROWN EYES(Paul Stewart)

Every year, Peter and Susan go to Lea-on-Sea. Every year it is the same. But this year there is a man pretending to be Peter. Why? What does he want? Will this be their last visit?

218RG – 3477 DI – 2760

THE GREAT DISCOVERY(Mandy Loader)

Archeologist Tim Saunders sits opposite a mysterious girl on a train in Egypt. He notices the bracelet she’s wearing. He thinks it may be a treasure from the lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Is Tim going to make a great discovery? And is there a curse on the lost treasure?

219RG – 3478 DI – 2761

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA(Anthony Hope)

See below.

220RG – 3479 DI – 2762


1980 – Somewhere in Europe. A rich young Englishman visits Ruritania. He is going to see the coronation of Prince Rudolf Elphberg. But the Prince disappears. Where is he? What does his brother, Black Michael, know? Who can save Ruritania?

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TIGERS AND BIG CATS(Sarah Woolard)





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THE COLDEST PLACEON EARTH(Tim Vicary)

In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, and Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian.But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned to their homes again.This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history.

223RG – 3517 DI – 2800

THE COLDEST PLACEON EARTH(Tim Vicary)

The same as above.

224RG – 3518 DI – 2801

CHEMICAL SECRET(Tim Vicary)

The job was too good. There had to be a problem – and there was.John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it.They gave him the job because he couldn’t say no; he couldn’t afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn’t see the real poison – until it was too late.

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CHEMICAL SECRET(Tim Vicary)

The same as above.

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Duncan McTavish and his dog, Jock, live in a castle on a Scottish island. One day, Duncan gets a letter from the electricity company. They want £5,000 pounds. But Duncan doesn’t have the money. He can do only one thing: sell his island. Is a famous rock star going to buy it?

227RG – 3531 DI – 2814


The same as above.

228RG – 3532 DI – 2815


For a number of years, William Harris plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls “Poldy”. At the beginning William and Poldy play a friendly game every night, but then the game begins to change. It becomes a dangerous game. Who will win?

229RG – 3533 DI – 2816


The same as above.

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WALKABOUT(James Vance Marshall))

This is the story of an Aboriginal boy’s walkabout and two American children lost in the Australian bush. When they meet, Mary and Peter learn about the desert. They follow the boy to food and water. Now they have to finish their journey home!

231RG – 3578 DI – 2840



232RG – 3572 DI – 2841

THE JUMPING FROG(Mark Twain)

Come to Angel´s Mining Camp in California and meet Smiley whose frog is a living gold mine, until one day... Discover some incredible Western remedies for Curing a cold. There is a wealth of rare background information about California during the Gold Rush period and about California today, as well as a “sing along” of old western songs !

RESÚMENES LIBROS BIBLIOTECA DE ALUMNOS DEPARTAMENTO INGLÉS SECCIÓN READINGS (Libros de lectura)


NIVEL ELEMENTARY

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COLLECTED AMERICANCLASSICS – VOLUME 1(Mark Twain et al.)

- The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)- The Gift of the Magi & other stories (O. Henry)- The House of the Seven Gables (N. Hawthorne)- Rip van Winkle & the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow (W. Irving)- White Fang (Jack London)- The Call of the Wild (Jack London)- The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)

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COLLECTED AMERICANCLASSICS – VOLUME 1(Mark Twain – O. Henry – Nathaniel Hawthorne – Washington Irving – Jack London – James Fenimore Cooper.)

The same as above.

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COLLECTED CLASSICSVOLUME 8(Alexandre Dumas et al.)

- The Count of Monte Cristo (A. Dumas)- Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (R.L. Stevenson)- Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)- Dracula (Bram Stoker)- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (A. C. Doyle)- Vanity Fair (William M Thackeray)

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AVALANCHE !(Mark Foster & Phillip Burrows)

Ben, his sister Maxine, and their parents, are going skiing in Scotland. The sun is shining and the snow on the mountains is beautiful. It’s going to be a wonderful holiday.But one day there’s an avalanche, and Ben’s father doesn’t come back to the village. The police are looking for him under the snow – and so is Buster, Ben’s dog.

237RG – 3695 DI – 2922


The same as above.

238RG – 3696 DI – 2923


The same as above.

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THE PICTURE OFDORIAN GRAY(Oscar Wilde)

“When we are happy, we are always good,” says Lord Henry, “but when we are good, we are not always happy.”Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven – even murder – if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

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The same as above.

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“When we are happy, we are always good,” says Lord Henry, “but when we are good, we are not always happy.”Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven – even murder – if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

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It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head; he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, and he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom – the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers …But who has actually seen him?

243RG – 3701 DI – 2928


The same as above.




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244RG – 3702 DI – 2929


It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head; he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, and he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom – the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers …But who has actually seen him?

245RG – 3703 DI – 2930

LITTLE WOMEN(Louisa May Alcott)

This is the story of the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. We follow the girls through a year of their lives, their happiness, their sadness, and their loves. We see how the girls get stronger and cleverer through the most difficult year for the March family.

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LITTLE WOMEN(Louisa May Alcott)

The same as above.

247RG – 3794 DI – 3011


1980 – Somewhere in Europe. A rich young Englishman visits Ruritania. He is going to see the coronation of Prince Rudolf Elphberg. But the Prince disappears, Where is he? What does his brother, Black Michael, know? Who can save Ruritania?

248RG – 3807 DI – 3014

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST(Oscar Wilde)

The Ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville crept along the corridor in the darkness.“Three hundred years ago I murdered my wife. Now I will do another terrible thing.”When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy Canterville Chase, everyone tells him that he is crazy. The house is haunted by a ghost. And when the American family come to live there, strange things begin to happen. A bloodstain that changes colour. Mysterious noises in the night. A journey to the Garden of Death …

249RG – 3808 DI – 3015


The same as above.

250RG – 3809 DI – 3016


The Ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville crept along the corridor in the darkness.“Three hundred years ago I murdered my wife. Now I will do another terrible thing.”When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy Canterville Chase, everyone tells him that he is crazy. The house is haunted by a ghost. And when the American family come to live there, strange things begin to happen. A bloodstain that changes colour. Mysterious noises in the night. A journey to the Garden of Death …

251RG – 3892 DI – 3099

DANGEROUS GAME(William Harris))

For a number of years, William Harris plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls “Poldy”. At the beginning William and Poldy play a friendly game every night, but then the game begins to change. It becomes a dangerous game. Who will win?

252RG – 3702 DI – 2929


Cristina Rinaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. She loves art and is happy with her life. Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can’t remember some things. But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

253RG – 4056 DI – 3242


Max worked for a large company – Friendship Services International. Every day he received lots of letters. These letters asked for “FSI products”.But FSI products had no names! They only had numbers and letters: X3Ys, L7Ks, and A5Qs. What did these numbers and letters mean? Max did not know!



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The same as above.

255RG – 4058 DI – 3244

THE CROWN(M. R. James)

You aren’t from Seaburgh,” the old man said. “Go back to your hotel. Don’t think about the crown again.”Paxton is on holiday in Seaburgh, a small English town near the sea. He likes old things and old stories … but he doesn’t always listen. He takes a famous old crown from the ground. Suddenly, there is a shadow behind him, and Paxton is very afraid.

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THE LAST PHOTO(Bernard Smith)

Pam and Martin are visiting Cambridge for the day. Pam decides she wants to finish the film in her camera and takes a photo of Martin. The photo she takes turns out to be very helpful for the police …

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Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing from the shop – and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete …

258RG – 4061 DI – 3247

TREASURE ISLAND(Robert Louis Stevenson))

A young boy, Jim Hawkins, lives quietly by the sea with his mother and father. One day, Billy Bones comes to live with them and from that day everything is different. Jim meets Long John Silver, a man with one leg, and Jim and Long John Silver go far across the sea in a ship called the Hispaniola to Treasure Island.

259RG – 4062 DI – 3248

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL(William Kotzwinkle)

Millions of people know and love the story of E.T. – the little visitor from the stars. Earth is interesting for E.T. but he wants to go home. Can his new Earth friend, Elliott, help him? This is the famous story of one of the world’s favourite movies.

260RG – 4063 DI – 3249

THE BEATLES(Paul Shipton)

The year was 1963, and Beatlemania was only just beginning. Soon the Beatles had fans all around the world. For the rest of the 1960s their music led the way and they changed modern music forever. This book tells the story of the greatest band in the world from the early days in Liverpool to the Beatles’ music in the world today.

261RG – 4064 DI – 3250

HOW TO BE AN ALIEN(George Mikes)

How to be an alien is the funniest book you will read about the English!Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And because the English are strange, they don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!

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The same as above.

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The same as above.

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The same as above.





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SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS(Jackie Maguire)

Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day and the Fourth of July. These are all important days in English-speaking countries. But how do people celebrate them? And why do children go “trick or treating” in October or burn “guys” in November?

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SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS(Jackie Maguire)

The same as above.

268RG – 4071 DI – 3257

IRELAND(Tim Vicary)

A peaceful country of lakes, rivers, fields and mountains? An exciting country of pubs, theatres, writers and song? Or an unhappy country of guns, soldiers, fighting and death? Everyone has their own idea of Ireland; this book gives a full picture of this beautiful country, its people and their history.

269RG – 4072 DI – 3258

IRELAND(Tim Vicary)

The same as above.

270RG – 4073 DI – 3259

THE TEMPEST(William Shakespeare)

Prospero, Duke of Milan lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban a monster and Ariel a magic spirit. He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm – a tempest. All the people with Antonio on the ship land on Prospero’s island. Many strange things happen to them, but in the end they all come together again. Caliban and Ariel are free. Prospero and his brother are friends again.

271RG – 4074 DI – 3260


“Hail, Macbeth who will be King one day.” On a cold Scottish heath, three witches make a prophecy. Inspired by their words and encouraged by his evil wife, Macbeth begins his trail of destruction to gain and keep the Scottish throne.

272RG – 4251 DI – 3414

THE PEARL(John Steinbeck)

Kino finds a pearl as big as an egg – the greatest pearl in the world! The pearl can make Kino rich and bring happiness to his poor family. But money can also bring new problems …

273RG – 4252 DI – 3415


The same as above.

274RG – 4253 DI – 3416


Kino finds a pearl as big as an egg – the greatest pearl in the world! The pearl can make Kino rich and bring happiness to his poor family. But money can also bring new problems …

275RG – 4254 DI – 3417


The same as above.

276RG – 3161 DI – 2463


Cristina Rinaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. She loves art and is happy with her life. Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can´t remember some things. But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

277RG – 4315 DI – 3434

COLLECTED CLASSICSVOLUME 4

- Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool (Arthur Conan Doyle)- The Thirty-Nine steps (John Buchan)- The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)- Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)- Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)





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The Man with Two Shadows and other Stories(Thomas Hood and others)The portrait of a Lady(Henry James)The Secret Agent(Joseph Conrad)Canford(Elizabeth Gaskell)Silas Marner(George Eliot)

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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThe Wind in the Willows(Kenneth Grahame)The Jungle Book(Rudyard Kipling)Five Famous Fairy TalesTales from Hans AndersenTales from the Arabian NightsThe Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

280RG – 4318 DI – 3437


Round the World in Eight Days (Jules Verne)The Prince and the Pauper(Mark Twain)Robinson Crusoe(Robert Louis Stevenson)Robin HoodThe Three Musketeers(Alexandre Dumas)The Mysterious Island(Jules Verne)

281RG – 4319 DI – 3438

THE MAN WITH TWO SHADOWS AND OTHER GHOST STORIES(Thomas Hood and others)

Some people do not really die. Things are not what they seem. In these six mysterious stories strange things happen. One ghost returns to catch returns to catch his murderer, another to find stolen money and a third to find money lost for hundreds of years. A man even returns from hell, but only for a short time …

282RG – 4320 DI – 3439

HAPPY CHRISTMAS !(John Escott)

Did you know where Santa Claus’s name came from? Are you a santa or a scrooge? Answer our questions, and find out! You can make our yule log chocolate cake in “A Great Time for Eating! And there are Christmas stories and a play for you to read too.

283RG – 4321 DI – 3440


The same as above.

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The same as above.

285RG – 4323 DI – 3442

ST AGNES’ STAND(Thomas Eidson)

The last thing Nat Swanson needs in more trouble. But how can he leave three nun and seven children for the Apache Indians to kill? He has to do something. Sister St Agnes is sure that God has sent Nat to save them. He is not sure and, for Swanson, the next six days are the longest of his life …

286RG – 4324 DI – 3443

ST AGNES’ STAND(Thomas Eidson)

The same as above.




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THE FORGER(Robert O’Neill)

David Rutland is a young artist. Police Inspector Moore wants his help to catch Bruno Sharp, who has been forging paintings for many years. David goes to Switzerland and becomes Sharp’s assistant. It is dangerous work and there is evil men watching him. But slowly he learns the forger’s secrets and uncovers the mysterious part …

288RG – 4326 DI – 3445

THE MYSTERYOF THE BLUE MINES(Kris Anderson)

Something strange is happening at the Blue Mines. Strong men and fierce dogs guard the gates and there are stories of a secret tunnel. One man has already died trying to uncover the truth. How did he die and who killed him? Steve Malone is sent to investigate.

289RG – 4327 DI – 3446

THE HONG KONG CONNECTION(Peter Cooper)

Chief Superintendent of Police, Robert Scott, is investigating the murder of a burglar, Harry Bond. Two more murders follow. When Scott uncovers some library books, a very interesting postcard and two false passports, the connection has to be Hong Kong. A trip to Hong Kong island leads Scott to the key to unlocking the mystery.

290RG – 4362 DI – 3481

THE LAST OF THE MOHIGANS(James Fenimore Cooper)

This is the exciting story about the first symptoms of the great change that was to transform the life of the Indian civilization on the American continent. Cooper’s extraordinary characters are unforgettable!

291RG – 4363 DI – 3482

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM(William Shakespeare)

Two young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted: Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the fairies, are also in the wood, together with the mischievous hobgoblin Puck…

292RG – 4412 DI – 3531


How to be an alien is the funniest book you will read about the English!Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And because the English are strange, they don’t get angry when they read the book. The love it! You will too!

293RG – 4644 DI – 3737

INSPECTOR LOGAN(Richard MacAndrew)

“When did your wife go out?” asked Jenny Logan. She looked at the man across the table from her. “Yesterday”, he replied.“And she didn’t come home last night?” said Logan.“That’s right”, said the man.It was Jenny Logan’s first day in her new job. She was an inspector in the Edinburgh police. It was also her first murder.

294RG – 4645 DI – 3738

THE BEAST(Carolyn Walker)

“I sleep with my eyes open. My ears hear the smallest sound and I wake. You may see something moving in the corner of your eye. If you turn to look, there will be nothing there. But I am following in the darkness behind you. I am your worst dream.”On holiday in Wales, Susie meets the “undead”.Is it a man, or an animal?

295RG – 4646 DI – 3739

THE LAHTI FILE(Richard McAndrew)

Hundreds of dead fish. Some unexplained deaths.A birdless town.“Foreign Executive” Ian Munro is sent to the town of Lahti in Finland. But the man he is there to meet is killed in front of him. Who killed the man? And why does the beautiful Riitta Koivisto ask so many questions? Munro starts looking for answers and discovers a poisonous secret.

296RG – 4647 DI – 3740

TWO LIVES(Helen Naylor)

In a small Welsh village, Megan and Huw fall in love. But is their love strong enough to last? Death, their families and the passing years are all against them.

297RG – 4648 DI – 3741

JACK’S GAME(Rod Smith)

Laura likes her job, but she does not like the other people in the company. Jack is her only friend. One day she finds a piece of paper in the office, with some mysterious words on it. Then Jack disappears. What is Happening? Laura discovers that the company has a terrible secret.





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MARIA´S DILEMMA(Julia Newsome)


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THE BLACK MOUNTAIN(Lester Vaughan)

There are problems for the people of Fardor. Zadra, the Lord of Traygot has a plan that is bad for Fardor and bad for the world. You must go to Traygot and stop Zadra.In this fun and exciting puzzle book, you participate in the story and you make the decisions, Can you stop Zadra?

300RG – 4651 DI – 3744

JASON CAUSES CHAOS(Jeremy Taylor)

Eva wants to go to the cinema, but she has to look after seven year old Jason for the evening. Nobody wants to look after Jason, he is impossible! But Eva and Jason make a good team when they have to join forces against a dangerous stranger.

301RG – 4652 DI – 3745

WHERE’S MAURIAC?(Lester Vaughan)

You are an agent for the French Secret Service. Your mission is to go to England and find the dangerous criminal, Mauriac. You will have to speak English well. In this fun and exciting game book, you participate in the story and you make the decisions.

302RG – 4653 DI – 3746

SATURDAY STORM(Julia Newsome

‘You live in the past and you don’t see how fast things are changing!’ Philip shouts at his father. Philip loves computers and basketball. Sometimes he thinks that no one else understands how important these things are. One day something happens that changes his life.

303RG – 4654 DI – 3747

THE LOST WORLD(Arthur Conan Doyle)

Young reporter Malone is sent on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger.Challenger Believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon Forest.Will they return alive?

304RG – 4655 DI – 3748

AROUND THE WORLDIN EIGHTY DAYS(Jules Verne)

‘Today you can go round the world in 80 days,’ says Phileas Fogg.‘Do it, and I pay you $20.000,’ says his friend Stuart.This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne’s most exciting stories.

305RG – 4656 DI – 3749

THE WILD WEST(John Escott)

The true story of the Wild West, with its Indians and cowboys, and some of the famous people who lived and worked there.People like Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Billy the Kid – and Annie Oakley, the best shot in the West.

306RG – 4702 DI – 3795

THE CUP IN THE FOREST(Anne Collins)

Per and Nina are on holiday in the country. They find a strange Viking cup in a dark forest. The cup is very old and interesting. But now there is a strange man at the hotel and Per is afraid.

307RG – 4703 DI – 3796

THE WRONG MAN(Kris Anderson)

A man wants to kill the Police Commissioner. But who is he?Can Steve Malone find the killer? He only has two days…

308RG – 4704 DI – 3797

STRANGER THAN FICTION(P. Healey and R. Glanvill)

What happened to the man who jumped from the Empire State Building? What about the family who went to sleep in the wrong house? Can cows fly?These questions are answered in this book of urban myths.

309RG – 4705 DI – 3798

THE VOYAGES OFSINBAD THE SAILOR(P.Francis)

Sinbad the Sailor went to sea seven times and his voyages were always dangerous. He met giant men, snakes and birds, strange monkey-men, and the Old Man of the Sea. But he always came back safely to tell his story!

310RG – 4706 DI – 3799

MARTIN LUTHER KING(Coleen Degnan-Veness)

Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King’s dream really come true today?





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311RG – 4756 DI – 3849


It’s Christmas Eve in London but mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t celebrating. In his opinion, Xmas is “a waste of time and money”. That night, he has a strange experience. Four ghosts visit Scrooge and show him his past, present and future. Gradually, Scrooge begins to understand that he has to change.

312RG – 4757 DI – 3850

MORE SPORTS STARS(R. Ybarra Rubio)

Millions of people have admired the sporting excellence of the four people featured in this book.Now you can discover how David Beckham, the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena) and Pau Gasol became four of the greatest sports stars in the world.

313RG – 4758 DI – 3851

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM(W. Shakespeare)

Two young lovers meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius and Helena and they all find themselves in an enchanted wood …

314RG – 4945 DI – 4038

NEWSPAPER CHASE(John Escott)

Harry Black is a thief. He takes a famous painting and puts it in an old newspaper. But then the recycling truck arrives – and where is Harry’s newspaper?

315RG – 4946 DI – 4039

THE TROY STONE(Stephen Rabley)

On holiday in Turkey, Mark Jackson visits Troy and finds a yellow stone which seems to have special powers. Suddenly he is in a world of long ago – a world where the Greeks are building a wooden horse…

316RG – 4947 DI – 4040

THE BATTLE OF NEWTON ROAD(Leslie Dunkling)

The houses in Newton Road are small, but people are happy there. Then a civil engineer wants to knock down the houses and build a new road. The people of Newton Road are very angry. But can they win the battle?

317RG – 4948 DI – 4041

DARK STREETS(Robert O’Neill)

Tom Casey is a police detective. He doesn’t like newspaper reporters. Then Anna Brodsky comes to interview him for her newspaper. Outside, it’s a cold night. The city streets are dark. A car thief is at work. He needs a fast car. Why? Tom Casey must find out – and Anna Brodsky is going to help him.

318RG – 4949 DI – 4042

GUCCI (Business in Fashion)(Paola Trimarco)

Today Gucci is number one in world fashion! It is famous for its beautiful and expensive clothes. This is the story of the Gucci family, and the Gucci company.

319RG – 4950 DI – 4043

FOOTBALL CLUBSOF SOUTH AMERICA(Rod Smith)

Read about the famous players – DiStéfano, Maradona, and Pelé. Learn about the famous clubs – Flamengo, Boca Juniors, Olimpia, and Medelín. These and many others give life and color to the beautiful game.

320RG – 4951 DI – 4044

U.F.O.s(Helen Brooke)

Unidentified Flying Objects.

321RG – 4952 DI – 4045

MEN IN BLACK(J.J.Gardner)

‘Bugs kill things – aliens and people.’ There is a Bug in New York. The people of Earth are in danger! Kay and Jay are Men in Black. They and other Men in Black must find the Bug. If they don’t there will be war!

322RG – 4953 DI – 4046


Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesn’t like people. He really doesn’t like Xmas. But then some ghosts visit him. They show him his past life, his life now, and a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change?

323RG – 4954 DI – 4047

WASHINGTON SQUARE(Henry James)

Catherine Sloper lives a quiet life with her father and aunt in a nice house in NY. When her father dies she will have a lot of money. One day Catherine meets a handsome young man Morris Townsend. He soon says he loves her and wants to marry her. But her father thinks that Morris wants Catherine’s money. Does Morris love Catherine or does he just want her money?

RESÚMENES LIBROS BIBLIOTECA DE ALUMNOSDEPARTAMENTO INGLÉS



Nº ORDEN


324RG – 4955 DI – 4048

HERCULES (by The Sword)(Timothy Boggs)

Raiders steal Zeus’ Sword of Fire and Hercules must get it back. He cannot leave the Sword of Fire in dangerous hands to be used against men, women and children. He must move quickly to fight for the weak and others in danger!

325RG – 4956 DI – 4049

GET SHORTY(Elmore Leonard)

In Miami, Chili Palmer was a gangster. He’s in Hollywood now, helping his friend Harry Zimm to make a movie. But the movie business is very dangerous. A new enemy wants him out of the way and an old enemy hasn’t forgotten him.

326RG – 4957 DI – 4050

RAIN MAN(Leonore Fleischer)

Charles Babbit thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. The money goes to someone he does not know. He is a man who lives in a special hospital, and is the brother Charles never knew. The two men meet and this is the start of a surprising new life for both of them.

327RG – 4958 DI – 4051

BRITISH LIFE(Anne Collins)

This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today.

328RG – 4959 DI – 4052

STRANGER THAN FICTION(P. Healey & R. Glanvill)

What happened to the man who jumped from the Empire State Building? What about the family who went to sleep in the wrong house? Can cows fly?These questions are answered in Stranger than Fiction: Urban Myths. A book of strange and interesting, sometimes funny stories.

329RG – 4960 DI – 4053

STRANGER THAN FICTION(P. Healey & R. Glanvill)

The same as above.

330RG – 4961 DI – 4054

GREY OWL(Vicky Shipton)

In the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and animals. He wanted to change the world. He also had a very strange secret. This book tells his true story.

331RG – 4962 DI – 4055

GREY OWL(Vicky Shipton)

The same as above.

332RG – 4973 DI – 4066

PERMISSION TO LEAVEAnd other Stories(Steve Buckledee)

3 short stories: - Permission to leave- Can Helen escape?- Raimundo Sánchez - Superstar

333RG – 4974 DI – 4067

JACK’S GAME(Rod Smith)

Laura likes her job, but she does not like the other people in the company. Jack is her only friend. One day she finds a piece of paper in the office, with some mysterious words on it. Then Jack disappears. What is happening? Laura discovers that the company has a terrible secret.

334RG – 4975 DI – 4068

MARIA’S DILEMMA(Julia Newsome)


335RG – 4976 DI – 4069

THE BOY FROM YESTERDAY(John Davage)

Sea Bird Cottage is the ideal place for a holiday. That’s what Mrs Dale and her children think when they first arrive. But the cottage has a sad history. What are the noises they hear a t night? Who is the mysterious figure in the garden? And who is the boy from yesterday?

336RG – 4977 DI – 4070

OSCAR(John Escott)

Joseph is excited about beginning to work for Mr Felberg. But there is a problem with Sidney, Mr Felberg assistant. Why doesn’t Sidney like Joseph? Joseph watches Sidney. Does Sidney have a secret? Joseph is not the only one watching Sidney. Something or someone is watching Sidney all the time and Sidney doesn’t like it.





Nº ORDEN


337RG – 4978 DI – 4071

THE BLACK MOUNTAIN(Lester Vaughan)

There are problems for the people of Fardor. Zadra, the Lord of Traygot has a plan that is bad for Frador and bad for the world. You must go to Traygot. You must stop Zadra.In this fun and exciting puzzle book you participate in the story and you make the decisions. Can you stop Zadra?

338RG – 4979 DI – 4072

WHERE’S MAURIAC?(Lester Vaughan)

You are an agent for the French Secret Service. Your mission is to go to England and find the dangerous criminal, Mauriac. You will have to speak English well.In this fun and exciting puzzle book you participate in the story and you make the decisions.

339RG – 4980 DI – 4073

SATURDAY STORM(Julia Newsome)

‘You live in the past and you don’t see how fast things are changing!’ Philip shouts at his father. Philip loves computers and basketball. Sometimes he thinks that no one else understands how important these things are …

340RG – 4981 DI – 4074

CRAIGEN CASTLE MYSTERY(Rod Smith)

Each of the courtyards in Craigen Castle tells a tragic story. When Ed and Joan go to visit the castle, they discover that they cannot get out. As it gets darker, the past begins to come alive. Joan is terrified. It is all part of the plan. But whose plan is it?

341RG – 4982 DI – 4075

JASON CAUSES CHAOS(Jeremy Taylor)

Eva wants to go to the cinema, but she has to look after seven year old Jason for the evening. Nobody wants to look after Jason, he is impossible! But Eva and Jason make a good team when they have to join forces against a dangerous stranger.

342RG – 4983 DI – 4076

THE ROAD THROUGHTHE HILLS and other stories(Rod Smith)

4 short stories:- The Music of the Forest- The Road Through The Hills- The Detective- The Restaurant

343RG –1342 DI – 4358

SALLY’S PHONE(Christine Lindop)

Sally is always running – and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops.But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone ... and it changes her life.

344RG – 5343 DI – 4359


There has been a ghost in the house for 300 years, and Lord Canterville´s family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost – because of course Americans don´t believe in ghosts.The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don´t frighten easily - especially not two noisy little boys- and the poor ghost is in for e few surprises.

345RG – 5344 DI – 4360

GOLDFISH(Raymond Chandler)

The Leander pearls were stolen 19 years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are hidden.Carmady agrees to talk to the guy who says he knows. But he finds him dead in his bed, with burned feet, and it seems there are quite a lot of people in LA who have heard the story, and who are out looking for the Leander pearls...

346RG – 5345 DI – 4361

THE WITHERED ARM(Thomas Hardy)

A woman and a man... words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her... It’s an old story. It happens all the time. People never change. But this story, set among the green hills of Southern England, has something different about it... a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms.

347RG – 5346 DI – 4362




NIVEL ELEMENTARY

Nº ORDEN


348RG – 5353 DI – 4369

One-Way Ticket

349RG – 5354 DI – 4370350RG –5355 DI – 4371


The life and death of the last Queen of the Scots.

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The life and death of the last Queen of the Scots.

352RG – 5357 DI – 4373

THE WRONG TROUSERS(Wallace & Gromit)

See below.

353RG –5358 DI – 4374


It’s Gromit’s birthday and his master Wallace gives him a unusual present – a pair of techno-trousers. At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin comes to stay, he uses them one night for something different, very different!

354RG – 5359 DI – 4375


The same as above.

355RG – 5360 DI – 4376


See below

356RG – 5361 DI – 4377


There has been a ghost in the house for 300 years, and Lord Canterville´s family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost – because of course Americans don´t believe in ghosts.The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don´t frighten easily - especially not two noisy little boys- and the poor ghost is in for a few surprises.

357RG – 5362 DI – 4378


The same as above.

358RG – 5363 DI – 4379


The Leander pearls were stolen 19 years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are hidden.Carmady agrees to talk to the guy who says he knows. But he finds him dead in his bed, with burned feet, and it seems there are quite a lot of people in LA who have heard the story, and who are out looking for the Leander pearls ...




Nº ORDEN


359RG – 5364 DI – 4380


The same as above.

360RG – 5365 DI – 4381

MATILDA(Roald Dahl)

Matilda is a very clever little girl, but her terrible parents don’t like her, and her head teacher, Miss Trunchbull, is very frightening. She isn’t very happy. Then one day Matilda starts moving things with her eyes, and after that she isn´t afraid of anybody!

361RG – 5366 DI – 4382

MATILDA(Roald Dahl)

The same as above.

362RG – 5566 DI – 4497363RG – 5567 DI – 4498364RG – 5568 DI – 4499

THE MUMMY(David Levithan)

The Mummy is an exciting movie. Imhotep dies in Ancient Egypt. 3,700 years later Rick O’Connell finds him. Imhotep is very dangerous. Can O’Connell send him back to the dead?

365RG – 5569 DI – 4500

TREASURE ISLAND(Robert Louis Stevenson)

A young boy, Jim Hawkins, lives quietly by the sea with his mother and father. One day, Billy Bones comes to live with them and from that day everything is different.Jim meets Long John Silver, a man with one leg, and Jim and Long John Silver go far across the sea in a ship called The Hispaniola to Treasure Island.

366RG – 5570 DI – 4501

367RG – 5571 DI – 4502


Why are the English different from Europeans?A description of English people viewed by a Hungarian immigrant.George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And because the English are strange, they don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!It’s the funniest book you will read about the English!

368RG – 5572 DI – 4503


See below.

369RG – 5573 DI – 4543


Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family life, pets – and the food. This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today.

370RG – 5574 DI – 4505


The same as above.




Nº ORDEN TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN371RG – 5575 DI – 4506

SALLY’S PHONE(Christine Lindop)

Sally’s always running – and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime and at the shops.But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone … and it changes her life.

372RG – 5576 DI – 4507

ON THE EDGE(Gillian Cross)

When Tug wakes up, he is not in his own bedroom at home. The door is locked and there are bars across the window. Loud music hammers through the house and through his head. Then a woman comes in and says that she is his mother, but Tug knows that she is not… Outside, Jinny stares through the trees at the lonely house on the hill. She hears strange noises, but she turns away. After all, it’s none of her business…

373RG – 5577 DI – 4508

UNDER THE MOON(Rowena Akinyemi)

It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a wide fire. There is no water. ..In a colony under the moon, people wait for news – news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid.The planet Earth is burning…

374RG – 5578 DI – 4509

THE MURDERSIN THE RUE MORGUE(Edgar Allan Poe)

The room was on the 4th floor, and the door was locked – with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened – on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.

375RG – 5579 DI – 4510376RG – 5580 DI – 4511

SHERLOCK HOLMES :THE BLUE DIAMOND(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One look at the old hat and Sherlock Holmes can tell you a lot about its owner. He sees and thinks a lot more than the people around him, and when a beautiful blue diamond disappears, Sherlock is the only man in London who can find it.

377RG – 5581 DI – 4512

THE TEMPEST(William Shakespeare)

Prospero, Duke of Milan lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban a monster and Ariel a magic spirit. He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm – a tempest. All the people with Antonio on the ship land on Prospero’s island. Many strange things happen to them, but in the end they all come together again. Caliban and Ariel are free. Prospero and his brother are friends again.

378RG – 5582 DI – 4513379RG – 5583 DI – 4514

THE MUMMY(David Levithan)

The Mummy is an exciting movie. Imhotep dies in Ancient Egypt. 3,700 years later Rick O’Connell finds him. Imhotep is very dangerous. Can O’Connell send him back to the dead?

380RG – 5584 DI – 4515


One day Rafael was well; the next day he was completely mad. What happened to make him crazy? The story of Rafael and his gold ring is a story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of the story, but only Rafael knows what really happened. And Rafael is mad.





Nº ORDEN TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN

381RG – 5585 DI – 4516

THE BLUE SCARAB(Jenny Dooley)

Osiris held up the blue scarab. “This is what we will use to speak to the living. Through this the souls of the dead will be judged. We hope that the living will understand what we say…”When Monica found the importance of what she had hanging around her neck, she decided to use it for the best. But can she save the souls of her loved ones?Only the Blue Scarab can help Osiris judge …

382RG – 5586 DI – 4517

THE BLUE SCARABActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

Activity book.

383RG – 5587 DI – 4518


Osiris held up the blue scarab. “This is what we will use to speak to the living. Through this the souls of the dead will be judged. We hope that the living will understand what we say…”When Monica found the importance of what she had hanging around her neck, she decided to use it for the best. But can she save the souls of her loved ones?Only the Blue Scarab can help Osiris judge…

384RG – 5588 DI – 4519

THE BLUE SCARAB_ Activity Book(Jenny Dooley)

Activity book.

385RG – 5589 DI – 4520


Osiris held up the blue scarab. “This is what we will use to speak to the living. Through this the souls of the dead will be judged. We hope that the living will understand what we say…”When Monica found the importance of what she had hanging around her neck, she decided to use it for the best. But can she save the souls of her loved ones?Only the Blue Scarab can help Osiris judge…

386RG – 5590 DI – 4521

THE BLUE SCARABActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

Activity book.

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388RG – 5592 DI – 4523

FRANKENSTEINActivity Book(Mary Shelley)

Activity book.

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FRANKENSTEINActivity Book(Mary Shelley)

Activity book.

391RG – 5595 DI – 4526

LIFE EXCHANGE(Jenny Dooley)

The burned man turned towards his burned friend on the other trolley. He put his hand onto his friend’s hand.“J … a … k …. e!”But that was his last word. He died, with his hand in the hand of his friend.“Can you hear me? Jake, did you say?”The nurse lifted the dead man’s hand away from his friend’s and laid it across his chest.

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LIFE EXCHANGEActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

Activity book.

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394RG – 5598 DI – 4529


Activity book.

395RG – 5599 DI – 4530

EXCALIBUR(Jenny Dooley)

Will Uther keep his promise and give his son to Merlin?Who will be the one to pull Excalibur out of the rock and become the ruler who will unite England?Is love enough to beat hatred and save Arthur and Lancelot’s friendship?Will Morgan Le Fay’s evil plans succeed?Will peace ever return to England?

396RG – 5600 DI – 4531

EXCALIBURActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

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397RG – 5601 DI – 4532

EXCALIBUR(Jenny Dooley)

Will Uther keep his promise and give his son to Merlin?Who will be the one to pull Excalibur out of the rock and become the ruler who will unite England?Is love enough to beat hatred and save Arthur and Lancelot’s friendship?Will Morgan Le Fay’s evil plans succeed?Will peace ever return to England?

398RG – 5602 DI – 4533

EXCALIBURActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

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399RG – 5603 DI – 4534

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA I(Jenny Dooley)

Having heard the noises from within the tavern, Will left the safety of the hut and crept towards a hole in the tavern wall…He could no longer see his father but he saw his mother, and as she struggled with the furious Shivan, she caught sight of her son through the hole.“Run, Will!”“But…!”“Forget about us! Save yourself!”

400RG – 5604 DI – 4535

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA IActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

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401RG – 5605 DI – 4536

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA I(Jenny Dooley)

Having heard the noises from within the tavern, Will left the safety of the hut and crept towards a hole in the tavern wall…He could no longer see his father but he saw his mother, and as she struggled with the furious Shivan, she caught sight of her son through the hole.“Run, Will!” “But…!”“Forget about us! Save yourself!”

402RG – 5606 DI – 4537

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA IActivity Book(Jenny Dooley)

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STRANGER THAN FICTION(Phil Healey & Rick Glanvill)

A collection of real stories about strange and interesting things which appeared originally in The Guardian newspaper. Then in 1991 they were put together in a book, Urban Myths.

404RG – 5733 DI – 4664

MYSTERIES OFTHE UNEXPLAINED(Kathy Burke)

Is there intelligent life in other worlds? What special powers do our minds have? How can people suddenly disappear? Are there really monsters and ghosts? Read about some of the world’s most frightening and exciting mysteries – mysteries that science cannot explain!

405RG – 5734 DI – 4665

MYSTERIES OFTHE UNEXPLAINED(Kathy Burke)

Is there intelligent life in other worlds? What special powers do our minds have? How can people suddenly disappear? Are there really monsters and ghosts? Read about some of the world’s most frightening and exciting mysteries – mysteries that science cannot explain!

406RG – 5735 DI – 4666

ORCA(Phillip Burrows & Mark Foster)

When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places.But one day, they meet an orca –a killer whale- one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting…

407RG – 5736 DI – 4667

LOVE OR MONEY(Rowena Akinyemi)

Molly Clarkson is having her 50th birthday party. She is rich, but she’s having a small party – only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die.But one person can’t wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die.

408RG – 5737 DI – 4668

SKYJACK(Tim Vicary)

When a large plane is hijacked, the PM looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very very frightened.There is a name on the list that the PM knows well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead – if the hijackers can find out who he is!And there isn’t much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a few minutes the hijackers will use their guns again. And the PM knows who they are going to kill.

409RG – 5738 DI – 4669

DEEP TROUBLE(Lesley Thompson)

Amy and Matt are bored. They don’t want to study for their exams – they want to have a good time. So they drive to the marina at West Palm Beach, and Matt jumps onto one of the boats. ‘We can go anywhere!’ he jokes.But when the owners of the boat come back and find them, Amy and Matt are in deep trouble. Matt is a good swimmer and enjoys scuba-diving, but now he must dive for their lives.

410RG – 5739 DI – 4670

RIP VAN WINKLE – THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW(Washington Irving)

In the first of these stories, Rip Van Winkle sleeps for over 20 years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands.In the other story, Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a headless rider in the middle of a dark night.

411RG – 5740 DI – 4671

THE TURN OF THE SCREW(Henry James)

A young woman arrives at a large country house. Her job is to look after the two children who live there, but she soon discovers that there is something very strange about both the house and the children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that the two children are in danger – or is it that the children are the danger, and the person in danger is herself?

412RG – 5784 DI – 4715

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME and other stories(Oscar Wilde)

At Lady Windermere’s party a famous palm reader tells Lord Arthur Savile that he will commit a murder. But will the handsome young nobleman become an assassin or will he marry Sybil, his beautiful fiancée?Find out about Lady Alroy’s mysterious ways in “THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET” and discover how it pays to be nice to the poor in “THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE”.

413RG – 5785 DI – 4716

GREAT MYSTERIESOF OUR WORLD(Gina D B Clemen)

Some of the world’s most puzzling mysteries remain unsolved. Do you think a fast sports-car can be evil and kill its drivers? Would you wear a splendid diamond that brings bad luck? Can a 3,300-year-old Egyptian curse still exist? Which of Nostradamus’ prophecies were true? Why was the Mary Celeste a ghost ship?





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415RG – 6034 DI – 4965


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417RG – 6048 DI – 4979


Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean, miserable old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting his money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night in his bedroom, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show Scrooge scenes from his life. They show him his sad childhood. They show him the present, Christmas Eve in Victorian England where both rich and poor are enjoying Christmas with family and friends. They show him a frightening, lonely future. In this famous story by Charles Dickens, Christmas brings a surprising change in Ebenezer Scrooge. But is it good or bad?

418RG – 6193 DI – 5073

419RG – 6194 DI – 5074

MISSING IN CORNWALL(Alessandra Brunetti & Janet Harmer)

Sam King is a lucky girl. She lives in a comfortable cottage, she attends a nice school and her father is a famous rock star. When the school year begins, she makes friends with a new student named Keith, who helps her with her homework. But Sam’s luck turns bad during the school trip to Land’s End. Alone for a moment near the empty school bus, she falls into the hands of two strangers, who then demand a high ransom from Sam’s father. Keith believes he can help the police find Sam and rescue her from the kidnappers.

420RG – 6195 DI – 5075

THE HAUNTED BOOMERANG(Janet Harmer)

During their Christmas holidays in the “red heart” of Australia, Penny and Bob set out to look for a very special boomerang that is missing from an Aboriginal museum near Ayers Rock. The situation gets serious and they get lost in the unfriendly Australian bush. There they meet Sel, a young Aborigine, and his grandfather who gives them clues about the location of the boomerang. From then on their cultural holiday turns into an exciting adventure!

421RG – 6196 DI – 5076

THE JUST SO STORIES(Rudyard Kipling)

Kipling’s popular stories about the “evolution” of some of the stranger species of animals around the world have fascinated generations of children. This colourful simplified version re-tells these amusing stories in language which is accessible to early learners of English.




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Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean, miserable old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting his money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night in his bedroom, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show Scrooge scenes from his life. They show him his sad childhood. They show him the present, Christmas Eve in Victorian England where both rich and poor are enjoying Christmas with family and friends. They show him a frightening, lonely future. In this famous story by Charles Dickens, Christmas brings a surprising change in Ebenezer Scrooge. But is it good or bad?

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425RG – 6200 DI – 5080

THE CALL OF THE WILD(Jack London)

Buck, a young St. Bernard dog, is stolen from his sunny Californian home to go and work in the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. After many adventures he learns to survive in the cold land and becomes the leader of the dog sled team, but in his blood he hears the strange voice of the wilderness around him, calling him to return to his wild brothers the wolves.

426RG – 6201 DI – 5081

THE LOST MOUNTAIN(Audrey Cowan)

Neil and Julie are going to Africa to meet Neil’s father, an archaeologist who is looking for traces of an ancient civilisation in Uganda. When their plane crashes in the jungle they know they must find a way out or die. With the help of a friendly pygmy boy they begin their dangerous journey to the snowy mountains. But where is the secret pass through the peaks and are the legends which tell of strange people living there really true?

427RG – 6202 DI – 5082

TREASURE ISLAND(Robert Louis Stevenson)

Jim Hawkins works at his mother’s inn on the west coast of England in the 1700s. One day, an old pirate captain comes to stay at the inn. It is the beginning of an exciting adventure, which takes Jim across the ocean, in the company of unforgettable characters like Long John Silver, on a hunt for treasure on Treasure Island.

428RG – 6294 DI – 5174

JUST LIKE A MOVIE(Sue Leather)

Brad Black likes the movies. He goes every weekend with his girlfriend, Gina. They are happy, but they have no money. Then Brad has an idea and thinks that real life can be just like the movies – and that’s when things go wrong.

429RG – 6295 DI – 5175

THE BIG PICTURE(Sue Leather)

Ken Harada takes photos for newspapers. But life ges dangerous when Ken takes a photo of a sumo star. Someone wants the photo badly. But who? And why?

430RG – 6296 DI – 5176

HELP!(Philip Prowse)

Frank Wormold is a writer. He doesn’t have much money and his wife is unhappy. To help him finish one of this stories the starts to use a computer. But the computer gives him more help than he wants. Then he really needs “help”!




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Silvia Broome is an interpreter at the United Nations. One night she hears a plan to kill the President of the African state of Matobo. Agent Tobin Keller of the US Secret Service must stop the killers. But is Silvia telling the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is she more dangerous than the President’s other enemies?

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Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family life, pets – and the food. This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today.

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THE INTERPRETER(retold by Karen Holmes)


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PARALLEL(Colin Campbell)

“Max sat on his bed. There was a gun on the bed beside him. The gun was still warm. Max’s face was very white and he didn’t feel well. He never felt well after he killed someone.”Max kills people for money. But one day he goes to a new world and his life changes.

441RG – 6318 DI – 5198

CIRCLE GAMES(Frank Brennan)

Five stories to make you smile – and think: a Chinese lion dancer turns round and round; and old wooden wheel sits on an English pub wall; an American teenager makes a new wheel for a car; a bicycle taxi driver in Singapore helps a sick girl; and an English student finds a strange, and very old, disc.

442RG – 6320 DI – 5200

EYE OF THE STORM(Mandy Loader)

A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards the USA. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything in its path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desperate attempt to reach her father before it is too late.




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BAD LOVE(Sue Leather)

“Jack Daly?” Judy looked at me. “He’s a very good doctor. He’s famous at the hospital.”“Oh, famous is he?” I said. “I don’t often like famous people.”Judy looked into my eyes. “Oh, come on, Detective Laine,” she said, “you like him! I watched you with him. All the women like him.”One week later Dr. Daly is dead and Flick Laine of the Denver Police Department is looking for his killer.

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DEAD COLD(Sue Leather)

A dead girl is found in a swimming pool in Pine Crest, USA. She’s Janine, a 23-year-old student who wanted to write for a newspaper. Detective Flick Laine has to find the killer. But first she must find out the big story Janine was working on before her death.

445RG – 6542 DI – 5341

THREE TOMORROWS(Frank Brennan)

Three stories to make you think, set in the near future, 100 years and 1500 years from now. The end of spam – a curse or a blessing? ? How can you know if someone is a robot or a person?What happens to the last brain in the world?

446RG – 6542 DI – 5341

STRONG MEDICINE(Richard MacAndrew)

Dr Mark Latto travels to California to learn about a new medicine that his friend, Deborah Spencer, is developing. When he arrives, he finds that Deborah is dead and the book that she was writing has disappeared. Is it murder? The police don’t think it is, but mark isn’t so sure...

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448RG – 6548 DI – 5347


The same as above

449RG – 6771 DI – 5521

TALES FROM MANY LANDS(Anita Stern)

An anthology of multicultural folk literature

450RG – 6772 DI – 5522

TALES FROM MANY LANDS(Anita Stern)

An anthology of multicultural folk literature

451RG – 7686 DI – 5902

SEASONS & CELEBRATIONS(Jackie Maguire)

A journey through a year of celebrations, from New Year’s Eve to Christmas.Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day and the Fourth of July. These are all important days in English-speaking countries. But how do people celebrate them? And why do children go “trick or treating” in October or burn “guys” in November?

452RG – 7688 DI – 5904

CRIES FROM THE HEART(Jeniffer Bassett)

A compilation of eight stories from around the world (Nigeria, New Zealand, Botswana, Jamaica, Uganda, Malaysia, India, South Africa). They were all selected from the winning entries in the Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

453RG – 7690 DI – 5906

WHY?(Philip Prowse)

Alex is a soldier with a peacekeeping force in a poor country torn apart by fighting. He doesn’t speak the language and is not sure why he is there. On patrol hecomes face to face with the reality of what arms sales mean and pays the ultimate price. Why?

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(Sue Leather)She’s Janine, a 23-year-old student who wanted to write for a newspaper. Detective Flick Laine has to find the killer. But first she must find out the big story Janine was working on before her death.



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HAMLET(William Shakespeare)

Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why? Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered Hamlet’s father and married the young prince’s mother. Will Hamlet be strong and brave enough to take revenge? Is he mad? Or does he have a secret plan?

456RG – 7706 DI – 5922

THREE TOMORROWS(Frank Brennan)

Three stories which ask questions about the world in five years, in a hundred years and in fifteen hundred years. Can an email tell us what to buy? How can you know if someone is a machine or a person? What are the dreams of the last woman to live?

457RG – 7708 DI – 5924

ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS(Jules Verne)

Phileas Fogg reads that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days. He makes a bet that he can do it, but doesn't know that someone wants to stop him.A classic adventure by Jules Verne.

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BRONZE- Stories from Reading Circles(Mark Furr)

A compilation of seven short stories in very different settings

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