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Retold by: Stephen Colbourn Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers w...

Reader: Level 4 (Pre-intermediate -> about 1400 basic words)

Reader: Level 4 (Pre-intermediate -> about 1400 basic words) In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.

Casino Royale is an adapted Pre-intermediate Level reader written by Ian Fleming. In this classic series of James Bond novels, Casino Royale puts 007 up against a powerful Russian Agent called Le Chiffre. When Bond defeats him in a game of cards, he believes his mission is over. But Le Chiffre has other ideas.

Retold by: Rachel Bladon Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with...

Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with a prestigious list of aut...

Reader: Level 3 (Elementary - about 1100 basic words) Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international ran...

Reader: Level 3 (Elementary - about 1100 basic words) Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international ran...

A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm - fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805 - - where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. Natalie lives a tradit...

With the novel The Unseen, we find ourselves before a modern, dense, and dynamic work – one shaped both by a keen understanding of human nature in the diversity of its manifestations and aspirations, and by the author’s deep connection to the tumultuous contemporary world in its various global contexts. As a narrative and epic architecture, the novel interweaves the confessions and destinies of real protagonists, each endowed with a distinctive style and existential tension. Thus ass...

Emma and Harry went down the River Nile in a boat. They sailed through the desert and visited lots of pyramids. One day, a young girl spoke to them. The Adventure is ready to begin. Two police officers, Harry and Emma, are sent to investigate an ancient Egyptian tomb where stolen gold is hidden. Harry is not happy and his mood gets worse when he finds out that a young girl is going to be their guide. However, Harry and Emma go into the tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertari, led by Chio...

Including an introduction from writer and feminist activist Scarlett Curtis, curator of Sunday Times Bestseller Feminists Don't Wear Pink. When five year old Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather high up in the Alps, no one really knows how they will get on. Even though her grandfather can be fierce, Heidi loves it up in the beautiful Alps, playing with the goats and birds. But when her strict aunt decides that she must leave her mountain home, Heidi is determined to return to her happy ...

This is the story of one man who went to Spain with an intellectual sympathy for socialist doctrine and came back...with a fervent, almost religious belief in its necessity Both a memoir of Orwell's experiences during the Spanish Civil War and a heartfelt tribute to those who died, Homage to Catalonia is an extraordinary first-hand record of him time on the frontline. Written with all of the depth, passion and deep human understanding that defines Orwell's writing this is incredible work of non...

Has Harriet got the detective skills of her father? The portrait of Lord Methody, the founder of Methody School is missing. But who could want the portrait of this unpopular man and why? Harriet Holmes and her friends, Violet and John set out to solve the mystery – but has Harriet got the detective skills of her father? Read and find out! Syllabus Vocabulary areasSchool, family, materialsLanguagePresent tensesPast simple regular and irregular formsPast continuous, Present perfectBe goin...

CEFR Level: A2 Harry is the very last person to volunteer for a sport competiton! In this story our reluctant hero braves golf and volleyball to come out tops (to everyone’s surprise!). Harry and his three friends are selected to take part in the Police Sport Competition. They arrive at the luxury hotel by the sea where the competition is to take place. Everything seems normal ... but something strange is going on at the hotel.

A new adventure for Harriett Holmes. Will Harriet Holmes and her friends be able to solve the case of the ghost of Lady Emily who is trying to scare Lady Frankie Strangehill from her home? Has it got anything to do with some pirate treasure from long ago? Syllabus Vocabulary areasJobs, time references, house, sport and leisureLanguagePresent tenses, Simple past regular and irregular, Past continuous (for interrupted actions and background setting), Present perfect;Will Going to future;Why, Wh...

CEFR Level: A2 ‘When you have a problem and you don’t know what to do. Just stop a moment and look around you. You might think your problem is as big as a house. But in fact it might be as small as a … MOUSE!’ In this Reader you will find: - Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story and the song- A picture dictionary In this detective story our reluctant hero Harry has to try to solve some break-ins at the police station. Who is breaking into the...

Delve into an incredible, brand-new spin-off series from the best-selling creator of Percy Jackson with this 5 book collection. When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods - despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods practising archery with flaming arrows and explosives. But rumours of a terrible curse - and a missing hero - are flying around camp. It seems Jason, Piper...

Put your elbows up stamp your feet on the ground make circles with your shoulders and turn around do the Armour Jive and count to five 1 2 3 4 5 HEY! Tags Adventure Crime In this Reader you will find: - Games and language activities- An audio recording of the story and the song- A picture dictionary In this amusing story Harry, the reluctant hero, braves robbers and ghosts and armour to triumph in the end (by accident!). Two detectives, Harry and Emma are sent to the castle to lie in wait fo...

'Facts alone are wanted in life': the children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard to come by and resentments run deep. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children, Tom and Louisa, are particularly profound and leave them ill-equipped to deal with the unpredictable desires of the human heart. Luckily for them they have a friend in...