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empowering futures MACMILLAN READERS CATALOGUE SECONDARY AND UPPER-SECONDARY 2019
The Right
to Write
The rise of the female author.
Beginner Beginner Pre-Intermediate
Elementary Intermediate Upper Intermediate
From Charlotte Brontë to Ruth Rendell, Louisa M.
Alcott and Mary Shelley, Macmillan’s Graded Readers
offer the best in women’s’ literature.
Join us in challenging ourselves to read, listen
and respond to some of the greatest female writers
history has to offer.
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SHAKESPEARE’S
WORLD
From the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to the magical comedy,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s plays have
inspired thousands of films, stories, songs and artworks.
They have also been turned into Macmillan Readers so you
can enjoy them too!
O Romeo, Romeo!
Wherefore art
thou Romeo?
Juliet
What fools these
mortals be!
Puck
To be, or not
Double, double to be – that is
toil and trouble. the question.
The Witches Hamlet
Intermediate
Pre-Intermediate
Pre-Intermediate
Intermediate
Macmillan Readers series
One of the
most popular Key features of the
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and respected • A wide range of classic and
contemporary fiction, as well as non-
selection fiction, plays, and stories especially written
for the Readers series.
• Most titles come with extra exercises
of readers and are available with audio CD and as
eBook.
• Free support materials.
for learners • Tests to check understanding and monitor
progress.
of English
• Worksheets to explore language and
themes.
INDEX
Guide to Structural Grading ............... 06 • Elementary Level ............................ 12
Level Chart ......................................... 07 • Pre-intermediate Level .................... 14
Macmillan Guided Readers • Intermediate Level .......................... 16
• Starter Level .................................... 09 • Upper intermediate Level .............. 18
• Beginner Level ............................... 10 Macmillan Cultural Readers ............... 19
Extra Film/TV eBook Audio
Audio CD exercises tie-in available download
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GUIDE TO THE STRUCTURAL GRADING OF MACMILLAN READERS
Verb Group Nominal Group Adverbials Adjectives Sentence Structure
Present simple Simple common Verb + one simple One adjective Sentences of one-
Present continuous nouns adverbial phrase of before the clause only – subject
Future with going to Proper nouns manner, place or time noun or in the + verb; subject +
predicate complement; subject
(about 300 key words)
+ verb + object
Simple sentences
introduced by –
Starter
There is, There are,
It is
Simple questions with
yes/no answers
Occasionally found at Modal – must Two adjectives Questions beginning
Starter Level and (obligation) before the noun with wh- words
frequently at Modal – can (ability)
subsequent levels
Past simple Nouns in simple Verb + maximum of two Maximum of two Compound sentences
Past continuous apposition adverbs adjectives + noun with two co-ordinate
(about 600 key words)
Future with will/shall Two nouns linked Verb + maximum of Noun + one simple clauses joined by
Modal – have to by and two simple adverbial adjectival phrase and, but or or
Catenative verbs – phrases of direction, Simple
Beginner
want to, try to, like time or manner comparatives
to, hate to, stop, start
Present perfect Noun phrase in Adverbs of frequency
Occasionally found at
Past perfect apposition to a – sometimes, never
Beginner Level and
See, hear, watch + noun etc.
frequently at
infinitive or present
subsequent levels
participle
Simple passive forms Abstract nouns Superlative forms Complex sentences –
(about 1.100 key words)
More extensive use of Maximum of three of adjectives main clause + one
catenative verbs – adjectives verbs – subordinate clause
Elementary
like to, decide to, etc. + noun Adverbial clauses of
Infinitives of purpose Two adjectives + time
adjectival phrase Relative clauses
Occasionally found at Conditional forms Superlative form Adverbial clauses of
Elementary Level and Modal – could (ability) of adjectives + comparison
frequently at Modal – can adjectival clause Adverbial clauses of
subsequent levels (permission) reason
Relative clauses Two nominal Adverbial clauses Maximum of three
(about 1.400 key words)
with, who, which, phrases in of purpose - clauses: main clause
that co-ordination concession, condition + two subordinate
Pre-interm.
Conditional forms clauses
would/could/might
Main clause + one
co-ordinate clause
Present perfect Maximum of three Verbs + two adverbs + More complex Complex sentences
(about 1.600 key words)
continuous adjectives + noun adverbial clause groups modifying – maximum of
Intermediate
Past perfect continuous + adjectival Adverbs of duration – a noun main clause + two
Future perfect phrase or clause still, just subordinate clauses
Extended use Adverbial clauses
of modals and of purpose –
conditional forms - concession,
might/may condition
Copular use of look, Embedded clauses
feel etc.
Future perfect Noun modifiers Verb + maximum of Complex sentences
(about 2.200 key words)
conditional Maximum of four two adeverbs + two – maximum
Upper Interm.
adjectives + noun adverbial clauses of main clause
Extended verb forms + adjectival + three subordinate
– maximum of three phrase or clause clauses
verbs
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Upper Intermediate B2 Intermediate B1+ - B2 Pre-intermediate A2+ - B1 Elementary A2 Beginner A1 Starter Pre-A1
(about 2.200 key words) (about 1.600 key words) (about 1.400 key words) (about 1.100 key words) (about 600 key words) (about 300 key words)
Page 18 Pages 16-17 Pages 14-15 Pages 12-13 Pages 10-11 Page 9
1º ESO
1º ESO
STARTER
2º ESO
BEGINNER
1º, 2º and 3º ESO
3º ESO
ELEMENTARY
2º, 3º and 4º ESO
A2-B2
4º ESO
Readers
4º ESO
Page 19
INTERMEDIATE
Macmillan Cultural
PRE-INTERMEDIATE
4º ESO and 1º BACH
1º BACH
2º BACH
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
2º BACH
MACMILLAN READERS CHART
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The value of extensive reading in language
learning is considerable. Research shows
that reading extensively in a foreign
language can result in:
Why use
• faster, more fluent reading
• greater vocabulary acquisition and
familiarity (also called ‘automaticity’)
• a better understanding of how the
graded
language works and is used
• better writing skills
• improved confidence and motivation,
greater independent learning
readers?
• a more positive attitude
e
to the foreign languagee
in general
Macmillan Graded Readers meet
the needs of today’s language
learners by maximising reading
opportunities in an enjoyable,
relaxing and accessible way. They
are short books and audio books,
encompassing both fiction and
non-fiction genres specially written
or adapted with the language
learner in mind.
8recommended for
STARTER LEVEL about 300 key words SECONDARY 1ST - 2ND (pre A1)
Alissa Around the World in
C. J. Moore Eighty Days
Human Interest Jules Verne, retold by María José
Alissa is twelve years old when Lobo and Pepità Subirá
her father sends her to work in Adventure/ Travel
the city. Soon she wants to leave Phileas Fogg makes a bet with
her job and go to school. Is it an his friends that he can travel
impossible dream? around the world in 80 days.
This is the wonderful story of
16pp British English 978 1 4050 7788 0 Phileas’s adventures as he travels
CD includes: Alissa, L. A. Detective and from country to country with his
Blue Fins servant Passepartout.
16pp British English 978 0 2300 2674 2
The Magic Barber L. A. Detective
John Milne Philip Prowse
Mystery/Crime Crime/Detection/Adventure/
Crossways is a town full of unhappy Thriller/Spy
people wearing big black hats to Lenny Samuel, a private
hide their long hair. This all changes investigator from Los Angeles,
when the magic barber comes to appears in this series at all five
town… levels. In this story, Lenny must
work for a wealthy businessman.
16pp British English 978 1 4050 7793 4 Lenny has to pay the ransom for
the businessman’s kidnapped
daughter. But things go wrong!
16pp British English 978 1 4050 7790 3
CD includes: L. A. Detective, Alissa and
Blue Fins
The Lost Ship Photo Finish
Stephen Colbourn Polly Sweetnam
Mystery/Horror/Ghost Crime/Detection/Adventure/
Thriller/ Spy
In this mystery story, a sea
captain and his crew find an When she has to get her
empty ship. When the captain passport photos taken for a
goes on board he discovers a dark holiday, Lisa never imagines
secret. what the consequences will be
of her visit to the photo booth or
16pp British English 978 1 4050 7791 0
the mortal danger she is in...
CD includes: The Lost Ship, The Magic Barber
and Lucky Number 16pp British English 978 1 4050 7794 1
CD includes Photo Finish, Shooting Stars
and In the Frame
9BEGINNER LEVEL about 600 key words
The Adventures of The Adventures
Huckleberry Finn of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain, retold by F. H. Cornish Mark Twain, retold by F. H. Cornish
Human Interest/ Humour/Crime/ Human Interest/Humour/
Detection/Adventure/Thriller/Spy Crime/Detection/Adventure/
Thriller/Spy
It is 1845 and Huck has made up his mind to
leave the little town of Hannibal. When his ‘Tom was very unhappy. He was in trouble,
violent father holds him captive, Huck knows he was going to run away forever. “Nobody
that he has to leave quickly and secretly. And so loves me! I’m leaving home...”’
Huck begins his journey down the Mississippi A story of the humorous adventures of a
River on a log raft, in the company of another young orphan boy who lives beside the
runaway – the slave Jim. great Mississippi River in 1844.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7234 2 64pp British English 978 1 4050 7608 1
Dangerous Journey Jane Eyre
Alwyn Cox Charlotte Brontë, retold by Florence Bell
Adventure/Thriller/Spy Human Interest/Mystery/Horror/Ghost/
Romance
Four members of a geological team are trapped
in a forest and delayed by heavy rains. The only ‘Some hours later, I woke up. A terrible cry
way back to base camp is closed because a river had woken me... “Help! Help! Rochester,
has destroyed the bridge. Although he will not help me!”’
admit it, Leon, the boss, starts to lose control of A classic love story which was first
the situation. published in 1847. Numerous plays, films
and television adaptations have been made
32pp British English 978 1 4050 7612 8 of this great novel.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7616 6
The Last of the Mohicans Little Women
James Fenimore Cooper, retold by John Escott Louisa M. Alcott, retold by Anne Collins
Human Interest/Romance/ Human Interest/Romance
Adventure/Thriller/Spy The story of four sisters growing up
A classic romantic adventure set in North in Massachusetts, USA during the
America in the 1750s. American Civil War.
The armies of France and England are fighting. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March live with
Indian tribes are fighting for each army. The their mother in a small town. Their
Hurons are with the French, and the Mohawks father is away fighting with the Union
and the Mohicans are with the English. army.
This is the story of the scout, Hawk-Eye, and his
two Indian friends – the last of the Mohicans. 64pp British English 978 1 4050 7620 3
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7618 0
The Black Tulip L.A. Raid
Alexandre Dumas, Philip Prowse
retold by Florence Bell Detective/Crime/Mystery
Mystery/Crime/Thriller In attempt to catch two bank robbers
Wanting to grow the first black tulip for a large who stole lots of money, this private
amount of prize money, Cornelius is challenged detective gets into lots of trouble and
with obstacles both within and out of his risks losing everything he has.
control.
32pp British English 978 1 4050 7236 6
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7228 1
10recommended for SECONDARY 2ND -3RD (A1)
The Long Tunnel The Man in the Iron Mask
John Milne Alexandre Dumas,
Crime/Detection/Adventure/ retold by John Escott
Thriller/Spy Romance/Adventure/Thriller/Spy
Three university students decide to go A classic adventure story set in
on holiday together in Wales. They stay seventeenth-century France.
in a remote cottage without electricity Young Louis XIV begins his reign. His Chief
or a telephone. But who is the bearded Minister of Finance invites the king to his
man? And does he have other plans for beautiful house at Vaux.
the cottage?
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7624 1
32pp British English 978 1 4050 7622 7
A Tale Of Two Cities The Phantom of
Charles Dickens, the Opera
retold by Stephen Colebourn Gaston Leroux, translated and
Adventure/Romance retold by Stephen Colbourn
In a search for a father, for justice, for Mystery/Horror/Ghost/Romance
love, Lucie Manette travels to Paris The singers and dancers at the Opera House
and experiences the French Revolution are frightened. They have seen a stranger
come alive. behind the stage – a man in a mask.
This story has been the basis of many films
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7606 7
and plays, as well as a world-famous musical.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7634 0
NEW The Three Musketeers NEW This is London
EDITION EDITION
Alexandre Dumas Philip Prowse
retold by Nicholas Murgatroyd Travel/Background
Adventure/Romance/History A guide to London past and
D’Artagnan wants to become a King’s present. From markets and shops,
musketeer. But before he can have the architecture and sightseeing
job he must meet many challenges to restaurants and nightlife.
and prove that he is a strong and brave Illustrated with photographs,
fighter. Can he protect the Queen from maps and up-to-date advice and
the Cardinal’s evil plans? And will he be information.
able to stop the beautiful Milady from
murdering the Duke of Buckingham? 40pp British English 978 1 3800 4008 4
72pp British English 978 1 3800 4097 8
The Truth Machine
Norman Whitney
Human Interest/Mystery/Thriller
The Truth Machine is a story about a
professor who creates a machine that
makes people tell the truth. Everyone
wants to use the machine but what will
be the consequences?
32pp British English 978 1 4050 7254 0
11ELEMENTARY LEVEL about 1.100 key words
The Black Cat The Canterville Ghost
John Milne and Other Stories
Human Interest/Adventure/ Oscar Wilde,
Thriller/Spy retold by Stephen Colbourn
An action-packed detective story. Short Stories/Humour/Mystery/
Salahadin El Nur is an inspector in the Horror/Ghost/Crime/Detection
Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Three short stories by one of
police. After the death of a European the most popular writers of the
archaeologist, Salahadin looks for nineteenth century:
a priceless statuette. He is soon on
The Canterville Ghost, The Model
the trail of a gang of international
Millionaire and Lord Arthur
smugglers.
Saville’s Crime.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7638 8
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7640 1
A Christmas Carol Frankenstein
Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley,
retold by F. H. Cornish retold by Margaret Tarner
Mystery/Horror/Ghost Mystery/Horror/Ghost
‘“I don’t have a merry Christmas,”
said Scrooge. “Christmas is ‘The lightning was all around me.
nonsense. It’s humbug! I don’t I looked at the huge body. The
believe in Christmas. I’m not giving silver light reached the hands,
money to anyone else so they can the feet and the head. For a
have a merry Christmas.”’ moment everything was quiet.
Was it moving? No, yes! An arm
A retelling of Dickens’s famous story moved and then a leg. Then I
of the transformation of the cold- heard breathing. Yes, the man was
hearted miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. breathing. He was alive!’
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7258 8
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7650 0
The Hound of the Treasure Island
Baskervilles Robert Louis Stevenson,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, retold by Stephen Colbourn
retold by Stephen Colbourn Human Interest/Adventure/Thriller/
Mystery/Horror/Ghost/Crime/Detection Spy
‘I looked at the ground where Sir Twelve-year-old Jim Hawkins sails
Charles had walked... There were with Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey
footprints on the ground. They were and Captain Smollett on the
not the footprints of a man. They were Hispaniola to search for Captain
the footprints of a giant hound.’ Flint’s treasure. But Long John
Silver is on board too, and he and
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson travel his friends want the treasure for
to Dartmoor to investigate the strange themselves.
death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Is there
really a curse on the family? And is there
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7284 7
really a huge dog living on the moor,
destroying the Baskervilles one by one?
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7652 4
12recommended for SECONDARY 3RD -4TH (A2)
The Picture of Dorian White Fang
Gray Jack London,
retold by Rachel Bladon
Oscar Wilde,
retold by F. H. Cornish Adventure/Animal
Mystery/Horror/Ghost/Crime/Detection Join White Fang, a half-wolf,
half-dog, in his journey of
Basil Hallward has painted a picture of
human cruelty and violence
a young man he admires – Dorian Gray.
of nature that leads him to
Dorian is angry because he will grow
become a savage. Against all
old and the picture will stay the same.
odd, he is saved by kindness.
He wishes that the picture would age
instead of him. He buys the picture and
80pp American English 978 0 2300 2673 5
hides it. The years pass and Dorian
never seems to age. But his wish has
tragic consequences for many people.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7658 6
The Stranger Tales of Horror
Norman Whitney Bram Stoker,
Mystery/Horror/Ghost/ retold by John Davey
Romance Short Stories/ Mystery/Horror/
A dark and handsome stranger Ghost
opens a shop in the quiet This book consists of three short
village of Woodend. Anna begins stories that are strange, exciting
to wonder about the visitors who and frightening throughout: The
come to Dave Slatin’s shop. What Judge’s House, The Iron Maiden
do they buy and what exactly is and The Return of Abel Behena.
behind the door marked Special
Orders Only? At first, Anna finds
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7664 7
Dave exciting and attractive but
soon she becomes very frightened.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7662 3
The Prince and the
Pauper
Mark Twain
PIC Adventure / Human interest
Mark Twain’s classic story of
TO two young boys who swap lives,
except one of the boys just
happens to be the future King of
FOLLOW England!
72pp British English 978 0 2304 3634 3
13PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL about 1.400 key words
Nelson Mandela The Invisible Man
Carl W. Hart H.G. Wells
Biography/Culture/Informative Mistery/Horror/Thriller
This Macmillan Biography explains When a mysterious stranger
the story of the most famous and arrives in a small English village,
influential African leader in history. the villagers are shocked by the
It explores Mandela´s childhood, 27 strange clothes he wears that
years’ imprisonment and becoming cover his whole body, and even his
the first black South African face. The stranger is a scientist,
President. and he continues his experiments
in the village. But what are these
80pp British English 978 1 3800 4007 7 experiments? And what is the
stranger trying to hide?
64pp British English 978 0 2304 6033 1
A Midsummer Night’s Owl Hall
Dream Robert Campbell
William Shakespeare, Mystery/Ghost
retold by Rachel Bladon Owl Hall is the story of Janet, a single
Romance/Humour mother, who goes to stay in an old
farmhouse with her children, Kara
William Shakespeare’s romantic
and Martin. But there’s something
comedy about love and marriage. When
strange about Kara’s relationship
four young lovers get lost in the forest,
with her mother and brother. As the
the fairies that live there play jokes on
story develops, we discover that
them – turning love into hate and hate
everyone at Owl Hall has a secret –
into love.
even the house itself!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one
www.macmillanenglish.com/owlhall
of Shakespeare’s most popular plays.
This Macmillan Reader is written as
a playscript and includes original 80pp British English 978 0 2304 2283 4
extracts.
80pp British English 978 1 4050 8727 8
Story of Olympics
Rachel Bladon
Culture/Informative
An Unofficial History of the most
famous sporting event in the world,
The Olympic Games. It investigates
the transition of the Olympics from
its’ origins in ancient Greece, to the
billion-dollar international events
they are today.
80pp British English 978 1 3800 4103 6
14recommended for SECONDARY 4TH (A2+/B1)
Robinson Crusoe Romeo and Juliet
Daniel Defoe, William Shakespeare,
retold by Salma Gabol retold by Rachel Bladon
Adventure/History Romance/Human Interest/History
The young Robinson Crusoe ignores Shakespeare’s story of the tragic
his father’s advice and decides to lovers Romeo and Juliet is as
become a sailor. But Crusoe is soon relevant and popular now as it
caught up in violent storms and finds was over 400 years ago.
himself shipwrecked on a remote This Macmillan Reader is written
island where he must live for the next as a playscript and includes
28 years. original extracts from Romeo and
Juliet.
80pp British English 978 0 2307 1656 8
There are films of this play.
88pp British English 978 1 4050 8730 8
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett,
retold by Rachel Bladon
Adventure/Human Interest/Mystery
Mary Lennox arrives from India to live
with her uncle in Yorkshire. She is lonely
and unwanted. Left alone, she has
nothing to do but explore the large house
and its grounds. Then one day, she finds
a secret garden. For the first time Mary
has something to care for, and as the
garden begins to flourish, no 0ne's life is
left untouched.
88pp British English 978 0 2300 2690 2
15INTERMEDIATE LEVEL about 1.600 key words
NEW Bridget Jones’s Diary
EDITION
Slumdog Millionaire
Helen Fielding, Vikas Swarup,
retold by Anne Collins retold by John Escott
Romance/Humour/Human Interest Human Interest/Adventure/Culture
Helen Fielding’s story of the loveable Ram Mohammad becomes a
Bridget, and her struggles with men millionaire by answering 14
and weight, was made internationally questions correctly. This is the
famous by the film starring Hugh Grant story about how the major events
and Renée Zellweger. You’ve seen the in his life helped him to answer
film, now read the Reader! each question.
Recommended for older readers.
112pp British English 978 1 3800 4101 2
120pp British English 978 1 3800 4006 0
King Arthur and the Oliver Twist
Knights of the Round Charles Dickens,
retold by Margaret Tarner
Table Human Interest/Crime/Detection/
Stephen Colbourn Adventure/Thriller/Spy
Adventure/Thriller/Adventure
‘“Please Sir, can I have some
When Arthur pulls the sword more?”’
from the stone, he becomes
Dickens’s famous novel about
King of Logres. Join Arthur and
the trials of a poor young orphan
his Knights in their brave and
boy, brought up in the terrible
torturous adventures.
conditions of a nineteenth-century
English workhouse.
96pp British English 978 0 2300 2685 8
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7676 0
NEW
The Great Gatsby EDITION David Copperfield
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Dickens,
retold by Margaret Tarner retold by Elizabeth Walker
Human Interest/Romance History/Politics/Romance
Nick Carraway rents a house on Long When David Copperfield’s father
Island. The house next door is owned dies, his mother is forced to marry
by the fabulously rich and handsome Edward Murdstone, a cruel and
Jay Gatsby. Nick’s cousin Daisy is young, domineering man. David’s early
beautiful and unhappily married. Nick life is one of poverty and hardship.
soon finds himself caught between the Finally the young boy runs away to
reunited lovers, Daisy and Gatsby. Dover and takes refuge with a lost
Recommended for older readers. aunt. David goes on to make many
friends and finds great success, but
he must endure much suffering and
80pp British English 978 1 4050
5 77
7703
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loss along the way.
112pp British English 978 1 3800 3797 8
16recommended for
SECONDARY 4TH - BACHILLERATO 1ST (B1+/B2)
Hamlet The Speckled Band
William Shakespeare, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
retold by Margaret Tarner retold by Anne Collins
History/Romance/Human Interest Short stories/Detective/Adventure/
Thriller
Shakespeare’s famous story of the young
Prince Hamlet’s journey into despair and This book consists of three short
revenge after learning that his uncle is his stories as Sherlock Holmes and his
father’s murderer. assistant Dr Watson, investigate
This Macmillan Reader is written as a the cases of ‘The Speckled Band’,
playscript and includes original extracts. ‘The Dancing Men’ and ‘The Red-
Headed League’.
96pp British English 978 0 2307 1663 6
80pp British English 978 1 4050 7680 7
Meet Me in Istanbul Much Ado About
Richard Chisholm Nothing
Travel/Crime/Detection/ William Shakespeare
Adventure/Thriller/Spy retold by Margaret Tarner
An adventure thriller set in Turkey. Comedy
Tom Smith flies to Istanbul to join his Much Ado About Nothing is
fiancée for a holiday. But Angela fails Shakespeare’s famous comedy/
to meet him that evening as arranged drama about the war of power
and she is not at her apartment either. and understanding between men
The next morning Tom hears some and women and the disguises
terrible news: Angela was killed in a they wear in their romantic
driving accident – a week ago. relationships.
64pp British English 978 1 4050 7705 7 88pp British English 978 02304 0870 8
The Queen of Death The Sign of Four
John Milne Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
Human Interest/Crime/Detection/ retold by Anne Collins
Adventure/Thriller/Spy Crime/Detection/Adventure/
‘“... anyone who enters my tomb – Thriller/Spy
anyone who steals from my tomb ‘“I’m afraid,” said Miss Morston.
– anyone who touches my body “What should I do, Mr Holmes?”’
– that person will die a terrible Sherlock Holmes helps Mary
death. And many more will die Morstan find out the truth about her
with him.”’ father, and the man who has been
In another thoroughly entertaining sending pearls to her.
detective story, a sequel to The
Black Cat, Salahadin El Nur 64pp British English 978 1 4050 7678 4
searches for the answer to the
riddle of an ancient curse.
80pp British English 978 1 4050 7707 1
17about 2.200 key words recommended for
UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL BACHILLERATO 2ND (B2)
Macbeth L.A. Movie
William Shakespeare, Philip Prowse
retold by Margaret Tarner Dtective/Adventure/Thriller
Mystery/Human Interest/Thriller
Another case for Lenny Samuel to
Shakespeare’s Scottish story of solve, sees him join a film crew
witchcraft and murder is probably one in Hollywood, Buenos Aires and
of his darkest works. Macbeth’s bloody Istanbul as he aims to find out who
rise to power is encouraged by his is behind the threats against a
wife, Lady Macbeth. Like her husband, beautiful young actress. Can Lenny
Lady Macbeth’s ambition leads her find the Culprit?
into a dark world of guilt and madness
which slowly destroys their marriage,
128pp British English 978 1 4050 7711 8
and ends in tragedy.
128pp British English 978 0 2304 0223 2
The Importance of Officially Dead
Being Earnest Richard Prescott
Oscar Wilde, Crime/Detection/Adventure/
retold by F.H. Cornish Thriller/Spy/Romance
Comedy/Human Interest Colin Fenton and his wife run a
software company, but only Colin
Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece
knows that the business is £10,000
of love and mistaken identity was
in debt. When a chance meeting
a great hit when it first appeared
leads him to an offer that will,
on the stage in 1895 and has
he thinks, quickly solve all his
remained hugely popular with
problems, he accepts. But he loses
theatre audiences ever since.
the gamble and subsequently his
identity, leaving his wife to try to
96pp British English 978 1 3800 4100 5 prove whether or not he is officially
dead.
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John Steinbeck, Anne Brontë,
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for work. George is very clever, but daughter of a poor clergyman. When
Lennie’s size always gets them into her family loses all their money, she
trouble. Things are going well when decides to help them by finding a
they find work, however that all soon job as a governess. But it proves to
changes. be a lot more difficult than Agnes
imagined…
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A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin 4 3
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• Readers resources PART ONE: DOROTHY shaft. She thinks that the letter did not mean that
Dorothy was going to kill herself—it could have been
1
an apology for marrying without telling her family. The ELEMENTARY LEVEL
The young man knows that Dorothy’s father divorced student could also mention that Ellen thinks that Dorothy
his wife. He divorced her when he found out that she’d would not have borrowed a belt from a friend if she Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
had an affair, although he found out about this eight was going to kill herself.
years after the affair ended. The young man knows that
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Mr Kinship is a hard man. He never forgives people if
he thinks that they’ve done something wrong. Dorothy is looking for a handsome, blond male student A Before Reading
who was in Dorothy’s English class the previous year.
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There are hundreds of Pharmacy students at the of them were male. The photos in their files show that
college, and there are three large third-year Pharmacy
(a)fiveDo you know the names of any other horror stories?
only five of these have blond hair. Three of these
classes. No student can know all the other students. (b) Have you seen any horror films? What are their names?
are not handsome, so there were only two handsome,
The young man is holding the tall green final-year text- blond male students in that English class. Ellen writes
book, and he is standing in a corridor in the Pharmacy both their names in her notebook because she will have
building, reading the papers on the students’ bulletin to speak to both of them. 2 Here are the people in this story. Put the correct name under the correct picture.
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who sees him and nobody would guess that he is not Elizabeth The Monster Victor Frankenstein
one. She still thinks that Dwight is Dorothy’s killer. He has Victor
Victor’ss father Victtor’s brother, William Henry Clerval
told her that he had known a girl named Dorothy, who
3
was in one of his classes. He has also told her that she
(a) He wants Dorothy to write something that people will (Ellen) reminded him of this other girl because she
understand as a suicide note. The passage he asks her looked like her.
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4
(b) He does not want Dorothy to write her translation
note on the back of his note to her. If she does that, She has not realized that at the time of her death,
nobody will believe that her translation is really a Dorothy was no longer friends with the student from
suicide note. her English class—Dwight Powell. When she died, in
April 1950, Dorothy was the girlfriend of a student in a
4
different class. Ellen does not know this because she
keys, points of
Because he has planned to kill Dorothy by pushing her did not speak to, or hear from, Dorothy after
off the top of the building. He thinks that, if she only Christmas 1949.
falls two stories, she might not die.
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new, something borrowed, something blue”. These are not sure about the spelling of the artist’s name.
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that he pushed Dorothy from the roof into the air 3 Read to the end of Chapter 2. Write a letter from Victor to Elizabeth. What does Victor
tell Elizabeth about his life at university?
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