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The Lady in the Lake
Raymond Chandler
Level 2
Penguin Readers, Longman
40 pages
No vocabulary
Comprehension questions
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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?
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Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
Stage2
Oxford Bookworms
Playscripts
Oxford Universtiy Press
38 pages
Vocabulary in English
Comprehension questions
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What's in a name? Does it really matter if you are a Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, a Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out that it does matter.
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Superbird
Brian Tomlinson
Science Fiction
Cambridge University Press
Science Fiction
48 pages
No vocabulary
No comprehension questions
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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.
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The Skating Detective
Ellen Hopkins
4rt ESO
Burlington Books
49 pages
Vocabulary in Spanish
Comprehension questions
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Jonah is 16 years old and loves roller-blading. He also wants to impress the new girl from France, Valérie. One day, some expensive computer equipment disappears from school. Jonah's favourite teacher is accused of stealing it, but Jonah is determined to find the real thief. To his surprise, his passion for roller-blading helps him solve the mystery.
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The Death of Karen Silkwood
Joyce Hannam
Stage 2
True stories
Oxford University Press
39 pages
Vocabulary in English
Comprehension questions
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This is the story of Karen Silkwood. It begins with her death.
Why does the story begin where it should end? What were they afraid of? Why? Karen Silkwood had something to tell us, and she believed 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.
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