Reading
Dangerous Game
William Harris
William Harris enjoys the company of a friendly poltergeist he names ‘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?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen. The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaStranger Than Fiction: Urban Myths
Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill
A man fell from a very tall building. Why didn’t he die? Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat? What fell out of an old man’s ear, and why did everybody laugh? And how did a cow fly? Find the answers in these strange stories.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaA Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show him scenes from his life. 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…
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest’s evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo’s help. But the hunchback has other ideas.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaOf Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Lennie and George are poor ranch hands with a dream of having their own farm. One night when Lennie is alone, something tragic happens. John Steinbeck’s classic story of friendship, loneliness, loyalty, and sacrifice.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaGuardians of the Galaxy: vol. 2
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Experience the joy of reading with our Marvel Readers, carefully written and graded to thrill and motivate learners of English!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaCrime and Punishment
Fëdor Michailovic Dostoevskij
Raskolnikoff, a young student, is forced to give up university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and develops a plan to murder a greedy old moneylender. Surely the murder of one worthless old woman would be excused if it made possible a thousand good deeds? But this crime is just the beginning of the story...
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDoctor Who: The Woman Who Lived
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England, 1651. The Knightmare is a highwayman who is feared in the dark streets of London. With the help of a mysterious assistant, the Knightmare is searching for jewellery from another world and comes face to face with the Doctor.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaExtreme Sports
Michael Dean
Up in the air! Down on the ground! Under the water! Extreme sports are new, exciting, and dangerous! Learn about extreme sports from aerial ballet to zorbing. Read about the crazy people who love extreme sports. Are extreme sports for you?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin
Louis De Bernieres
This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin has been made into a film, starring Nicolas Cage.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaPersuasion
Jane Austen
When they were young, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were in love. Though Wentworth wanted a life together with her, Anne was persuaded not to marry him. Many years later they meet again, but have their feelings changed?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaFamous Women in Business
David Evans
This book tells the business success stories of five remarkable women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaVanity Fair
William M. Thackeray
Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find success? Will she marry and be happy? Or will life be unkind to her?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaInventions that Changed the World
David Maule
Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest ideas will change the world. This book has many of the most interesting and important inventions from 2,500 years ago to the present day.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDoctor Who: The Robot of Sherwood
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In beautiful Sherwood Forest, the Doctor learns of the dangerous plan of robots from space. He doesn’t like Robin Hood, but has to work with him. Who is real and who is not? The Doctor wants to help the people of Nottingham, so he has to know.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they cannot change back. Will the poor boy be the new King of England?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaGandhi
Jane Rollason
Mahatma Gandhi is famous for his protests without violence. He fought for change in South Africa and then at home in India. Read the inspirational story of the man who changed the world.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Story of the Internet
Stephen Bryant
The Story of the Internet charts the development of an invention that has had a more dramatic effect on human communication than any since the telephone. From the first networked computers during the cold war to the Silicon Valley, this fascinating book tells the story of the major events that shaped the Internet as we know it today.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaA Dangerous Game
Alessandra Brunetti, Janet Harmer
Northern Ireland, 2000. Fiona is the 16-yearold captain of the ARG, a female rugby team taking part in a peace project. The project aims at uniting Protestant and Catholic students in sport. However, old and new conflicts emerge when Colin, an English boy, falls in love with Fiona. Will sport and friendship be able to overcome religious and political divisions?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaLorna Doone
R.D. Blackmore
In 1673, young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again and fall in love. Unfortunately the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. One of them, Carver, killed John’s father and now wants to marry Lorna. Can John save Lorna from her worst fears?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaMisery
Stephen King
Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’s favorite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. Then Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and write a different kind of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDr Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
The Russian Revolution. Four young people, Yury, Tonya, Lara and Pasha, find love and lose it in this extraordinary time. Their heartbreaking stories make Dr Zhivago one of the greatest romantic books, and films, of the twentieth century.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaFour Weddings and a Funeral
Richard Curtis
It’s a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura’s wedding! Charles is always late, and he is worried that he will never find the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie…
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