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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 give them clues about the location of the boomerang. From then on their cultural holiday turns into an exciting adventure!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaThe Missing Coins
John Escott
Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Later that day, some coins are missing and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaAli and His Camera
Raymond Pizante
Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasn’t got a camera. How can he get one?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAvengers: Call for Backup
Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
This is the story of four friends: Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger. Rat loves the river. Mole is often afraid. Badger likes to stay at home. But Toad is always looking for new adventures and some of his ideas are dangerous.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDoctor Who: The Girl Who Died
Aa.Vv.
The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking village from space warriors from the future, the Mire. Without the villagers’ best fighters, or the technology of the Mire, how can they win? And why is the Doctor so interested in one Viking girl?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaDoctor Who: Face the Raven
Aa.Vv.
The Doctor and Clara, with their friend Rigsy, find themselves in an alien world, on a street hidden in the heart of London. Inside there are some of the most frightening beings imaginable, and Ashildr! The visitors are faced with a death sentence.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaAnimal Camouflage
Caroline Laidlaw
When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAvengers: Freaky Thor Day
Bringing thrilling Super Hero action to the English classroom.
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaGoldilocks and the Three Bears
Annie Hughes
Three bears live in a small house. When they go for a walk, Goldilocks comes to the house. What does she do there? What happens next?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Earthquake
Elizabeth Laird
Gabriel loves Silvia, but Silvia loves Marco. Marco wears expensive clothes and drives a fast car. He’s more exciting than Gabriel. Then, one evening, something terrible happens. It changes the lives of everybody in the city. Where are Marco and Gabriel? What will happen to Silvia?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaRapunzel
Georgina Swinburne
A witch takes Rapunzel from her parents and keeps her at the top of a tall tower. There are no doors in the tower. Rapunzel is a prisoner. The witch climbs up Rapunzel’s long hair to come inside. How can Rapunzel get out?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria 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 - 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 - NarrativaStorm!
Marie Crook
There is going to be a big storm and Jenny’s son John loves storms. John counts the seconds between the thunder and the lightning. This tells him how far away the lightning is. Their dog, Patty, is scared because thunder is louder for dogs! Do you know how hailstones form? How to stay safe in a tornado? Why sandstorms are so dangerous? Or how big a hurricane can be? John does and now you can too!
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford
The country is wild and dangerous. Mountains are high, rivers run fast, and there are strange animals in the woods. But three family pets, two dogs and a cat, begin a long, long walk through western Canada. They miss their family and they are trying to get home. But will anyone see them again?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaGreat Expectations
Charles Dickens
Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings, one with an escaped convict, and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?
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 - 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 - NarrativaOn the Road
Jack Kerouac
One of the most famous books of the twentieth century, this book contains love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise’s adventures on the road with wild friend Dean Moriarty and their crazy companions as they travel across the USA.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - Narrativa