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Of 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 - NarrativaBlack Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty is an amazing and emotional story of a horse that grows up surrounded by kindness and affection. But when Black Beauty grows up, life changes.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
Marie Crook
Hamelin has a problem. There are rats everywhere! Luckily, the Pied Piper comes to town and says he will kill all the rats for money. How does he do it? Why does he come back to the town, angry?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria 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 - 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 Princess and the Frog
Marie Crook
One day a princess loses her golden ball in a pond. A frog finds it for her and she promises to give him anything he wants. The frog wants to come into the palace with her but the princess is not happy about that. Does she keep her promise?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaSurfer!
Paul Harvey
On the beach near Nick’s home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nick’s father is not happy. Can Nick win the competition and go to Australia?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaRound the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way, and a detective who wants to arrest him!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAwake at Night
Laura Miller
Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points, Look!, she says, what are they? Bats, birds, butterflies, moths...? Learn about animals of the night!
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Velveteen Rabbit
Audrey McIlvain
Tim loves his toy rabbit and plays with it every day. Then Tim gets sick and his mom puts all his toys in the garden. Poor toy rabbit! Poor Tim! Does Tim find his toy rabbit again?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaHeidi
Johanna Spyri
Heidi lives with her grandfather high in the mountains of Switzerland. One day, Heidi moves to Frankfurt. Can she go back to the mountains and the people she loves?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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…
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria 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 - 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 - 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 - NarrativaThe Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
The man has been shot many times, but he lives. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can’t remember. He can’t even remember his name. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Read the thrilling novel that was adapted into the hit movie starring Matthew Damon.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria 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 - NarrativaDangerous 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 - 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 - Narrativa