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A 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 - NarrativaThe New Adventures of Tom Thumb
Lynne Doherty Herndon
Tom is as small as a thumb. He is so small he can ride on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where he meets a princess. What do they do there? How does Tom help her?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria 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 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 - 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 - NarrativaThe Railway Children
Edith Nesbit
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, move to a house near a railway line after their father disappears. The children make new friends, but will they be reunited with their father?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaA Christmas Carol
David Hill
It’s Christmas Eve. Scrooge is an old man who hates Christmas and loves work and money. He does not want to share Christmas with anyone. But then he is visited by four ghosts. Who are the ghosts? What do they say to Scrooge? What happens next?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria 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 - NarrativaAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
Fiona Kalinowski
One day, Ali Baba sees some thieves going into a cave. After they have gone he goes inside and finds it’s full of gold and silver! He is rich at last! But the thieves want their treasure back and think of a clever way to get it.
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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - NarrativaThe Emperor and the Nightingale
Marie Crook
The Emperor has everything he wants. One day he learns that there is a nightingale in his garden and he wants that too. What will he do?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaPeter and the Wolf
Lynne Doherty Herndon
Peter lives with his grandfather in a house next to a dark, dangerous forest. Peter’s grandfather tells him never to play near the forest because a hungry wolf lives there. What does Peter do? Does he see the wolf?
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria 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 - NarrativaThe Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Gwendolen thinks that she loves Ernest. Cecily thinks that she loves Ernest too. But who is Ernest really? What kind of man is he? This is a wonderfully funny play by one of the greatest writers of his time. This book is written in a play script format.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria 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 - 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 - 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 - NarrativaMr. Bean in Town
Aa.Vv.
In a restaurant, Mr. Bean doesn’t like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. At the laundromat, Mr. Bean loses his trousers. Two hilarious stories about Mr. Bean.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaButterflies and Frogs
Rachel Wilson
Hannah is a scientist and she studies animals. She wants to show you two animals with amazing life cycles: a butterfly and a frog. The Peacock butterfly lives in Europe. The Red-eyed tree frog lives in the rainforests of Central and South America. Which one hibernates? Which one is nocturnal? Let’s take a look...
Area Private Language Schools / PrimariaCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - Narrativa