Stage 1 Readers
Love or Money? by
It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party--only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die.
Call Number: F Ak52L 2008 (Level 4 yellow)ISBN: 9780194789080
The Monkey's Paw by
Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived--he has been in India for many years and has brought the hand of a small, dead animal--a monkey's paw.
Call Number: F J1562m 2008 (Level 4 yellow)ISBN: 0194789101
Presidents Murderer by
The president is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and need to rest. But there are people behind him--people with lights, and dogs, and guns.
A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back--dead or alive.
Call Number: F B294p 2008 (Level 4 yellow)ISBN: 9780194789172
Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son by
Dr. Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr. Huxtable is happy to have his son in school.
But two weeks later Dr. Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes?
Call Number: F B294s 2008 (Level 4 yellow)ISBN: 9780194789196
White Death by
Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court.. If the court decides, that is was her heroin, then she must die.. She said she didn't do it, but if it wasn't her--who did it?
Call Number: F V661w 2008 (Level 4 yellow)ISBN: 9780194789233
The Wizard of Oz by
After a cyclone transfers her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
Call Number: F B327w 2008ISBN: 9780194789264
Vocabulary Tip
"Photocopy a page or an article and highlight all the words you do not understand. Look up those words and add them to your vocabulary diary"
