Adult Readers: Stage 1

Little Princess by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor)

Love or Money? by Rowena Akinyem 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.

The Monkey's Paw by Diane Mowat 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.

New York Cafe by Jennifer Bassett

Presidents Murderer by Jennifer Bassett 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.

Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son by Jennifer Bassett 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?

White Death by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor) 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?

The Wizard of Oz by Rosemary Border After a cyclone transfers her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.