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Oxford Bookworms Library
WEDDINGS
Christine Lindop
Word count 5,865
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194787260
FACTFILES (NON-FICTION)
UNDER THE MOON
Rowena Akinyemi
Word count 5,320
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194788908
FANTASY & HORROR
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WHITE DEATH
Tim Vicary
Word count 6,600
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194788915
THRILLER & ADVENTURE
WILLIAM AND KATE
Christine Lindop
Word count 5,132
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194236607
FACTFILES (NON-FICTION)
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TITANIC
FACTFILES (NON-FICTION)
STAGE 2
700 Headwords • CEFR A2 – B1 • Average story length: 40 pages
Average word count: 6,500 • Cambridge English: Flyers
Cambridge English: Key (KET) • IELTS 3.0 – 4.5 • TOEIC 225 – 780 • TOEFL 24 – 86
Editor’s Choice
In the mountains of Transylvania
there stands a castle. It is the home
of Count Dracula – a dark, lonely
place, and at night the wolves howl
around the walls.
DRACULA
Bram Stoker
Retold by Diane Mowat
Word count 7,875
ISBN 9780194610353
There were six of them – three
Katherines, two Annes, and a
Jane. One of them was the King’s
wife for twenty-four years, another
for only a year and a half.
One died, two were divorced,
and two were beheaded. It was
a dangerous, uncertain life.
HENRY VIII AND HIS
SIX WIVES
Janet Hardy-Gould
Word count 6,310
ISBN 9780194610391
TRUE STORIES
‘Ask not what your country can do
for you - ask what you can do for
your country.’ More than fifty years
ago, the new US President, John
F. Kennedy, spoke these words.
Millions of Americans listened,
and they were filled with hope.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Anne Collins
Word count 6,857
ISBN 9780194610230
Who wants to live in a house, wear
clean clothes, be good, and go
to school every day? Not young
Huckleberry Finn, that’s for sure.
So Huck runs away, and is soon
floating down the great Mississippi
River on a raft. With him is Jim, a
black slave who is also running away.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Mark Twain
Retold by Diane Mowat
Word count 6,180
ISBN 9780194610407
American English
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
Oscar Wilde
Retold by John Escott
Word count 6,100
ISBN 9780194610551
There has been a ghost in the house
for three hundred years, and Lord
Canterville’s family have had enough
of it. So Lord Canterville sells his
grand old house to an American
family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy
to buy the house and the ghost –
because of course Americans
don’t believe in ghosts.
FANTASY & HORROR
DEAD MAN’S ISLAND
John Escott
Word count 5,215
ISBN 9780194610339
Mr Ross lives on an island where
no visitors come. He stops people
from taking photographs of him.
He is young and rich, but he looks
sad. And there is one room in his
house which is always locked.
THRILLER & ADVENTURE
STORY COLLECTIONS
CLASSICS
FACTFILES (NON-FICTION)
Tim Vicary
Word count 5,600
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194236225
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THE WITCHES OF PENDLE
Rowena Akinyemi
Word count 5,730
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194788922
TRUE STORIES
THE WITHERED ARM
Thomas Hardy
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
Word count 5,735
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194788939
CLASSICS
2005
THE WIZARD OF OZ
L. Frank Baum
Retold by Rosemary Border
Word count 5,440
ISBN (CD PACK) 9780194788946
CD American English
FANTASY & HORROR
