Dead Man's Island

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.( )Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy…

A Stranger at Green Knowe

from the back cover: When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy. Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and much stronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live in a cage, behind bars and locked doors? Then Hanno escapes from the zoo. And a few days later his footprints are seen near Green Knowe, the old house deep in the English country…

Who, Sir? Me Sir?

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194791366

Collation

72p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms 3

Call Number

PEY

Oxford Bookworms 3: As the Inspector Said and Other Stories

from the back cover: The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all ...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ...These five stor…

Ethan Frome

from the back cover: Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the ho…

Wyatt's Hurricane

from the back cover: Hurricane Mabel is far out in the Atlantic Ocean and moving slowly northwards. Perhaps it will never come near land at all. But if it hits the island of San Fernandez, many thousands of people will die. There could be winds of more than 250 kilometres an hour. There could be a huge tidal wave from the sea, which will drown the capital city of St Pierre. Mabel will destroy…

On the Edge

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194791243

Collation

72p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms 3

Call Number

CRO

Chemical Secret

from the back cover: The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn't say no; he couldn't afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that h…

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

Geronimo Stilton: respected journalist, family mouse … well-seasoned traveller? No thank you! But when Geronimo’s sister Thea finds a mysterious map of a secret treasure on a faraway island, Geronimo just can’t say no. Before long, Geronimo and his family are on the high seas, getting into enormouse trouble!

The Paperboy

Come and see the life of a paperboy; he who sends newspapers to every door!