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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Drive into Danger Audio CD Pack
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter New York Café Audio CD Pack
Michael Dean
STARTER - Fantasy & Horror
It is the year 2030, and an email message arrives at New York Café: 'I want to help people and make them happy!'
But not everybody is happy about the email, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Orca Audio CD Pack
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places.
But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Fifteenth Character Audio CD Pack
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills.
And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 The Crown of Violet
Geoffrey Trease
Retold by John Escott
STAGE 3 - Thriller & Adventure
High up on a stone seat in the great open-air theatre of Athens, Alexis, son of Leon, watches the Festival of Plays - and dreams of seeing his own play on that famous stage.
So, as the summer passes, Alexis writes his play for the next year's Festival. But then, with his friend Corinna, he learns that Athens has enemies - enemies who do not like Athenian democracy, and who are planning a revolution to end it all . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Mr Midshipman Hornblower
C.S. Forester
Retold by Rosemary Border
STAGE 4 - Thriller & Adventure
'Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one.'
But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over. It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and life on a sailing ship of war is hard and dangerous. But the hardest battles are fought by Hornblower within himself.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Reflex
Dick Francis
Retold by Rowena Akinyemi
STAGE 4 - Thriller & Adventure
People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger - and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win - but sometimes he is told to lose. Why?
And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash?
Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find out the answer to the second. But as he begins to learn George
Millace's secrets, he
realizes that his own life is in danger.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 The Silver Sword
Ian Serraillier
Retold by John Escott
STAGE 4 - Thriller & Adventure
Jan opened his wooden box and took out the silver sword. 'This will bring me luck,' he said to Mr Balicki. 'And it will bring you luck because you gave it to me.'
The silver sword is only a paper knife, but it gives Jan and his friends hope. Hungry, cold, and afraid, the four children try to stay alive among the ruins of bombed cities in war-torn Europe. Soon they will begin the long and dangerous journey south, from Poland to Switzerland, where they hope to find their parents again.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Arthur Ransome
Retold by Ralph Mowat
STAGE 4 - Thriller & Adventure
The four Walker children never meant to go to sea. They had promised their mother to stay safely in the harbour, and to be home on Friday in time for tea.
But there they are in someone else's boat, drifting out to sea in a thick fog. When the fog lifts, they can turn round and sail back to the harbour. But then comes the wind and the storm, driving them out even further across the cold North Sea . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 5 This Rough Magic
Mary Stewart
Retold by Diane Mowat
STAGE 5 - Thriller & Adventure
The Greek island of Corfu lies like a jewel, green and gold, in the Ionian sea, where dolphins swim in the sparkling blue water. What better place for an out-of-work actress to relax for a few weeks?
But the island is full of danger and mysteries, and Lucy Waring's holiday is far from peaceful. She meets a rude young man, who seems to have something to hide. Then there is a death by drowning, and then another . . .
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