Oxford Bookworms Library

English graded readers series for secondary level to adult

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter New York Café

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 Oranges in the Snow

Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster

STARTER - Crime & Mystery

'Everything's ready now. We can do the experiment,' says your assistant Joe.

You are the famous scientist Mary Durie working in a laboratory in Alaska. When you discover something very new and valuable, other people want to try to steal your idea - can you stop them before they escape?

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Orca

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 Police TV

Tim Vicary

STARTER - Crime & Mystery

'Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this,' says Dan, a police officer.

The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects - who is the robber?

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Robin Hood

John Escott

STARTER - Human Interest

'You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you,' says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people of Nottingham. When Prince John hears this, Robin is suddenly in danger - great danger.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Survive!

Helen Brooke

STARTER - Human Interest

You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises . . .

Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain?

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Taxi of Terror

Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster

STARTER - Thriller & Adventure

'How does it work?' Jack asks when he opens his present - a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. He now tries his mobile phone for the first time. Can it save his life?

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain
Retold by Alan Hines

STARTER - Classics

Hank Morgan is a happy young man in Connecticut, USA, in 1879 until one day someone runs into his office and shouts, 'Come quickly, Boss! Two men are fighting.' After this, something very strange happens to him, and his life changes forever.

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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Drive into Danger

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 Girl on a Motorcycle

John Escott

STARTER - Crime & Mystery

'Give me the money,' says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle - and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel - on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?

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