Penguin Readers - simple English. Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesn`t like people. He really doesn`t like Christmas. But then some ghosts visit him. They show him his past life, his life now, and a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change? The book contains 4 coloured pictures, as well as comprehension activities. On-line support, exercises to download, tests, text samples and audio samples can be found at Penguin Readers students` site.