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Penguin Active Reading 1: The Barcelona Game

Holly and her brothers go to Barcelona for a football game. First, Holly wants to see famous places in the city, but her brothers want to go to a funfair. Then a man takes Holly`s bag, and the tickets for the game are...

Penguin Readers 4: On the Beach

Nuclear war has destroyed all life in thenorthern countries of the world. Now the deadly radiation is travelling south. In Australia, where people are still alive, Peter and Mary Holmes are trying to live their lives...

Penguin Readers 1: Run for Your Life

Original / British English (Available February 2008) Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: The Last Photo

Pam and Martin visit Cambridge. Pam takes a photo, but a man walks in front of her. Later Martin sees a picture of a man in a newspaper. The police want this man. Is he the same man? And where is he now? Does Pam`s...

Penguin Readers 3: StarGate

The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it, they travel millions of miles to a strange new world. There they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live? Will they find a way...

Penguin Readers 3: Hamlet

Classic / British English Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why? Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus, know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered...

Penguin Readers 3: The Fugitive

Contemporary / British English Why did a man with one arm go into Dr Richard Kimble`s house and murder his wife? The police think Kimble did it. Kimble is wrongly put in prison but escapes. He wants one thing to find...

Penguin Readers 2: Moby Dick

Classic / British English Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great...

Penguin Readers 6: Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina, one of world literature`s greatest novels, tells the story of a beautiful young woman who is unhappily married to a man much older than herself. When she falls in love with a handsome young soldier,...

Penguin Readers 4: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Classic / British English An artist paints a picture of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. When he sees it, Dorian makes a wish that changes his life. As he grows older, his face stays young and handsome. But the...

Penguin Readers 1: Surfer

Original / British English On the beach near Nick`s home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nick`s father is not happy. Can...

Penguin Readers 1: Marcel and the Shakespeare Letters

Original / British English Marcel visits his friend, Henry, in London. Henry knows a professor and he has some very interesting letters by William Shakespeare! Marcel and Henry want to see the letters, but they are...

Penguin Readers 3: The Turn of the Screw

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It`s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things the ghosts of...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Marcel and the Mona Lisa

Original / British English Marcel is a French mouse, and a detective. One evening, at the Louvre museum, he sees a man steal a famous painting the Mona Lisa. Marcel follows the thief to Venice and risks his life to...

Penguin Active Reading 3: The Incredible Journey

The country is wild and dangerous. Mountains are high, rivers run fast, and there are strange animals in the woods. But three family pets - two dogs and a cat - begin a long, long walk through western Canada. They...

Penguin Active Reading 3: Frankenstein

Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and wants to be kind....

Penguin Active Reading 2: Mr Bean

A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to the United States. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean. But something is very wrong...

Penguin Readers 3: Amistad

Contemporary / British English It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must...

Penguin Readers 6: Great Expectations

Classic / British English Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with...

Penguin Readers 4: Cinderella Man

Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true story of Jim Braddock — the Cinderella Man —...

Penguin Readers 3: Psycho

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London....

Penguin Readers 3: Vanity Fair

Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find...

Penguin Active Reading 2: Water for Life

Water. We drink it. We cook with it. We wash with it. We can`t live without it. Most of us don`t think about it much. But it is not there for everybody, and our world is changing fast. We have to think very carefully...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Who Wants to be a Star?

Original / British English (Available February 2008) Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and a star. She sings beautifully, and everyone loves her. Her mother has big ideas about Hollywood, but Tina is not happy. One...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Tinker`s Farm

It is 1800. Jenny Tinker arrives in New York with her father, Sam. The Tinkers are English. They`re starting a new life in America. They want a farm, but they haven`t got any money. What can they do?