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A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 6582 Collette Roy is a teacher in Canada. She is tired of working in the city, so she finds a job at a school in a very small town. Her house is in the forest. There is only one other house in the forest – an old, empty house. Soon, strange things start to happen in the forest. Is the house really empty? Is someone staying in the house? One night, after Collette is in great danger, she finds the answers…

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 3,276 Konkatsu is a Japanese word. It means "searching for a husband/wife". There are eight true stories in this book. Eight Japanese men talk about their experiences when dating and searching for a wife in Japan. One man had a traditional marriage introduction and met the woman of his dreams. Another man met his future wife at a singles party. Some other men are not so lucky. One man has been to many parties, but he has not found a woman he likes. Another man enjoys his single life. He doesn’t want to ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 5,746 Everyone has neighbours, Maybe our neighbours are nice or interesting. Or maybe they are difficult or strange. Here are five short stories about neighbours for you to read. Eva is a little frightened of one of her neighbours. He is strange. But one day, something happens to change Eva's opinion. Brent's neighbour is on vacation. The house is empty. So why can he hear a knocking sound on the wall? Brent has a shock when he goes to investigate. Bryan loves living in his quiet house. There are big old ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 16,085 Neil has a good life. He has a successful company. He's rich. But everything is about to change. Twelve years ago, Neil left the valley where he grew up. He said he would never return. But now his brother is dead, and he must go back. He must face the past, and learn to live with the truth. But what is the truth? What really happened twelve years ago? Why did his brother die? Someone doesn't want Neil to find the answers. There is danger, romance, friendship and surprise when he returns to the ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 10,001 Jarmo, Akina, Chrysa, Hehu, Shelley and Pachai are the Holiday Club. They come from different countries and have very different lives. They first met early one summer morning in Paris. This chance meeting led to excitement, adventure and romance. Their lives changed forever. In this first book, they are all looking forward to a wonderful holiday, but it starts badly. Will they be able to have the holiday of their dreams? Or will their holiday end in disaster? Follow the story of these exciting...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 3 A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 10,947 It is Easter Sunday. I am hiding in a bedroom of a large house in a mountain valley. I have two small children with me. Anabel is almost asleep but Jaime is excited. It is difficult to keep him quiet. I don’t know who owns the house. I don’t know where the children’s parents are. But there are men with guns in the house. I know that we are in danger, and I must try to keep the children safe. I have put furniture against the door, but the men are pushing against it. In a few seconds they ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 4188 This is Old Jack’s second book of ghost stories. Old Jack takes us to the old Roman city of Chester. Who is the soldier walking along the old city walls? And why is his uniform covered in blood? Who is the ghost in a hotel in Shropshire? Why does the ghost do bad things to women guests? Hampton Court Palace in London is a famous tourist spot, but it has a tragic history. Very late at night, when the palace is closed, some people who live near the palace say they can hear a woman in the palace....

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 1 - A1/A2 Starter (1) Word count: 4,375 Wei Liu is a student from China. He studies English in New York. He has a part-time job in a hotel. One day, he finds a diamond necklace in the tissue box in a hotel room. Whose necklace is it? Why is it in the tissue box? The manager calls the police. Wei is in trouble. Yesterday, someone took the necklace from a jewellery shop. The police want to talk to Wei, but he has an important test at college. Can he get out of trouble and take the test?

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 21,305 The Holiday Club Series Book 3 A Dangerous Celebration Death on an Island Jarmo, Akina, Chrysa, Hehu, Shelley and Pachai are the Holiday Club. They come from different countries, and have very different lives. They take trips together as often as they can. Book 3 is a bonus for fans of the Holiday Club. This time you get two complete adventure stories as the young friends face terror and horror on opposite sides of the world. In A Dangerous Celebration, Shelley gets a happy surprise and the ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 6,433 There are five stories about winter in this book. The forest is a dangerous place in winter, but Stefan takes his dog there. There is an accident. What will happen? Can anyone help Stefan? Or will he die alone in the forest? Everyone thinks Shaun can become an Olympic skating champion, but the local council wants to close the ice rink in his town. Shaun can save the ice rink, but it is a big responsibility for a young boy. Can he do it? Alan and Keith go camping on a mountain. But the mountain ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 13,206 The women walked down the stone steps. They were holding hands. It was very dark and cold. Drops of water were running down the walls. The air smelt bad. “Where is he?” asked the younger woman. “Quiet!” whispered the older woman. She pointed down the stairs. They could see lights. “Candles?” asked the younger women. At the bottom of the steps, they saw an open door. They heard a voice. They stopped and listened. The younger woman put her hand over her mouth to stop from screaming. ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 12,004 When a doctor in Hong Kong receives a "lucky" Chinese vase in 1910, he has no idea just how lucky it is. This story follows the vase through the 20th century, as it crosses continents and brings luck to its new keepers. What happens to the vase at the end? Does it keep its lucky powers? This story takes you through the major events of the last century and follows the lives of the people who lived through that time, before the vase's history comes back in a circle.

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 6,319 “I’m going to get married. I should be happy. But I’m not. What have I done? I’m going to marry a man who doesn’t love me.” Treena dreams of the perfect wedding. When her boyfriend Stan asks her to marry him, she says ‘yes’. But Stan is acting strangely. It seems like he doesn’t want to get married to Treena. So why did he ask her to marry him? Maybe Stan is not her true love. Treena starts to plan the wedding, but everything goes wrong. Will Treena have the perfect wedding day she ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 13,773 This is the 2nd book in the Chi-obaa series. The first book is "Chi-obaa and Friends". Here are two more stories from Nakashige-cho. In the first story, a very important person asks Chi-obaa for help. He needs some information and he believes Chi-obaa is the best person to get it. She travels to Osaka and goes undercover in a bar in Osaka in search of the truth. In the second story, someone has stolen Hatsuko’s tricycle. Chi-obaa, Hanae and Hatsuko try to find the thief. They uncover ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 4,245 Life can be difficult, but sometimes strangers help us. People we don't know are kind. It is surprising. It makes our hearts feel warm. Maybe we will never see them again, but we will remember the day when a stranger was kind. In this book there are five stories about the kindness of strangers. Jenny is in the supermarket with her young son. She has a big problem, but a kind stranger helps her. One family has a terrible Christmas morning. A young girl from across the road wants to make their ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 3,153 Old Jack is back! In this story, Old Jack takes us back to a time in his childhood, and tells us why he likes ghost stories so much. When he was fourteen, Jack and his family went on holiday to North Wales. It is Jack's first holiday and he is excited. One day, when riding a bicycle around the countryside, he gets lost. Some kind people help him, but he later discovers that the beautiful countryside of North Wales holds a strange secret. Enjoy another ghost story from Old Jack!

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 1 - A1/A2 Starter (1) Word count: 5,566 This is part 2 of Ken's Story. The story starts in part 1. Ken starts a new life in a different area of Japan. His new co-workers are very friendly. One of them is a young woman called Saki. She is very friendly. She likes Ken a lot. They spend a lot of time together. Ken is happy to have a new friend, but Ken’s girlfriend is not happy when she sees photographs of Ken and Saki together on Facebook. She thinks Ken and Saki like each other. Then, Ken’s boss tells him and Saki to go on a business ...