“The Moonstone” is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinder's house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must...
Edward Malone is determined to prove to his beloved Gladys that he's a man of adventure. Accompanied by Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee and Lord John Roxton, Edward embarks on an expedition like no other. Deep into the Amazon the four men go, in search of a “lost world” where...
Sleepy Hollow is a quiet, peaceful place near the Hudson River in the USA, but it is alive with stories about ghosts and witches. One night, the teacher in Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, has a terrifying adventure with Sleepy Hollow’s most famous ghost, the Headless Horseman, with unexpected results....
Hawkeye is a scout for the British Army in America. He is helped by Chingachgook and Uncas, “The last of the Mohican” tribe, in his struggle against Magua, the murderous leader of the Huron tribe. This exciting adventure was created by James Fenimore Cooper.
This is the story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the Indian jungle. He is adopted by a pack of wolves and becomes friends with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Mowgli learns how to communicate with the animals and survive in the jungle. But Shere Khan,...
A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover the stranger’s terrible secret, they realize that they are in great danger.
West Hill School is just an ordinary school, but one day a new teacher arrives and some very strange things start to happen. The teacher comes to work in a car that has no driver. He carries a newspaper dating from 1935. And he always seems to punish the...
The Otises are a practical American family. They don't believe in “The Canterville Ghost”. They don't believe in ghosts ... until they move to Canterville Chase, an old English country estate inhabited by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville. The family is amused by Sir Simon's failed attempts...
The dog-hero, Buck, begins his life in a happy home in California, but is sold and made to work in a sled-team transporting supplies in Alaska during the Gold Strike of 1897. As well as describing Buck’s hard life, the story shows the loving relationship that can grow between...
Ken Harris tells us in this amazing story called “The Body Snatchers” how Tom and Dylan, 13, see two suspicious men one day. They are putting a body into a van! Shocked, the boys follow the van to a dark building. They see the men put the body into...
