Green Apple Step 1 (A2)

Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Mystery & horror

A mysterious lodger has just rented rooms at Mrs Warren's lodging house. She is frightened by this strange individual, so she asks Sherlock Holmes to help. He and Dr Watson discover cryptic messages, a sinister secret society with international roots and a terrible murder...

Dossiers:
An introduction to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Victorian Writers, Police and Detectives of the 19th Century

Series: Green Apple | Level:  Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Adaptation and activities by Benjamin Anderson

Adventure

When Robinson Crusoe tells his parents that he wants to go to sea they don’t want him to go, but he ignores their wishes and joins a ship. This is just the beginning of his many adventures at sea, which end with him being shipwrecked on a desert island.
Considered the first English novel, Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, was based on a real-life story.

Dossiers:
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Real Robinson Crusoe: Alexander Selkirk

Exit test

Series:  Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore

Adventure

After their father is mysteriously forced to leave home, the three children and their mother leave their comfortable house in London and go to live in a cottage in the country near a railway track. The children soon make friends with the Station Master, the Porter and a friendly old gentleman, who waves to them from the morning train.
Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy several exciting adventures and even become the heroes of the village. But the mystery of their father remains unsolved, until one day...

Dossier:
Early railways

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Mystery & horror

An abandoned mansion, a ghostly face at the window and mysterious happenings at one of the city's favorite landmarks is the start of a thrilling adventure for Jim Reilly and his teenage friends.Set in cosmopolitan San Francisco, California, this is a mystery story full of suspense with an unexpected twist, brilliantly solved by three young detectives.

Dossier:
A Guide to San Francisco
Natural Resources and Pollution

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Retold by Patrizia Caruzzo

Mystery and Horror

Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, is offered the opportunity to buy a bottle containing an imp which will grant all his wishes. The only catch is that the bottle must thereafter be resold for a price smaller than what he paid for it, or he will be condemned to live out the rest of his days in excruciating torment.
Follow Keawe on his adventures and find out the consequences that this magical imp has on his life and the lives of the people around him.

Dossiers:
Captain Cook
Hawaii

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Book + audio CD/CD-ROM win/mac

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Adventure

Set in 15th-century England during the Wars of the Roses, this is the exciting story of the adventures of young Richard Shelton and the mysterious band of the Black Arrow.
Richard must fight against his cruel guardian Sir Daniel Brackley, and his treacherous men to protect his true love Joanna. Because of his courage and honesty he becomes a knight and helps to save his country.
Suspense, mystery, excitement, incredible adventures and romance fill this thrilling tale that is hard to put down.

Dossiers:
The Wars of the Roses
Knights and Knighthood Today

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Series:  Skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Enjoy three of America’s most-loved folk tales of the 1800s! Meet Johnny Appleseed who planted apple seeds across America. Find out how Pecos Bill became king of the Cowboys of Texas. Visit a Southern plantation and laugh with cunning Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. *Easy adaption at Step One level *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *KET-style activities *Trinity-style activities (Grade 3) *Full recording of the text with additional listening activities *Dossiers on American Food made with Apples, Apple-Raisin, Crumble, Young America and its Settlers, Life on a Ranch, Fox Hunting, and Brer Tales and the South *Project on the Web *Exit test with answer key The Green Apple series consists of lavishly illustrated graded readers especially designed for young teenagers.