Macmillan Readers (2 200 headwords)

Agnes Grey is a classic story written by Anne Brontë. The story is about Agnes, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a poor clergyman. When her family loses a lot of money, Agnes decides to help by finding a job as a governess. But it proves to be a lot more difficult than Agnes imagined…

This pack comes with an audio CD.

Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of love and mistaken identity was a great hit when it first appeared on the stage in 1895 and has remained hugely popular with theatre audiences ever since.

A thrilling story by the internationally acclaimed African writer. Young Njoroge believes that education is the key to success in his life. Yet, as he grows up, political events and personal tragedy shatter his hopes and beliefs.

The timeless story of Anna's forbidden love for the dashing Count Vronsky Recommended for older readers.

When the young and beautiful Dorothea Brooke marries the aging scholar, Edward Casaubon, the people of Middlemarch believe that no good will come of it. Dorothea quickly grows unhappy and bored. Then she begins a sensitive friendship with Casaubon’s young cousin, Will Ladislaw. Meanwhile, the beautiful but spoilt Rosamond Vincey pursues the idealistic but poor Doctor Lydgate. Lydgate is determined not to get married, but Rosamond has other ideas… Recommended for older readers.

Dickens' sinister story of murder and intrigue set in London in the 1860s.

A story of mysticism and romance set in present-day California. Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper, she is also The Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.

Read the vivid story of the hardships endured by a young Zulu migrant worker. Xuma sees the brutality of the bosses of the mine and the squalor of the township where he lives. In the city, white people lead privileged lives. Xuma begins to question the racial injustices which surround him. Recommended for older readers.

Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut-Glass Bowl,Bernice Bobs Her Hair,Gretchen's Forty Winks, Magnetism and  Three Hours Between Planes.Recommended for older readers.

Original work by F. Scott Fitzgerald