OSCAR WILDE SHORT STORIES

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 2º Bach (2015 - 2016)

Oscar Wilde

Burlington Original Readers

Lord Arthur Savile must commit a crime before he can get married; Hughie Erskine becomes rich almost by accident; the Canterville Ghost has lost his ability to frighten people. Three short stories from one of the world’s wittiest storytellers.

A MELODY OF TRUTH

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 1º Bach (2015 - 2016)

Evelyn Christie

Burlington Original Readers

Nineteen-year-old Diana is a medical student whose real love is music. She lives with her brother, Mark, and another medical student, Roger. Diana starts teaching music to sick children in hospital, some of them terminally ill, and the conflict between medicine and music becomes stronger. When romance enters her life, Diana develops enough confidence to make some major changes, but what will her parents say?

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 1º Bach (2015 - 2016)

Jane Austen

Burlington Original Readers

Most middle-class young women living in 19th-century England shared the same ambition: to find and marry a rich husband. But rich husbands expected rich wives. Sisters Jane and Elizabeth Bennet come from a poor home. Is their beauty and intelligence enough to win them the husbands they desire? Will charming bachelors Charles Bingley and handsome, arrogant Mr Darcy be prejudiced by their social status or will love triumph in the end?

THE SKATING DETECTIVE

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 4º ESO (2015 - 2016)

Ellen Hopkins

Burlington Original Readers

Sixteen-year-old Jonah loves roller-blading. He also wants to impress the new girl in his class, Valérie, who has just arrived from France. But when expensive computer equipment disappears from school and Jonah’s favourite teacher is accused of stealing it, Jonah is determined to find out who is behind the theft. Little does he know that his passion for roller-blading will help him solve the mystery.

THE SECRETS OF SILVER LAKE

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 4º ESO (2015 - 2016)

Michelle Telford
Burlington Original Readers

Eddie and Jon Marks are spending the summer holiday at Silver Lake in the USA, where their parents have bought a wooden cabin next to a deserted old house. When Eddie befriends two other boys in the area, they tell him the amazing story of the old house, Jack ‘the Devil’ Devlin and bodies put in slabs of cement. When the boys set out to reveal the truth behind the story, they soon find themselves in the middle of a frightening adventure.

THE HACKER

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA  3º ESO (2015- 2016)

Ken Harris

Burlington Original Readers

Tony Baker arrives at school one day, only to find that somebody has hacked into the school’s computer system, using his library code. Then Tony’s mother gets a letter from the Town Hall saying she must pay £10,000 for repair work to her bookshop. The letter is signed ‘Charles Smith’, but Tony discovers that Charles Smith does not exist. Who is the mysterious hacker and who sent the letter? Tony is determined to find out, but how?

THE SECRET GARDEN

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 2º ESO (2015- 2016)

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Burlington Original Readers

When Mary Lennox is ten, her parents die of cholera and she’s sent to her uncle’s gloomy mansion in the English countryside. Mary is bored and lonely. One day, she discovers a hidden door to a secret garden, but is afraid to go inside. Then Mary meets a strange boy, Colin, who’s got a mysterious illness. Together they visit the secret garden and this fascinating place gives Colin the desire to get better.

LOST IN THE JUNGLE

INGLÉS - LECTURA OBLIGATORIA 1º ESO (2015- 2016)

Susan Newman

Burlington Original Readers 

The Miller family is on holiday in Thailand. Linda and Sam decide to go walking in the jungle with their father. However, their day out does not go according to plan and they quickly discover the dangers of the jungle. Can Linda and Sam save their father and find their way to safety?