John Escott
This book contains two adventure stories about a newspaper delivery boy who wants to be a detective.
Alarm! – Toby stops a gang of thieves from breaking into an electronics factory.
The Cutting – Toby is convinced that the new occupant of 17 Ash Avenue is an escaped bank robber.
ISBN: 9781405072458
English Type: British
Published Date: 31 March 2005
Pages: 32
Mike Esplen
Marco is young and bored. He dislikes working on his father's farm, picking and packing boxes of peaches all day in the hot sun. He wants freedom, money and excitement. One weekend, he decides to leave home. He takes a train to the city, but he is not prepared for what he finds there.
ISBN: 9781405076265
English Type: British
Published Date: 9 May 2005
Pages: 32
Alexandre Dumas, retold by John Escott
A classic adventure story set in 17th century France. Young Louis XIV begins his reign. Chief Minister of Finance invites the King to his beautiful house at Vaux.
Original work by Alexandre Dumas
ISBN: 9781405076241
English Type: British
Published Date: 13 May 2005
Pages: 64
Louisa M. Alcott, retold by Anne Collins
This is the story of four sisters growing up in Massachusetts, USA during the American Civil War. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March live with their mother in a small town. Their father is away fighting with the Union army.
Original work by Louisa M. Alcott
ISBN: 9781405076203
English Type: British
Published Date: 31 March 2005
Pages: 64
R. D. Blackmore, retold by John Escott
A romantic adventure story set in south-west England in the 1600s. John Ridd swears revenge upon the evil Carver Doone who murdered his father. But who is the beautiful young girl he meets in Doone Valley?
Original work by R. D. Blackmore
ISBN: 9781405072410
English Type: British
Published Date: 20 April 2005
Pages: 64
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper, retold by John Escott
A classic romantic adventure set in North America in the 1750s. The armies of France and England are at war and indian tribes are fighting for each army. The Hurons are with the French, and the Mohawks and the Mohicans are with the English.
This is the story of the scout, Hawk-eye, and his two Indian friends - the last of the Mohicans.
ISBN: 9781405076180
English Type: British
Published Date: 31 March 2005
Pages: 64
John Milne
Three university students decide to go on holiday together in Wales. They stay in a remote cottage without electricity or a telephone. But who is the bearded man? And does he have other plans for the cottage?
ISBN: 9781405076227
English Type: British
Published Date: 11 May 2005
Pages: 32
O. Henry, retold by Katherine Mattock
This collection of short stories is set in North America between 1898 and 1919. It contains five stories with unusual endings about criminals and crimes, detectives and their investigations, and lovers and their hopes.
Original work by O. Henry
ISBN: 9781405072373
English Type: British
Published Date: 31 March 2005
Pages: 64
Philip Prowse
Private investigator Lenny Samuel is in work again. Lenny is hired to discover the identity of the robber who raids banks wearing a duck mask, but he ends up looking the fool himself. Will the police send him to jail as a member of the gang? Or will they believe he is innocent?
ISBN: 9781405072366
English Type: British
Published Date: 31 March 2005
Pages: 32
Charlotte Brontë, retold by Florence Bell
A classic love story which was first published in 1847. Numerous plays, films and television adaptations have been made of this great novel.
Original work by Charlotte Brontë
ISBN: 9781405076166
English Type: British
Published Date: 17 May 2005
Pages: 64