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For a full list of titles in all the Oxford Bookworms series,
please refer ro the Oxford English catalogue.

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Ife Didn't Mean

The Eagle of the
Rosemary Sutcliff
to go to Sea Arthur Ransome

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Treasure Island Robert Louis Steuenson
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
A Tale of Two Cities Chailes Dichens
{SeSilver Sword lan Senaillier

Stage 4 (1400 headwords)

Adaptations of classic and modem stories for younger readers.
Title s avai la b le in clud e :

Sta8e 2 (700 headwords)
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Huckleberry Finn Marh Tuain
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Anneof GreenGables L.M. Montgomery
A Stranger at Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston
Too Old to Rock andRoll JanMarft (shon stories)

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Black Series

Stage 3 ( 1000 headwords)
The Prisoner of Zenda Anthotry Hope
The Secret Garde n Frances Hodgson Burnett

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3 (1000 headwords)
.Skyiack!
-Stage Tim Vicary
The Star Zoo Harry Gilben
Chemical Secrer Tim Vicary

Younger readers might also like to try some of tbe original stories
from the main Bookworms list. Suggested titles:

The RailwayChildten Edith Nesbit
On the Edge Gillian Cross
'Who, Sir? Me, Sir?' K.M. Peyton

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Stage I (400 headwords)
*The Elephant M an Tim Vicary
Under the Moon Rowena Ahinymi
The Phantom of the Opera lennifer Bassett

2 (700 headwords)
-Stag€ Island Michael Duchwortlt
"Vciodoo
Ear-rings from Frankfurt Reg \(right
+Dead Man's Island
John Escott
*Cassettes available
for these titles.

TheSecret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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retold by Clare'West

Illustrated by

Jenny Brackley

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Little Miss Mary
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obody se(6med to care about Mary. Shewasbornin
India, where her father was a British official' He was
busy with his work' and her mother, whowas very beautiful,
spent all her time going to parties. So an Indian woman,
Kamala, was paid to take care of the little girl' Mary was
not a pretty child. She had a thin angry faceand thin yellow
hair. She was always giving orders to Kamala, who had to
obey. Mary never thought of other people, but only of
herself. In fact, she was a very selfish, disagreeable, badtcmpered little girl.
Onevery hot morning' when she was about nine years
old, she woke up and saw that instead of Kamala there was
different Indian servant by her bed.
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Mary saw that there was a different Indinn setuant by ber bed'

The Secret Garden

'What arcyoudoing here?'she asked.?;l;tr. 'Go away!
And send Kamala to me at once!'
The woman looked aflaid. 'I'm sorry, Miss Mary, she she - she can't come!'...