Oxford Reading Club - Bookworms - What kinds of books do you like reading? What is your favourite ‘genre’? Read about the books and choose which book you want to read by Chris Fry, Barcelona

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming, fishing and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don’t see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost – much, much worse…

The Withered Arm

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

A woman and a man… words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her… It’s an old story. Yes, it’s an old, old story. It happens all the time – today, tomorrow, one hundred years ago. People don’t change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it. Perhaps it is only a dream, or perhaps it is magic – a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms…

Love or Money?

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

It is Molly Clarkson’s fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party – only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die. But one person can’t wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die.

Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Because someone has kidnapped the Duke’s son…

Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lot of money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can’t find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course – to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes one hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today’s world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, Shirley must catch a cyber thief. But how? You can’t see a cyber thief, you can’t hear a cyber thief. Only the computer knows, and the computer isn’t talking…

Shirley Homes and the Lithuanian Case

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Shirley Homes is a private investigator. She is clever with computers, and knows London like the back of her hand. She laughs when people say, ‘Was Sherlock Holmes your grandfather?’ Sherlock Holmes, of course, was not a real person, but, like Sherlock, Shirley has good eyes, and good ears. And she knows the right questions to ask. And in the Lithuanian Case, the right questions are important. Because Shirley must find a missing person – Carrie Williams, aged fifteen. Where is she? Who is she with?

Sister Love and Other Crime Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 10:55:30 UTC

Some sisters are good friends, some are not. Sometimes there is more hate in a family than there is love. Karin is beautiful and has lots of men friends, but she can be very unkind to her sister Marcia. Perhaps when they were small, there was love between them, but that was a long time ago. They say that everybody has one crime in them. Perhaps they only take an umbrella that does not belong to them. Perhaps they steal from a shop, perhaps they get angry and hit someone, perhaps they kill…

Japan

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:16:58 UTC

What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom in the spring; quiet gardens with water and trees. Here the past meets the future all the time. From sumo wrestlers to robots, Japan has something amazing for everybody.

John Lennon

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:18:12 UTC

‘One day, I’m going to be famous,’ John Lennon said when he was young – and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went solo, he wrote some of the most important songs of all time. He was a family man and a peace protestor – he wanted to change the world. But one autumn day, four gun shots rang out across New York, and took away that dream for ever…

San Francisco

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:20:24 UTC

‘It’s a good place for gold,’ said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. ‘It’s a good place for a prison,’ said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. ‘It’s a good place for love,’ said the hippies in the 1960s, and they put flowers in their hair and came to Haight Ashbury. And San Francisco is still a good place – to take one hundred photographs, or see the Chinatown parade, or just to sit in a coffee shop and be in this interesting, different city…

Usain Bolt

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:21:22 UTC

In 2008, Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world. He won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games that year – and he did it again in 2012, and in 2016. So how did a boy from a little Jamaican village become the world’s greatest athlete? And why do his fans love him so much?

Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:26:27 UTC

In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee’s help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan’s daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur?

The Monkey's Paw

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:27:30 UTC

Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal – a monkey’s paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the door to open.

The Omega Files - Short Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:28:31 UTC

In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there are some very secret files – the Omega Files. There are strange, surprising, and sometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them. You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about the Omega Files, because they work for EDI. They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. They go all over the world, asking difficult questions in dangerous places, but they don’t always find the answers…

The Phantom of the Opera

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:29:28 UTC

It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom – the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers… But who has actually seen him?

Under the Moon

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:30:31 UTC

It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up. Now the sun is burning down on Earth. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die… In a colony under the moon, people wait for news – news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid. The planet Earth is burning, burning…

The Wizard of Oz

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 11:31:06 UTC

Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country’s famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz…

The Bridge and Other Love Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:32:06 UTC

Luke is a good-looking, young man, but he’s not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful cakes, but does he make mistakes too? Nina and Dragan are in love, so deeply in love, but they live in the wrong place, at the wrong time… All love stories have moments of happiness, pain, misunderstanding, laughter, and sometimes great sadness. But love will nearly always find a way…

Christmas in Prague

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:33:18 UTC

In a house in Oxford, three people are having breakfast – Carol, her husband Jan, and his father Josef. They are talking about Prague, because Carol wants them all to go there for Christmas. Josef was born in Prague, but he left his home city when he was a young man. He is an old man now, and he would like to see Prague again before he dies. But he is afraid. He still remembers another Christmas in Prague, many long years ago – a Christmas that changed his life for ever…

Les Miserables

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:33:51 UTC

France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after 19 years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert? This story for Bookworms is loosely based on the famous novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, one of France’s greatest writers. The novel was written in 1862, and the story has been retold many times – in a musical, in plays for radio and theatre, and in more than 50 films for television and cinema.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:34:24 UTC

Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don’t have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric’s grandfather.

A Little Princess

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:35:04 UTC

Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin’s school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world…

The Lottery Winner

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:35:33 UTC

Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is 73 years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags, and runs away…

Maria's Summer in London

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:36:11 UTC

Maria misses her family and friends in Pamplona, Spain, but soon she begins to enjoy her English classes in London. She also makes new friends like Emilia and Jack. But does Jack like Maria? And what does Emilia think about Jack?

Nobody Listens

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:36:46 UTC

Alex’s family is always moving from town to town. Then he meets Bella, and everything gets difficult because she wants him to play his music for everyone. And how can he say goodbye to her, when his parents decide to move again?

One-Way Ticket Short Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:37:15 UTC

This is a collection of stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on trains – and all of them happen here.

The Piano Man

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:37:49 UTC

A woman finds a man on a beach. He is very cold, his clothes are wet, and he cannot speak. The woman phones for help, and an ambulance comes and takes the man to hospital. In hospital they ask the man questions, but he does not answer. He still cannot speak – or does not want to speak. Who is he, this strange man from the sea? What is his name? Where did he come from? And why do they call him the Piano Man?

Remember Miranda

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:38:23 UTC

Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children’s father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn’t meet Miranda, the children’s mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and Cathy cannot learn anything about her. Everybody remembers Miranda, but nobody wants to talk about her…

The Butler Did It and Other Plays

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:40:20 UTC

How do you get a licence if you want to keep a monkey? What can you do if your wife has a lover? How can you see into the future? Where can you go for an exciting but cheap holiday somewhere hot and far away? How can you persuade your girlfriend or boyfriend to marry you? The characters in these six original short plays are looking for answers to these questions. While trying to solve their problems, people get into some very funny situations. Each play gives an amusing view of life today, and there is often an unexpected ending.

Five Short Plays

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:40:51 UTC

What do you do if you have a boring job in a restaurant, serving fast food to people who have no time to eat? What if you dream of travelling to other countries, but your friends just laugh? Do you stay at home with them? Perhaps you hear that someone has bought the last bag of salt in town. Do you buy a bag from him at a high price? Our world is full of these kinds of problems. They make life interesting, and sometimes very funny. These five short plays show people trying to decide what to do in unexpected situations.

A Ghost In Love and Other Plays

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:41:20 UTC

Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn’t. He’s a 19-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears… The first of these three original plays is set in the 17th century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

The Murder of Mary Jones

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:42:15 UTC

At the start of this play, the court room is full for today’s trial. Two young men, Simon Clark and Dan Smith, stand up. The clerk asks, ‘Are you guilty of the murder of Mary Jones?’ ‘Not guilty!’ they reply. But perhaps they are guilty. The police found the murder weapon in their stolen car, and there was blood on Simon’s face. If the court finds them guilty, they will go to prison for a very long time. Can the lawyers find out the truth, by asking the right questions? Everyone in court wants to know who murdered Mary Jones. You can help to find the answer, too!

Goodbye, Mr Hollywood

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:43:39 UTC

Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She’s young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. But why does she call Nick ‘Mr Hollywood’? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next table – the man with short white hair? Nick learns the answers to these questions three long days later – in a police station on Vancouver Island.

The President's Murderer

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:44:04 UTC

The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him – people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back – dead or alive. Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and which will lose? Long live the President!

White Death

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 14:44:28 UTC

Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?

The Boy-King, Tutankhamun

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:39:10 UTC

This is Tutankhamun’s story, told by his friend Aziru. Aziru goes to live in the Pharaoh’s palace as a young boy, and he and Tutankhamun are soon great friends. But there are powerful men in the palace, and Aziru is often afraid for his friend too.

The Coldest Place on Earth

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:39:37 UTC

In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned home. This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of their famous and dangerous race.

The Elephant Man

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:40:01 UTC

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away for him. People laugh at him, and call him ‘The Elephant Man’. Then someone speaks to him – and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life. This is a true and tragic story. It is also a famous film.

Hachiko: Japan's Most Faithful Dog

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:40:28 UTC

This is the story of Hachiko, Japan’s most famous dog. Life is good for Hachiko, until one day everything changes.

Mary, Queen of Scots

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:40:53 UTC

England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens – Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen. Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her. But she also had many enemies – men who said: ‘The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.’

Pocahontas

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:41:16 UTC

A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love… But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the Englishman John Smith.

The Witches of Pendle

chris_fry_barcelona — 2024-08-13 15:42:05 UTC

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it… and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don’t believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family…

Starman

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-16 18:09:06 UTC

The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange…

The Girl with Red Hair

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-16 18:09:06 UTC

Every day people come to Mason’s store – old people, young people, men, and women. From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them. Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can’t forget that beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair…

Red Roses

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-16 18:09:06 UTC

‘Who is the man with the roses in his hand?’ thinks Anna. ‘I want to meet him.’ ‘Who is the girl with the guitar?’ thinks Will. ‘I like her. I want to meet her.’ But they do not meet. ‘There are lots of men!’ says Anna’s friend Vicki, but Anna cannot forget Will. And then one rainy day…

Drive into Danger

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:07:35 UTC

‘I can drive a truck,’ says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim’s passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck, things get dangerous.

Last Chance

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:08:18 UTC

‘How can Mr Frank be angry now?’ thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike’s camera and film?

Orca

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:08:40 UTC

When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world, they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca – a killer whale – one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.

The Fifteenth Character

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:09:07 UTC

‘It’s an interesting job,’ says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes very, very wrong.

Sally's Phone

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:11:08 UTC

Sally is always running – and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops. But then one afternoon, she suddenly has a different phone… and it changes her life.

Sing to Win

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:11:26 UTC

Sofia goes to an audition for Sing to Win – and makes friends with Emma. Emma is a very good singer, too, and soon there are stories about the two friends on TV and online. But not all the stories are true – and suddenly, being friends is not easy.

The Big Game

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:11:38 UTC

West High School boys’ basketball team is the worst team in town. Suddenly everything changes for the West High team, and Ben is excited. However, is winning games really important?

New York Café

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:14:12 UTC

It is the year 2030, and an email message arrives at New York Café: ‘I want to help people and make them happy!’ But not everybody is happy about the email, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.

Girl on a Motorcycle

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:15:48 UTC

‘Give me the money,’ says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle – and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny’s motel – on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?

Police T.V.

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:16:01 UTC

‘Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this,’ says Dan, a police officer. The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects – who is the robber?

The Cat

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:16:14 UTC

The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie’s stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman’s Hollywood home, they both go after him. Natalie drives fast. ‘Be careful,’ Nathan tells her. ‘You have a movie to finish!’

The Girl with Green Eyes

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:16:25 UTC

Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can’t say no. The girl’s name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back. Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg’s hotel… so what could go wrong?

The Mystery of Manor Hall

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:16:41 UTC

Manor Hall is a dark, dark house with a mystery. Nobody can go into the music room. But one night Tom and Milly hear something. The noise is coming from the music room. Tom and Milly open the door. Someone in the music room is singing. Tom and Milly are afraid, but they can’t move. Can Tom and Milly discover the mystery of Manor Hall?

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:48:49 UTC

There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, ‘Who are you?’ What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter’s tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts…

Huckleberry Finn

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:50:31 UTC

Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that’s for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there’s 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim…

The Jungle Book

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:53:28 UTC

In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf – he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling’s famous story of Mowgli’s adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years.

Love among the Haystacks

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:54:09 UTC

It is hay-making time on the Wookey farm. Two brothers are building the haystack, but thinking about other things - about young women, and love. There are angry words, and then a fight between the brothers. But the work goes on, visitors come and go, and the long hot summer day slowly turns to evening. Then the sun goes down, covering the world with a carpet of darkness. From the hedges around the hayfield comes the rich, sweet smell of wild flowers, and the hay will make a fine, soft bed…

The Prince and the Pauper

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:54:53 UTC

Tom begs for money on the streets. Edward is a prince. But these two boys look the same! Then a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life.

Robinson Crusoe

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:55:31 UTC

‘I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully… It was a footprint – the footprint of a man!’ In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend – or an enemy?

Tales from Longpuddle

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:56:11 UTC

Tony Kytes is a favourite with the girls but he’s not terribly clever. If you meet an old girlfriend and she asks for a ride home in your wagon, do you say yes? And then if you meet the girl you are planning to marry, what do you do? Very soon, Tony is in a great muddle, and does not know how to escape from it. These stories are set in an English country village of the nineteenth century, but Hardy’s tales of mistakes and muddles and marriages belong in any place, at any time.

Death in the Freezer

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 10:59:28 UTC

Ellen Shore’s family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And when they are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous – very rich, but he gives nothing to his sister Ellen. She has a difficult life, with three young kids and very little money. And she learns to hate her rich, famous, unkind brother…

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:00:24 UTC

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked – with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened – on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery. Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people. The answers to the mystery were all there, but only a clever man could see them.

Sherlock Holmes: More Short Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:01:15 UTC

When the police cannot solve a crime, they turn to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories.

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:01:58 UTC

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street – visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

The Canterville Ghost

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:04:14 UTC

There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville’s family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost – because of course Americans don’t believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don’t frighten easily – especially not two noisy little boys – and the poor ghost has a few surprises waiting for him.

Dracula

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:04:58 UTC

In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula – a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls. In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes from England to do business with the Count. But Jonathan does not feel comfortable at Castle Dracula. Strange things happen at night, and very soon, he begins to feel afraid. And he is right to be afraid, because Count Dracula is one of the Un-Dead – a vampire that drinks the blood of living people…

Five Children and It

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:05:49 UTC

When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. ‘It’ was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old. It was a strange little thing – fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could give wishes – one wish a day. ‘How wonderful!’ the children said. But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble…

Ghosts International: Troll and Other Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:06:52 UTC

In Sweden nobody wants a troll to come into their garden, but how do you stop them? On a lonely road at night in Oman, Abdul’s car breaks down and he takes a ride with a stranger, but perhaps it is safer to walk. In England some young people play a scary game, and in Asia, a soldier returns home – at last. Every country in the world has stories about ghosts and spirits and monsters of one kind or another. Some people believe in ghosts and some don’t – but everyone enjoys a good ghost story.

The Mystery of Allegra

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:07:40 UTC

Allegra is an unusual name. It means ‘happy’ in Italian, but the little girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years old, but she tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is going to die soon. How does she know? And who is the other Allegra? The girl in a long white nightdress, who has golden hair and big blue eyes. The girl who comes only at night, and whose hands and face are cold, so cold…

The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:08:32 UTC

Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting… In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad…

The Year of Sharing

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-17 11:09:59 UTC

Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it… very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share his world; he must learn how animals live and eat and fight… and die.

Anne of Green Gables

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:30:48 UTC

Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and talks. They didn’t want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. But it is not so quiet after Anne comes to live there…

New Yorkers - Short Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:32:55 UTC

A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress – ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry’s famous short stories – sensitive, funny, sympathetic – give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.

Northanger Abbey

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:33:38 UTC

When Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, it seems full of mystery to her, like the novels she has read. But soon Catherine begins to learn a few lessons about real life.

The Piano

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:34:48 UTC

One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. ‘It’s all rubbish,’ he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him – and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever…

Stories from the Five Towns

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:35:39 UTC

Arnold Bennett is famous for his stories about the Five Towns and the people who live there. They look and sound just like other people, and, like all of us, sometimes they do some very strange things. There’s Sir Jee, who is a rich businessman. So why is he making a plan with a burglar? Then there is Toby Hall. Why does he decide to visit Number 11 Child Row, and who does he find there? And then there are the Hessian brothers and Annie Emery – and the little problem of twelve thousand pounds.

The Summer Intern

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:36:21 UTC

When she gets a summer job at a fashion and beauty website called Gloss, she’s very excited. But things are not easy. ‘Am I ever going to write something for Gloss?’ Anna thinks.

Building a Better World

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:37:23 UTC

In 2015, the 193 countries of the United Nations agreed on seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. These goals are very important because they tell us what we must do to end the world’s biggest problems, like poverty, hunger and climate change. This book explains each of the goals and gives examples of the wonderful work that is already happening around the world to end these huge problems. It also gives great ideas of changes that we can all make in our own lives. We must all work together, to build a better world for everyone!

John F. Kennedy

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:38:15 UTC

‘Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.’ More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the world stopped as terrible news came from Dallas, Texas…

Leonardo da Vinci

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:39:00 UTC

‘What does the world look like from the moon?’ ‘How do our bodies work?’ ‘Is it possible for people to fly?’ ‘Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?’ ‘How can we have cleaner cities?’ All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was one of the great thinkers of all time, and even today, doctors and scientists are still learning from his ideas. Meet the man who made a robot lion, wrote backwards, and tried to win a war by moving a river…

Malala Yousafzai

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:39:51 UTC

Like many other schoolgirls, Malala enjoyed watching TV, playing with her brothers, and laughing with her friends. She loved going to school, too. But in her town in north-west Pakistan, the Taliban became very important, and they did not want girls to have an education. It was dangerous to speak against the Taliban, but Malala thought that everyone needed to go to school, and she was not afraid to talk about this on the TV and in the newspapers. Because of this, on 9th October 2012, a man got onto Malala’s school bus and shot her in the head. Malala did not die. She stayed in hospital for three months, in Pakistan and then in England. Now she was famous not just in Pakistan but around the world – and she wanted more than ever to fight for education for every child.

Muhammad Ali

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:40:36 UTC

Muhammad Ali's fights were not just in the boxing ring. He fought for peace and for those in need. This is the story of how he became 'The Greatest'.

Oceans

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:41:23 UTC

Thousands of years ago, people looked out across an ocean and asked themselves, ‘What is on the other side?’ And the bravest of them began to travel and find the answers – beautiful islands, frozen lands, different peoples… And there are still interesting questions about the oceans. Why does the water go up and down twice a day? Why do most animals and plants live near the land? And what can possibly live at the bottom of the ocean, thousands of metres down, where there is no light? Surely nothing can stay alive in a place like that…

Stephen Hawking

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:43:04 UTC

Stephen Hawking, famous in the field of cosmology, had a terrible disease called ALS. He could only move and speak with the help of machines. This has not stopped him from working to try and understand our world better.

World Wonders

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:43:46 UTC

What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal – everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too – Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, and the Northern Lights, for example. Here is one person’s choice of 11 wonders. Some of them are made by people, and others are natural. Come and discover new wonders…

Hamlet

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:44:41 UTC

Why does Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, look so sad? Why does he often say something strange? He has discovered a terrible secret about a recent crime in his family. What will he decide to do?

Much Ado About Nothing

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:45:24 UTC

Claudio and Hero want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop them. Will he succeed? Beatrice and Benedick keep arguing, but how do they really feel?

One Thousand Dollars and Other Plays

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:46:14 UTC

Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make people happy, or does it just cause problems? These four plays about money, love, and life are adapted from short stories written a hundred years ago by the great American storyteller O. Henry. Henry had his own difficulties with money and loneliness, and wrote from personal experience.

Romeo and Juliet

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:47:04 UTC

Does it really matter if you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds that it does matter. It makes all the difference in the world because both families hate each other.

Dead Man's Island

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:48:35 UTC

Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens – and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.

Ear-rings from Frankfurt

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:49:37 UTC

Richard Walton is in trouble again. He has lost his job, and he has borrowed money from his sister, Jennifer – again. And now he has disappeared. Jennifer is looking for him, and so are the police. They both have some questions that they want to ask him. How did he lose his job? Why did he fly to Frankfurt? Who gave his girlfriend those very expensive gold ear-rings? Only Richard can answer these questions. But nobody can find Richard.

Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:50:29 UTC

What does the name ‘Agatha Christie’ mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery – a ‘whodunnit’. ‘I’m reading an Agatha Christie,’ people say. ‘I’m not sure who the murderer is – I think it’s… ’ But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer’s name before the end of the book. But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure? Was there a mystery in her life, too?

Amelia Earhart

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:51:17 UTC

In 1920, flying is dangerous, and people think it is only for men. But nothing stops Amelia, and soon she is flying further and higher than anyone before.

Ellis Island: Rosalia's Story

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:52:08 UTC

New York, 1925. While her children play, Rosalia unpacks boxes in the family’s new apartment. In one of them, she finds her old sketchbook, and when she looks at the pictures, they take her back to her journey to America from Italy by sea in 1910, as a fourteen-year-old girl. It was a very important time for Rosalia. Like so many other people, she was leaving her home and country, and people who she loved, and crossing the Atlantic to start a new life. On that journey, she was at times afraid and lonely – but she also found adventure, new friends... and something more, too.

Grace Darling

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:52:54 UTC

All they could hear was the wind, and the waves. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two, or the people holding on to the dark wet rock, slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help – only the wind. How could a man and his daughter save the people on the rock? They only had a little wooden boat in that wild and dangerous sea. The Forfarshire was wrecked off the north-east coast of England in 1838. This is the true story of Grace Darling – a girl who became a famous heroine on that stormy night.

Henry VIII and his Six Wives

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:53:39 UTC

There were six of them – three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King’s wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life. After the King’s death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters – one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the wife of Henry VIII of England.

The Love of a King

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:54:25 UTC

All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said ‘No!’ He was Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, King of India, King of Australia, and King of thirty-nine other countries. And he loved the wrong woman. She was beautiful and she loved him – but she was already married to another man. It was a love story that shook the world. The King had to choose: to be King, or to have love… and leave his country, never to return.

Twelve Years a Slave

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:55:17 UTC

This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who left home in 1841 as a free black man. He was kidnapped and spent twelve years as a slave, but never stopped thinking of ways to escape.

William Shakespeare

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-18 10:56:08 UTC

William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford- upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly 40 plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time… or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet… or when his only son died? We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his hopes, his fears, his dreams.

The Call of the Wild

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:15:05 UTC

When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs – big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life – how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow… and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.

The Card

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:16:13 UTC

Every town should have a ‘card’ – someone who gets talked about, someone who does mad and wonderful things, someone who makes you laugh. Bursley in the Five Towns has a ‘card’: Edward Henry Machin (Denry for short). Denry begins life in a poor little house where the rent is twenty-three pence a week. But before he’s thirty, he’s made a lot of money, and had more adventures than you and I have had hot dinners. The town of Bursley never stops talking about him. Whatever will young Denry do next?

A Christmas Carol

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:17:10 UTC

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says – just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future – and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.

Ethan Frome

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:18:04 UTC

Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours, but his farm makes little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile and laughing voice bring light and hope into the Fromes’ house – and into Ethan’s lonely life. But poverty is a prison from which few people escape…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:18:45 UTC

There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a story about mischief and magic too. What happens when love and laughter come together with magic in an Athenian forest? A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written in about 1596 and is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. It has been retold for Bookworms, not as a play, but as a story.

Othello

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:19:28 UTC

Life is sweet for Othello. He is deeply in love with his new wife, Desdemona, and as the Duke’s general, he is the most important person in Venice’s army. But Othello does not know that his flag-bearer, Iago, hates him and wants revenge. As Iago begins to succeed with his clever plans, a frightening emotion takes hold of Othello: will jealousy destroy him? This is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, retold here as a story, not a play.

The Three Strangers and Other Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:20:25 UTC

Hardy shows us the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes, and teachers. Rich, poor, young, old, they all have feelings of fear and hope.

Poisonous

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:21:19 UTC

Pinewood Academy is an expensive school in the most fashionable part of town – and scholarship kids like Liza and her friends Marco and Suki aren’t always welcome there. There’s a lot of talk too when Liza begins dating good-looking Alex, the most popular boy in her year. But is anyone really angry enough to poison him and make Liza look like his murderer? Complete interactive activities, listen to audio at different speeds, and improve your English.

Sherlock Holmes And The Missing Jewels

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:21:58 UTC

Jewels are often at the hearts of big crimes: they are wanted by everyone because they are beautiful and valuable. These two stories are both mysteries about precious jewels which have disappeared. Where are the emeralds and the blue diamond, and who has taken them? Only one person can find the answers to these questions: Sherlock Holmes. Complete interactive activities, listen to audio at different speeds, and improve your English.

Animal Kingdom

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:23:10 UTC

From the smallest fly to the biggest elephant, and from fish living at the bottom of the ocean to birds that fly several kilometres above land: this is the animal kingdom, the biggest group of living things in the world. Some are very different, others are the same in many ways – but these mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates have all managed to live for thousands and thousands of years. How do they find food, grow, keep safe, and have young – and what is the future for them in this fast-changing world?

Global Issues

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:24:09 UTC

Our world is changing fast. We can travel and speak to people around the world, and use computers to do all kinds of things. But in some places, children go to bed hungry at night, and cannot drink clean water. Thousands of people cannot go to school, or live freely. And many species of animals and plants are now in danger as our climate changes and pollution worsens. These are just a few of today’s many important global issues. So how and why are they changing, and are there any answers to these problems?

The Human Body

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:25:03 UTC

You’re fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of pieces of information are travelling backwards and forwards to your brain all the time. Muscles are repairing themselves, and in your lymph nodes special cells are cleaning germs and waste from the body. You may think that nothing is happening, but in the extraordinary machine that is the human body, it is very busy indeed…

The Life and Diaries of Anne Frank

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:25:59 UTC

When Anne lived secretly in a few small rooms, she wrote diaries about her secret life. After the war, the diaries became famous around the world.

Frankenstein

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:26:51 UTC

Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new ‘man’. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him – even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill…

The Picture of Dorian Gray

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:27:47 UTC

‘When we are happy, we are always good,’ says Lord Henry, ‘but when we are good, we are not always happy.’ Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven – even murder – if it can make people laugh at a dinner party.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:28:39 UTC

The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit, and sometimes it works in strange and frightening ways. That sound in the night… is it a door banging in the wind, or a murdered man knocking inside his coffin? The face in the mirror… is it yours, or the face of someone standing behind you, who is never there when you turn round? These famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, that master of horror, explore the dark world of the imagination, where the dead live and speak, where fear lies in every shadow of the mind…

The Kiss: Love Stories from North America

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:29:26 UTC

Love stories with a difference… There’s a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there’s a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There’s a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there’s a girl who meets a boy… These love stories are by US writers Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, and Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of the famous Anne of Green Gables).

The Railway Children

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:30:09 UTC

‘We have to leave our house in London,’ Mother said to the children. ‘We’re going to live in the country, in a little house near a railway line.’ And so begins a new life for Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. They become the railway children – they know all the trains, Perks the station porter is their best friend, and they have many adventures on the railway line. But why has their father had to go away? Where is he, and will he ever come back?

The Secret Garden

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:30:51 UTC

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens – and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden… which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key.

Chemical Secret

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:31:48 UTC

The job was too good. There had to be a problem – and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn’t say no; he couldn’t afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn’t see the real poison – until it was too late.

Kidnapped

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:32:34 UTC

‘I ran to the side of the ship. “Help, help! Murder!” I screamed, and my uncle slowly turned to look at me. I did not see any more. Already strong hands were pulling me away. Then something hit my head; I saw a great flash of fire, and fell to the ground…’ And so begin David Balfour’s adventures. He is kidnapped, taken to sea, and meets many dangers. He also meets a friend, Alan Breck. But Alan is in danger himself, on the run from the English army across the wild Highlands of Scotland…

The Prisoner of Zenda

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:33:24 UTC

‘We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!’ cried Sapt. ‘If we’re caught, we’ll all be killed!’ So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the King is now a prisoner in the Castle of Zenda. Who will rescue him from his enemies, the dangerous Duke Michael and Rupert of Hentzau? And who will win the heart of the beautiful Princess Flavia?

Skyjack!

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:34:06 UTC

When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened. There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well – too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead – if the hijackers can find out who he is! And there isn’t much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a few minutes the hijackers will use their guns again. And the Prime Minister knows who they are going to kill.

47 Ronin

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:34:53 UTC

When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the 47 ronin has been told and retold for 300 years – in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013.

The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:35:35 UTC

Charles Bravo died from the poison antimony. He took three days to die, and the doctors could do nothing to help him. There were three people who had reasons for wanting Charles Bravo dead – Florence Bravo herself, Charles Bravo’s new young wife; Dr James Gully, Florence’s former lover; and Mrs Jane Cox, Florence’s friend, and companion. But the enquiry into the death in 1876 could not decide who the murderer was, and for more than 130 years people have wondered who did kill Charles Bravo…

True Crime: Anna Delvey

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 18:36:18 UTC

When Anna Delvey arrived in New York in 2013, everyone thought that she was rich. She ate at the best restaurants, went to the most exclusive parties, stayed in the most expensive hotels, and only wore designer clothes. She seemed to have it all, but by 2019 she was on trial and had nothing. Suddenly, the world wanted to know: who is this mysterious woman? Is Anna who she said she was – or was she lying about everything? Join crime reporter Steven Chandler as he tries to find out about the real Anna Delvey. Complete interactive activities, listen to audio at different speeds, and improve your English.

Sherlock Holmes: Two Plays

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-19 19:08:28 UTC

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and he knows it. As the famous bank-robber, John Clay, says to him, ‘You think of everything, Mr Holmes. You’re very clever.’ People come to him with problems that no one, not even the police, can solve. Holmes sits, and thinks, and smokes his pipe, and in the end he finds the answer. In these plays, based on two of his stories, Holmes, helped by his old friend, Dr Watson, uses his great intelligence to solve two unusual and interesting cases.

Emma

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:22:01 UTC

Emma Woodhouse has no wish to marry, but she enjoys making matches for those around her. But does Emma really understand other people?

Gulliver's Travels

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:23:36 UTC

‘Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall… I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.’ But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk…

The Scarlet Letter

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:25:27 UTC

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter ‘A’ stands for ‘Adultery’. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful lover – the father of her child?

Silas Marner

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:26:59 UTC

In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living. But what if a thief should come in the night and take his gold away? What will Silas do then? What could possibly comfort him for the loss of his only friend?

A Tale of Two Cities

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:28:18 UTC

‘The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES.’ The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted… and brave.

Washington Square

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:29:31 UTC

When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father’s permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year…

The Hound of the Baskervilles

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:33:25 UTC

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog – a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person – the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

Gandhi

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:34:40 UTC

Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job, and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? ‘I will,’ said Mohandas Gandhi. And he began to fight in a way the world had not seen before – not with weapons, and wild crowds, and words of hate, but with the power of non-violence. This is the story of a man who became the Father of the Nation in his own country of India, and a great leader for the whole world.

Great Crimes

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:35:42 UTC

It is more than forty years since the Great t rain Robbery. Some of the robbers are dead, and only one – Ronnie Biggs – is still in prison. But there is still one thing that the police would like to know: what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too . . . Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world’s detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money and mystery held in the stories of the great crimes.

Teen Survival Guide

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:37:07 UTC

You may hear adults say that being young was the best time of their lives – but being a teen can be difficult. Sometimes it feels like everything around you is changing, and there are big things happening in your brain and body, too. This book has lots of help and useful ideas about all the important things, like looking after yourself, good mental health, family, friends, dating, getting a job, and much more. It’ll help you to survive your teen years, and you’ll learn what easy things you can do to make sure that you enjoy them fully. Complete interactive activities, listen to audio at different speeds, and improve your English.

Women Who Made a Difference

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:38:18 UTC

History and the modern world are full of women who have done extraordinary things in all areas of life – art, campaigning, science, medicine, sport, space travel and fashion. But their stories have not always been told, and these brave, determined women have not always been recognized or spoken about. From the 1800s to the present day, from South Korea to Spain, this book tells the stories of nine fearless women, and shows the great differences they have made to the world around us.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:39:35 UTC

You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll?

Black Beauty

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:40:37 UTC

The horse Black Beauty is lucky – his first owners are kind. Later, many people are cruel. Black Beauty has many terrible stories to tell.

Little Women

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:41:39 UTC

When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his ‘little women’ when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years.

Lorna Doone

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:42:41 UTC

One winter’s day in 1673 young John Ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of Exmoor. He has to pass Doone valley – a dangerous place, as the Doones are famous robbers and murderers. All Exmoor lives in fear of the Doones. At home there is sad news waiting for young John, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the Doones. But in the years to come he meets Lorna Doone, with her lovely smile and big dark eyes. And soon he is deeply, hopelessly in love…

Three Men in a Boat

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:43:38 UTC

‘I like work. I find it interesting… I can sit and look at it for hours.’ With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends – and Montmorency the dog – decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up too early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for a hundred years… and they are still laughing.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:45:14 UTC

It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world’s oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have seen there, travelling faster than a whale and cutting holes in the bottom of the strongest ships? Dr Aronnax joins the search for the ‘monster’, hoping for an exciting adventure. But when he meets the mysterious Captain Nemo, his adventure becomes more extraordinary than he had ever imagined, and he discovers a new underwater world, full of wonders, but of strange dangers too…

Brothers in Arms

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:46:40 UTC

Finn and Ellie both know that something isn’t right in their world. But when they start asking questions, their lives are turned upside-down. Finn is in great danger, but when his brother Adam offers to help, he needs to find out fast if he can really trust him.

The Thirty-Nine Steps

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:47:41 UTC

‘I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.’ Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well – the mysterious ‘Black Stone’. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?

Treasure Island

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 11:48:53 UTC

‘Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: “Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!” It was Long John Silver’s parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run… ’ But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England with a ship full of gold?

The Age of Innocence

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:18:09 UTC

Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Archer is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow – especially a young man who is soon to be married.

David Copperfield

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:19:27 UTC

‘Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!’ sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship… and love.

Far from the Madding Crowd

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:20:31 UTC

Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses – if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man’s world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives…

Great Expectations

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:21:36 UTC

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death’s head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: ‘Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!’

The Great Gatsby

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:22:46 UTC

Gatsby’s mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby’s champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing – to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It captures perfectly the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and goes deep into the hollow heart of the American Dream.

Little Dorrit

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:23:53 UTC

Arthur Clennam is back in England after many years abroad. He finds his mother as cold and hard as ever, but his father’s recent death has thrown up a mystery, and he is determined to get to the bottom of it. Could it have anything to do with Little Dorrit, the quiet, kind girl who sews for his mother and goes back at night to her home in the Marshalsea Prison? As Arthur gets to know the Dorrit family, he is too busy looking for the truth about his mother’s secret to notice that he has perhaps found the answer to his own happiness…

The Merchant of Venice

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:24:53 UTC

In sixteenth-century Venice – a city of wealthy merchants and bankers – money is all-important. Bassanio is penniless, but his great friend Antonio offers to help him by borrowing the money that he needs. To do this, though, Antonio must make an arrangement with an old enemy that puts his life in danger… The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, and it has been performed all over the world. It is retold in this Bookworms not as a play, but as a story.

Sense and Sensibility

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:25:52 UTC

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense – or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And if your heart is broken at the age of seventeen, how can you ever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?

Wuthering Heights

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:26:54 UTC

When Mr. Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home to Wuthering Heights, it seems he has opened his doors to trouble.

Amazing Brain

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:27:58 UTC

The human brain is an amazing organ, but it is also very complex. So how does it control everything that we do and feel? How does it change as we get older? And what happens when it goes wrong? We now know the answers to some of these questions, but others are still a mystery. In this book, you’ll read about people who changed the history of neuroscience. You’ll discover some amazing facts about science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM). You’ll also be able to test your own brain and learn surprising things about yourself! Complete interactive activities, listen to audio at different speeds, and improve your English.

The Garden Party and Other Stories

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:29:08 UTC

Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe… or if you are a child from the wrong social class… or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair.

The Riddle of the Sands

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:30:21 UTC

Carruthers and Davies find themselves sailing in the stormy waters of the North Sea, looking for a secret that could mean great danger for England.

This Rough Magic

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:31:46 UTC

The Greek island of Corfu lies like a jewel, green and gold, in the Ionian sea, where dolphins swim in the sparkling blue water. What better place for an out-of-work actress to relax for a few weeks? But the island is full of danger and mysteries, and Lucy Waring’s holiday is far from peaceful. She meets a rude young man, who seems to have something to hide. Then there is a death by drowning, and then another . . .

Barchester Towers

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:33:57 UTC

Mrs. Proudie, the warlike wife of the new Bishop of Barchester, brings the Reverend Slope into the Bishop’s Palace to help dominate her husband and the local clergy. But Slope is a snake in the grass, determined to win advancement for himself – even to fight Mrs. Proudie!

Pride and Prejudice

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:35:14 UTC

‘The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,’ said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls – their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times.

Dubliners

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:36:14 UTC

Dublin, Ireland, in the early years of the twentieth century. It is a poor city, and there is hard drinking, dishonesty, and violence just beneath the surface everywhere you look. Glance inside a few people’s lives, and you soon find loneliness and disappointment, self-hate, and despair. The people in these stories are paralysed: locked into the circles of their everyday lives, where they are caught waiting between life and death. For some, there is a way out – but will circumstances, or their own fear, stop them from taking it?

Jane Eyre

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:37:18 UTC

Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt’s family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning.

Oliver Twist

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:38:16 UTC

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of ‘games’ they play…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:39:17 UTC

Tess leaves home to make money. She is clever but does not know the cruel ways of the world. When a man says he loves her, she is not careful enough.

Vanity Fair

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:40:27 UTC

When they leave school, Amelia returns to her wealthy family to await a suitable marriage. Meanwhile, Becky must earn her own living in a hard world.

The Enemy

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:42:24 UTC

On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her . . . and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy?

The Woman in White

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-20 14:43:47 UTC

The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history?

The Silver Statue

chris_fry_barcelona — 2026-06-21 20:06:14 UTC

Kate loves singing and playing her guitar – and she’s good, too. One Saturday, she goes to the town square with her friend Lucy, and plays there. It’s a big thing, playing in front of people, and Kate isn’t the only street performer in the square that day. The silver statue is there, and that’s OK because she never moves or speaks. But Joe the drummer is there too, and Kate’s music and Joe’s drums aren’t good together. Or are they?