Heidi lives with her grandfather in his little wooden house, high up in the mountains of Switzerland. One day Heidi’s aunt...

On the beach near Nick’s home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the...

Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. He also has good friends – like Iago, another soldier....

Visiting the fashionable city of Bath, 17-year-old Catherine Morland looks for the excitement she finds in romantic fiction. She...

Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and...

A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some...

In 1998 John Wood worked for Microsoft in Australia. He was a busy, successful man. Then he went on vacation to Nepal and visited...

What would it be like to become Idi Amin's personal physician? Giles Foden's best-selling thriller is the story of a young...

Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. Many of the Baskerville family have died...

A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. Everyone who works at the museum could be guilty. But who really took the necklace,...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.
Well-written stories entertain us, make us...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.
Well-written stories entertain us, make us...

Mandy Brown is in the desert with Abdullah, and an oryx ranger. But there are poachers in the desert too – and a mother oryx is...

Mandy Brown is in the desert with Abdullah, and an oryx ranger. But there are poachers in the desert too – and a mother oryx is...

A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It’s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to...

The team arrives for another day at the office.
The workers are happy, but their bosses have a surprise for them. Is it going to...

Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king’s coronation. The two...

Fifteen-year old John Trenchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks...

Mike is an assistant van driver. He meets Jennifer in her father’s shop – and he likes her very much. Jennifer is going to go to...

Marcel and his friend Celine are on holiday in Los Angeles. They are staying in the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film...

This is Nicky’s first visit to New York. He is going to stay with his aunt, but she is not at the airport. Then some older boys...

Hannah loves her job on old Mr Duval’s small boat. The boat takes people to the beautiful coral reef every day. Then a rich man...

In the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and...

Farm work isn’t Joe’s idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a...

We all know Daniel Radcliffe's face from the Harry Potter films. But how did he get the job? Did he always want to be an actor?...

Nominated for the 2014 ERF Language Learner Literature award, Adolescent & Adult Intermediate Category.
Sarajevo is under siege....

The houses in Newton Road are small, but people are very happy there. Then a civil engineer wants to knock down the houses and...

Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya's father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and...

Charles Hatfield Baker III, one of the richest men in New York City, suddenly disappears. His daughter, Julia, wants to find him....

The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder's uncle gives her the...