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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.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.’.
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see 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 they save the people on the rock? Was their wooden boat stronger than the iron ship? Were a man and his daughter stronger than the great waves that broke the ship in two?The Forfarshire was wrecked off the north-east coast of England in 1838.
A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.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.
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.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.