Red Roses [2]

RED ROSES There are pretty young women everywhere. And there are young men with nice smiles. In every town, in every city, ty, young men are lo oking at young women, women , and young women are smiling at them. They look, they meet, they talk, tal k, they laugh l augh . . . happ ha ppy y days, sweet sweet nights night s - it’ it ’s love love.. Will looks at Anna. She is a pretty young woman, and he wants to meet her. But how? He can hear her guitar, but he cannot find her. Anna looks at Will. She wants to meet him too. But where is he? She can smell his roses in the elevator, but where does he go? Anna’s friend Vicki wants to help. Will’s gran wants to help. But nothing happens. Can Anna find Will? Can Will meet Anna? Is it love?

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White Whi te roses rose s

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Pink roses

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Red roses rose s

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GLOSSARY ACTIVITIES:

Before Before Readin Rea ding g

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ACTIVITIES:

While Reading Rea ding

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activities:

After Reading

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ABOUT THE AUTHO R

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A B O U T T H E B O O K W O R M S LI BR AR Y

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t ’s August. August. A nn a is playing her gu itar on the b alcon y of

like it he re ,’ she think s. I her new ap ar tm en t. ‘I like T he n her ph on e rings. It ’s her frien d Vick Vicki. i.

‘I’m coming now, Anna. It’s Grandview Apartments, Charlton, isn’t it?’ ‘That’s right. See you soon.’ Anna takes her guitar and goes out of her apartment. She goes down in the elevator and goes outside. 1

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Anna is waiting outside the apartment building. A you ng m an is wal king alon g the street. street. He is is car rying a bunch of white roses. An na loo ks a t them. ‘W hat b eau tiful roses!’ she thinks. T he n she look s at the you ng ma n. ‘H e ’s nice to o! ’ she thinks. The young man looks at her and smiles, and suddenly Anna’s face is pink.

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Will is walking along the street, when he sees a young woman with a guitar. ‘H m m - a guitar!’ he thinks. ‘I m ust play play my gu itar more often.’ Then he looks at the young woman. ‘She’s nice!’ he thinks, and he smiles at her. Anna’s face is pink, and she looks away. Will goes into Grandview Apartments.

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Just then, Vicki arrives in her car. ‘H el lo , A n n a ,’ she says. says. ‘Are you yo u OK? OK ? Your face is is a bit pink. W h a t’s t’s the matte r?’ ‘O h —er —er —n —n o th in g ,’ says says Ann A nna. a. They drive away. Vicki talks to Anna, but Anna is thinking about the young man. ‘W h o is he?’ he ?’ she thin ks . ‘Do es he h e liv live in the building? Who are the roses for? His wife? His girlfriend? His mother?’

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‘An na? na ? Are A re you l iste is teni ning ng?’ ?’ says Vicki. Vicki. ‘Oh! Sorry, Sorry, Vick i,’ says A nn a. H e r face is red now. now. ‘W h a t are you th in ki n g ab o u t? ’ says Vicki. Vicki. ‘Tel ‘Telll me !’ ‘We Well ll,, I’m I’m th ink ing a bo ut a bunc h of rose s,’ say says Anna. ‘An d a m a n .’ ‘Aha! Ah a! W h o is he ?’ says Vicki. Vic ki. ‘I d o n ’t kn ow ,’ says says An na . ‘But I w an t to kno w, ’ she thinks .

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Will arrives at his gran’s apartment. ‘H el lo , de d e a r, ’ she says. says. ‘Oh , you a re a good go od boy. You You always bring me roses.’ ‘O f c o ur se ,’ says Will. Will.

Gran makes Will some coffee. She asks him a question, but Will does not answer. ‘Will,

are

you

listening?

You’re

thinking

som ething, are n’t n’t you you?? W ha t is it?’ ‘O h - sorr sorry, y, Gran. It’s It’s - it’s it’s no t im po rta nt .’

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Later, Will says goodbye to his gran. Then he gets into his car and drives away. In the car he thinks about the young woman with the guitar. ‘Where does she live?’ he thinks. ‘Does she live in one of the apartments? Or has she got a friend there? How can I meet her? Who is she?’ 7

Five minutes later, Anna and Vicki arrive outside the apartment building. ‘G oo dn ig ht , Vicki,’ says says An na. ‘Qu ick - go inside ,’ says says Vick Vicki. i. ‘Jus ‘Jus t th ink - you walk out o f the elevato elevator, r, and there is is a young m an w ith a bunch of roses. roses. And he says says— —’ ‘O h be qu ie t,’ laughs Ann a. ‘See you tom orr ow .’

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 tP  tPimA rm@$ t’s September. Will is visiting his gran again. ‘It’s a lovely day, Will,’ she says. ‘Let’s have our coffee on the balcony.’ Will and his gran are sitting on the balcony in the sun, when suddenly Will hears a guitar. ‘Listen Lis ten!’ !’ he says says.. ‘T h a t ’s a guitar . W h er e’ e’ss it co m ing in g from ?’ H e stands up and looks arou nd , but he ca nn ot see see the guitar. ‘Excuse me, G ra n ,’ he say says. ‘I ‘I - er - bac k s oon! ’ An d he runs out of the apartment.

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Will runs along the corridor. Where is the guitar? And who is playing it? He stops outside an apartment and listens. Nothing. ‘Per hap s it ’s ou ts id e, ’ he think s. ‘Perh aps sh e’ e’ss on h er balcony.’ So he goes down in the elevator and goes outside. Upstairs, Anna takes her guitar and goes inside. She closes the door to the balcony. ‘T h a t ’s it for today,’ to day,’ she thin ks. ks .

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Will looks at all the balconies, but he cannot see or hear a guitar. H e goes goes back to his gra n’s n’s ap artm en t. ‘Are you yo u all righ ri gh t, d e a r? ’ she says. ‘Yes tha nk s, G r a n ,’ says Will. Will. ‘It’s ‘It’s jus t - oh , i t’s t’s n o t important. Well, it is important, but . . .’ And Will tells Gran about the girl with the guitar.

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A week later, Anna is coming home. She can see a young man near the apartment building, and he is carrying a bunc h of roses roses - pin k roses tod today. ay. But he is is no t looking , and he does not see her. Anna walks more quickly. But when she gets to the building, there is nobody there. She gets into the elevator. There is nobody in the elevator elevator,, but she can smell roses roses - beau tiful pin k roses. roses.

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One day Anna comes comes hom e and finds finds Gran at the doo r of the building with a lot of bags. ‘O h ,

c an

I

help

y ou ?’ she

says. says.

‘C ‘C an

I

ca rry

something?’ ‘T h an k you very very mu ch ,’ says says Gran. At the apartment, Gran says, ‘Come in, dear. Would you like some coffee?’ ‘O h — t h a t ’s very nice nice of y ou ,’ says A nn a. ‘I’m I’m ne w here, and I don’t know anybody in the building.’ ‘W ha t do you do ?’ asks Gr an. ‘I’m I’m a music s tu d e n t, ’ says says An na.

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Gran brings some coffee into the room. ‘Th ese are lov lovel ely y ap ar tm en ts , ar en ’t they?’ says says An na. ‘O h y es,’ es, ’ says Gr an . ‘I like it it here very m u ch .’ She tells Anna about her apartment, and about Charlton. Later Anna gets up. ‘I m us t go now,’ she say says. s. ‘T ‘T h a n k yo u for the coff ee.’ ‘Go odb ye, d ear,’ says says Gr an , an d A nn a goes out. out. ‘W h at a nice girl,’ G ra n th inks . ‘But - just a minute . A music stu de nt - pe rhap s s he’s he’s the gir girl with the guitar! I can ask her over one day wh en Will Will comes. N o I ca n’t n’t - I do n’t n’t know the th e number of her apartm ent!’

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Later that week Vicki talks to Anna. ‘I’m having a party on Saturday,’ she say says. s. ‘C ‘C an you c om e?’ ‘Yes, of c ou rse !’ says says An na . ‘Your par tie s are always wonde wonderful.’ rful.’ Vicki calls her brother. ‘Come to my party on Saturday, Ja m es ,’ she sa says, ys, ‘and ‘and brin g some frie nd s.’ On Saturday, James and his friends arrive at Vicki’s house. ‘Hi , Vicki,’ says says Jam es. ‘M ee t m y friends. Th is is Tom, and Daniel Danie l - and Will. Wil l.’’

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Just then, Vicki’s phone rings. ‘I’m I’m sorry, Vic ki,’ says A nn a. ‘I c a n ’t com e to yo ur party, because I’m not feeling well.’ ‘O h A nna ! I’m I’m sorry, to o , ’ says Vicki. Vicki. ‘Well, ‘Well, stay stay in bed , and get better soon.’ Vicki’s party is wonderful. Will meets Natalie, and Jane, and Katie. But he does not meet Anna.

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ow it’s October. Will visits his gran, but he does not see Anna. He walks along the corridor, but he

does not hear a guitar. ‘W he re is she?’ he think thi nk s. Anna visits her family for a week, then she comes back to her apartment. She looks for Will, but she does not see him. ‘Th er e are lots lots of m en !’ says says Vicki Vicki,, bu t A nn a ca n n ot forget Will.

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Then Gran goes to hospital for two weeks. One day Will visits her there. ‘H o w are you today, today, G ra n ?’ he asks. ‘Very Very well well th a n k you, dear. I ’m g oin g ho m e o n Friday.’ Friday.’ ‘T h a t ’s g o o d ,’ says says Will. Will. ‘Per ‘Per hap s I can get som e things for you on Thu rsday and take them to the apa rtm en t.’ ‘T h a t ’s very nice of y ou, W ill,’ says says G ra n.

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After work on Thursday Will goes to the shops and gets some things for Gran. He gets some roses, too, and he puts everything in his car. Suddenly it begins to rain. Will is getting into his car when he sees his friend Tom. ‘W he re a re you g oin g, T om ?’ says says Will Will.. ‘H om e —to —to Eastfield.’ ‘I’m I’m going to my g ra n ’s ap ar tm en t in Ch arlt on , so I can take you to Eastfield first.’ ‘Can you take my friend Anna, too? She’s going to Charlton.’ ‘Yes of course,’ says Will.

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Tom and Anna get into Will’s car. ‘T h a n k s , W ill,’ says says Tom . ‘I t ’s n o t a very very nice ni gh t! ’ ‘T h a t ’s all all rig ht, T o m ,’ says says Will. Will. H e drives To m ho m e, and then he says to Anna, ‘Where are you going, Anna?’ ‘I’m going to Grandview Apartments. It’s on Park Road.’ ‘T h a t ’s funn fu nny,’ y,’ says Will. Will. ‘ I  I ’m   going to Grandview Apartments.’ ‘Is it her ?’ he think s. ‘T he girl girl w ith t he g u ita r? ’ H e looks in the mirror, but he can’t see her face very well. ‘C an I smell smell roses?’ think s A nna . ‘Is it it him - the m an with the roses?’

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Then they are outside the apartment building. They get out of the car, and then they begin to talk at the same time. ‘Oh! It’s you!’ ‘You play the guitar!’ ‘An d you co me here wit h roses!’ ‘Yes —I always bring roses to my gran.’ ‘His g ran !’ thin ks A nn a.

‘N o t his wife, wife, no t his his

girlfriend.’ ‘She’s coming home from hospital tomorrow, so I’m tak ing som e things to her a p ar tm e n t,’ says says Will. ill. ‘C an I . . . w o u ld yo u like so m e he lp?’ lp ?’ says An na . ‘Yes please!’ says Will.

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They go up to Gran’s apartment. Will puts things away, and Anna puts the roses in a vase. ‘T h er e —a —a re n ’t th ey lovely!’ lovely!’ she says. ‘I ‘I like like roses. T h ey smel sm elll w on derfu l.’

‘T h a n k you for your help, A n n a, ’ says says Wil Will. l. ‘T h a t ’s all all rig h t,’ A nn a says. says. ‘L ‘L oo k - w ou ld you like like to come up to my apartment for coffee?’ ‘I’d like to very much,’ says Will. He smiles, and she smiles. They go upstairs. 22

On Friday Gran comes home. Will goes to see her. He is carrying a bunch of red roses. ‘T h a t ’s a big smile, Will!’ Will!’ says G ra n. ‘Red roses - d o n ’t they say “Red roses for love”?’ ‘Well, Gran . . .’ says Will. Ten minutes later, later, Will Will comes comes o ut of G ra n ’s ap artm en t and goes upstairs. He’s carrying a bunch of red roses.

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Gran goes out onto the balcony and sits down in the sun. She can hear a guitar. Then it stops. Gran hears Will’s voice, and Anna’s voice. Then Anna laughs. G ran smil smiles es.. She She can smell smell roses roses - beau tiful red roses, roses, in the sun, outside on a balcony.

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GLOSSARY a bit a small amount, not much along from one end of something to the other end anybody any person apartment a group of rooms for living in around in different places dear you say this when you speak to someone you like

or love funny strange girlfriend a girl who is a man’s special friend gran grandm other - the mother of your fath f ather er or

mother inside into a room or building lovely very nice music what you make when you sing, or play the

piano, guitar, etc outside out of a room or building

(v)) make mak e a so un d like like a bell (e (e.g. .g. a telep tel epho hone ne rings) rings) ring (v (y)) notice some thing with your nose smell (y upstairs to or in the higher part of a building voice you speak and sing with your voice

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Red Roses ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES

 Befo  Be fore re R e a d i n g 1 Look Loo k at the front and back cove coverr of the book bo ok and choose choo se the correct ending for these sentences.

1 This Thi s story sto ry is a b o u t . . . a

work.

b

love,

c

families.

2 Rose Ro sess ar aree . . . a

people.

b

buildings,

c

flowers.

2 Guess Gue ss what wha t happens. happ ens. In the story stor y . . .

1 A n n a a n d Will ne ve r m ee t . 2 Will meet meetss Vi Vicki. 3 Wil l t a k e s A n n a h o m e i n h i s car. 4 Will m e e t s A n n a a t w o r k . 5 A n n a sees Wil l o n TV. 6 A n n a m e e t s W i l l ’s g r a n d m o t h e r .

Yes

No

ACTIVITIES

While Reading 1 Read pages 1-4 1 -4 , then answer these questions.

1 W h at does Anna An na play play?? 2 Wh o is is coming to her apartm ent? 3 W h a t colo co lour ur are Will’s Will’s roses? roses? 4 Wh o is is Ann a thinkin g about? 2 Read pages page s 5- 8 . Are these sentences true true (T) or false (F (F)?

1 An na is n o t listening to Vick Vicki. i. 2 Will ill always takes apples to Gra n. 3 G ra ran n makes make s coffee coffee for Will. ill. 4 Will ill talks to Gran abo ut Anna. 5 Anna An na sees sees Will outsid e the the apa rtm en t building when she she comes home. 3 Read Read pages 9 -1 2 , then then answ answer er the questions.

Who . . . 1 . . . says: says: ‘It ‘I t ’s a lovel lovely y d a y ’? 2 . . . run s ou t of the apar ap artm tmen ent? t? 3 . . . closes the do o r 'to 't o the balcony? 4 . . . says: says: ‘Are you all righ ri ght, t, de d e a r? r?’? ’? 5 . . . can ca n smell roses rose s in the th e elevator? elevato r?

 A C T I V I T I E S :

While Reading

4 Read Read pages 13-1 13 -16, 6, then answer answer these questions.

1 H ow does Ann a help Gran? 2 W ha t is Vicki icki doing doi ng on Saturday? 3 Why does Anna Ann a stay stay at ho me on Saturday? Saturday? 4 Wh o does does Wil Willl meet at the party? 5 Read pages 17-2 17 -20, 0, then match the sentence halves halves to make make four complete sentences.

1 Will walks wal ks alon g the co rrid rr id o r . . . 2 An na visits her family for a week . . . 3 Will is gett ge ttin ing g into int o his c ar . . . 4 Will Will is going goin g to Cha C ha rlto rl to n . . .

a then she she comes comes back to her apa rtm ent, b so he can take Tom to Eastfield fir first st,, c but bu t he he does not no t hear a guitar, guitar, d whe n he see seess his friend Tom. 6 Read pages 21-2 21 -24. 4. Are Are these sentences sentenc es true true (T) (T) or false (F) (F)?

1 Will Will takes take s the th e roses to his mother. 2 Anna Ann a puts the roses in a vase vase.. 3 An na asks Will to her apart ap artme me nt. 4 Will has a bun bunch ch of red roses roses for Gran. Gra n.

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G ra n laughs when she smells smells the rose roses. s.

ACTIVITIES

 Af  A f t e r R e a d i n g 1 What Wha t do you know kno w about a bout Anna Anna? ? Write Write a description descripti on using these words: l iv i v e /G / G r a n d v ie i e w A p a r t m e n t s / C h ar a r lt lt o n m us u siicc s t u d dee n t! t !p p l a y g u it it ar ar    fr  f r i e n d ! c a l l e d V ick ic k i like!he lp people peopl e like like pa rties!roses

2 Put Put these sentences in the correct orde order. r. Numbe Nu mberr them 1-10. 1-1 0.

a

Tom an d A nna nn a get into in to Will’s Will’s car. car.

b

‘Is she the girl girl w ith it h the gu itar it ar?’ ?’ Will thinks, think s,

c

Will goes goes shop sh oppin pin g for Gra n,

d

They ar arri rive ve at the ap art m en t building and get out of the car.

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Then Th en they go to A nn a’ a’ss ap artme art me nt, nt ,

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Will drives drives Tom home. hom e.

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An na says, says, ‘I’ I’m m going to Grandv Gra ndv iew A pa rtm rt m en ts.’ ts .’

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Anna An na helps Will with wit h the roses, roses,

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Th en Will and an d Anna An na meet! meet!

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T h e n he sees his hi s fri fr i e n d Tom. To m.

 A C T I V I T I E S :  A f t e r

R e a d ing in g

3 W ho says this? this? W ho do d o they say it to? to?

1 ‘I’ I’m m think th inkin ing g ab ou t a bunch bun ch of roses.’ 2 ‘T h a t ’s a guitar. Wh ere ’s it comin co ming g from?’ 3 ‘C an I carry ca rry somethin som ethin g?’ 4 ‘Com e to my pa rty on Saturda Saturday.’ y.’ 5 ‘Stay Stay in bed, and get bett er soon so on .’ 6 ‘Ca n you take my my friend friend Anna , too? to o?’’ 4 Complet Com pletee this summary of the stor story. y. Use these words: words: apartment do no t

because

nice nice

outs ide

hears

home

pa rty

rai rain

red  red 

One day Anna sees Will with a bunch of roses outside h e r __________ building. She thinks, -‘He’s   ----------------- ’ Will likes Anna too, but they __________ meet. Then W i l l __________ a guitar. Is it Anna’s guitar? He goes __________

, but he cannot see it.

Anna’s friend Vicki asks Anna and Will to her , but Anna c ann ot go go

she is

n o t well well.. T he n one aftern aft ern oo n Will Will se sees his his friend Tom in the

. He takes Tom and Tom’s friend

Anna

. This time, Will and Anna meet. The

next da day, Wil Willl takes a bunch of roses roses to the ap art m en t building building - but they they are are

roses, for Anna.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Christine Lindop was born in New Zealand Zea land and taught tau ght English English in France and Spain before settling in Great Britain. She has written Sa llyy’s more than twenty books, including several Bookworms: Sall Phone   (Starter),  N  Nee d Kelly: A True Stor St oryy   (Stage 1), and  Austra  Aus tralia lia and New Zealand   (Stage 3). She has also adapted Goldfish Tang led Web   for the Oxford Bookworms (Stage 3) and edited  A Tangled

Collection. She has worked on many other Oxford readers series as both an editor and a writer. In her free time she likes reading, watching films, gardening, and cooking.

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When I stepped up to the piano, I was confident. It was as if I knew that the prodigy side of me really did exist. And when I started to play, I was so caught up in how lovely I looked that I d id n ’t wo rry how I would so und. und . The Joy Luck Club

B O O K W O R M S • H U M A N I N T E R E S T • S T AR AR T E R

Sally’s Phone CHRISTINE

LINDOP

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

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HU M AN INTEREST

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‘There’s a new girl in town,’ says Joe, and soon Steve is out looking for her. Marietta is easy to find in a small town, but every time he sees her something goes wrong . . . and his day goes from bad to worse.

BO OK W OR MS • CR IME 8c MYSTE RY • STARTER

Give us the Money MAEVE

CLARKE

‘Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me,’ thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. same. When he helps helps a beautiful beautif ul young woman woma n because some men men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.

BOOKW ORMS

THRILLER & ADVEN TURE

S T AR AR TE TE R

Orca P H IL L IP

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M ARK

FOSTER

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

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Ned Kelly: A True Story CHRISTINE

LINDOP

When he was a boy, he was poor and hungry. When he was a young man, he was still poor and still hungry. He learnt how to steal horses, he he learnt learn t how to fight, he learn t how to liv live - outside the law. Australia in the 1870s was a hard, wild place. Rich people had land, poor people didn’t. So the rich got richer, and the poor stayed poor. Some say Ned Kelly was a bad man. Some say he was a good man but the law was bad. This is the true story of Australia’s most famous outlaw.

BO OK WO RM S

TRUE STORIES

S T AG AG E 1

Pocahontas  Re  R e told to ld by T i m 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.

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Cover image by Nation Wong/Zefa courtesy of Corbis STARTER

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