Sherlock Holmes is famous around theworld.When the police cannot solve acrime,they turn to Holmes.He nevermisses a clue,and when he lookscarefully at a person,he can understand everything about them. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories.In 'The Dead Coachman',Holmes investigates a burglary and a murder while he is staying in the countryside with his friend Doctor Watson.In 'The Last Mystery',Holmes is in danger from the evil Professor Moriarty,who is as clever as the detective himself.They are both ready to fight to the death.But who will win?[Word count 8,351]
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...
What's in a name? Does it really matterif you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love with the mostbeautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out that it does matter. It makes all the difference in theworld, because both families hate each other bitterly. For a time, Romeo and Juliet manage to keep their lovesecret. But when Romeo is sent away from Verona, andarrangements are made for Juliet to marry Paris, a friendof her father's, hope begins to die. Can any of their friendshelp the young lovers to be together for ever?
'I turned on the light,but there was nobodythere.Then I saw something in the cornerthat made my blood turn cold.Scudder waslying on his back.There was a long knifethrough 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 notdo,and another,more dangerous enemy is chasing him aswell-the mysterious 'Black Stone'.Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?
It is 1880,in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom ofthe Opera,the ghost that lives somewhereunder the Opera House.The Phantom is aman in black clothes.He is a body without a head,he is a head without a body.He has a yellow face,hehas no nose,he has black holes for eyes.Everybody is afraidof the Phantom-the singers,the dancers,the directors,thestage workers… But who has actually seen him?