Title: Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Series: 洋販ラダーシリーズLevel 3 YL 3.0-4.5
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan エドガー・アラン・ポー 著
Genre: HR
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Headwords: 1600
Total Word Count: 16,600
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明日絞首刑となる男が自らの犯罪を告白する『黒猫』、同姓同名の男に脅かされ、破滅の道をたどる『ウィリアム・ウィルソン』、そして黄金色の不思議な甲虫を手がかりに伝説の財宝を見つけ出す『黄金虫』。怪奇小説の巨匠ポーの代表作３篇を収録。

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Title: The Call of the Wild
Series: 洋販ラダーシリーズLevel 3 YL 3.0-4.5
Author: London, Jack　ジャック・ロンドン 著
Genre: AD
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Headwords: 1600
Total Word Count: 14,570
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カリフォルニアでの安穏とした暮らしから一変、アラスカで犬ぞりをひくこととなったバックは、厳しい自然のなか、生き抜いていくため、しだいにその野性をとぎすませていく。そして深い森の奥からの呼び声を耳にするのだった……。動物文学の傑作がラダーに登場。

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Title: Charles Dickens
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Shipton, Paul
Genre: NF
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 13,439
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Summary: Charles Dickens is one of Britain's greatest writers. His novels have been popular around the world for more than 150 years. Through his writing he fought for better conditions for children and the poor, but most of all he is remembered today for his wonderful stories and his unforgettable characters.

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Title: Mysteries of the Unexplained
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Burke, Kathy
Genre: NF
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 7,441
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Summary: Read about the strangest things in the universe other worlds, strange objects and peculiar happenings. How much do you believe? Encounter the evidence and make up your own mind!

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Title: Stories of Courage
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Gray, Clare
Genre: NF
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 9,451
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Summary: Eight inspiring true stories of people showing great courage in the face of incredible difficulties. Read about the real Erin Brockovich, an incredible escape from death in Africa, Cuba's bravest runner... and more! Sometimes true stories are more amazing than fiction!

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Title: The Pearl
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Steinbeck, John
Genre: CL
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 13,824
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Summary: Kino finds a large pearl, which he thinks will save his family from poverty. But the pearl is what they think they want instead of what they need. The misfortune it brings changes the life of the family forever.

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Title: The Romans
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Maule, David
Genre: HI
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 14,265
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Summary: Over hundreds of years, the Romans built an empire. As they occupied the countries around them, they took with them their skills as builders and their language, laws and lifestyle. They changed the western world. But who were the Romans? How did they live? How were they ruled? How did they build their empire and how did they lose it?

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Title: The Snow Goose and Other Stories
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Gallico, Paul
Genre: AD
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 12,991
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Summary: Philip Rhayader is a painter. He lives alone in an old lighthouse. But his life changes when a young girl brings him an injured snow goose. The other stories are 'The Doll' and 'The Silver Swans'.

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Title: The Yearling
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 3 (PAR3)
Author: Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
Genre: AD
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Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 10,870
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Summary: Jody Baxter makes friends with a young orphaned deer called Flag. A powerful tale famous for its descriptions of the natural world.
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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 3.4-3.6
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 12,000
Rating: ****

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Summary: In 1891, the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, disappeared in Switzerland while working on a dangerous case. Everyone thought that he was dead. But three years later, he returned to England. Holmes and his friend, Dr Watson, had many more adventures together. Read three of Sherlock Holmes most interesting cases and look out for other Sherlock Holmes stories at different levels in Penguin Readers.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Boscombe Pool
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 3.2-3.4
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 7,800
Rating: ****

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Summary: Who killed Charles McCarthy, and why? Was it really his son? Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective, must answer these questions with the help of his trusted friend Dr Watson.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: A Scandal in Bohemia
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 3.6-3.8
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 20,000
Rating: ***

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Summary: Why put a diamond inside a chicken? Why is there a special club for men with red hair? And why does a woman disappear on the day of her wedding? These are some of the strange questions which Sherlock Holmes has to answer.
In these six stories we join Holmes and his friend Dr Watson on some exciting adventures. Will they solve every mystery? Or are some people even cleverer than Sherlock Holmes?

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: The Black Cat and Other Stories
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
Genre: HR
YL: 3.2-3.4
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 9,000
Rating: ***

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Summary: Four short stories of murder and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe wrote about terrible people who lead strange lives. If you have a black cat yourself, watch out!

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
Genre: CS
YL: 3.4-3.6
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count: 11,000
Rating: ****

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Summary: There are five stories in this book. "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Barrel of Amontillado" are stories of madness; "The Maelstrom" describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in "The Murders of the Rue Morgue" and "The Stolen Letter" meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 3 (PGR3) YL 3.2~3.8
Title: The Island of Dr. Moreau
Author: Wells, H. G.
Genre: SF
YL: 3.4-3.6
Headwords: 1200
Total Word Count:
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Summary: Edward Prendick is traveling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of Montgomery's master – the even more mysterious Doctor Moreau?

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