Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Genre: HR
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 19,000
Rating: ****


Summary: The chilling tale of a wealthy doctor with a double personality, in terror of the evil Mr Hyde who is living within his own skin.

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Title: Treasure Island
Series: Penguin Readers Level 2 (PGR2) YL 2.4~2.6
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Genre: AD
YL: 2.4-2.6
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 6,000
Rating: ****


Summary: A young boy, Jim Hawkins, lives quietly by the sea with his mother and father until Billy Bones comes to live with them. From that day on, everything is different and Jim soon meets Long John Silver and travels with him in search of Treasure Island.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: The Hounds of the Baskervilles
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 18,000
Rating: ***

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Summary: The ancient legend of the Baskervilles has persisted in the family history for generations. It is Sir Charles's mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brings Sherlock Holmes to the scene of one of his most famous and intriguing cases.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 33,000
Rating: ***

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Summary: In these six stories we join the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Dr Watson, in a variety of exciting adventures. These include several suspicious deaths, the mystery of the engineer with the missing thumb, and the strange case of the two men who share a very unusual name.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 4 (PGR4) YL 4.0~5.0
Title: Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: MY
YL: 4.0-5.0
Headwords: 1700
Total Word Count: 16,000
Rating: ***

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Summary: Why is a young woman terrified of a mysterious 'speckled band'? Are the five orange pips a sign that someone will soon die? And what about the banker who believes his son is a thief. Join the great detective Sherlock Holmes in solving the mysteries in these three thrilling stories.

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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 2 (PGR2) YL 2.4~2.6
Title: Three Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Genre: AT
YL: 2.4-2.6
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 9,500
Rating: ***

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Summary: A young woman is about to marry when her fiancé suddenly disappears. Three students are suspected of stealing an important exam paper. And a young woman is being followed by a mysterious stranger – but who is this stranger and what does he want? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve these problems. Three intriguing mysteries that demonstrate the exceptional skills of the great detective.

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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 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
Genre: AT
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 29,000
Rating: ****

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Summary: A man is haunted by his own imagination, hidden writing that leads to buried treasure, a fisherman fighting for his life in a powerful whirlpool. In these short stories by Edgar Allan Poe we meet people struggling with death. Others are trying to solve the darkest of mysteries. Which of them will succeed?

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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:
Rating:

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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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Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: The War of the Worlds
Author: Wells, H. G.
Genre: SF
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 28,100
Rating: ****

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Summary: The War of the Worlds is one of the most famous and frightening science fiction stories ever written. When a strange object falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But then strange creatures climb out and start killing people. Before long, the land is being attacked by huge fighting machines and nobody is safe ...

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: The Invisible Man
Author: Wells, H. G.
Genre: SF
YL: 5.0-6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 20,000
Rating: ****

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Summary: One winter's day a mysterious stranger arrives in the quiet village of Iping. He wears a long coat and gloves. His head is covered with bandages and his eyes are hidden behind a dark glasses. He spends most of his time alone. The villagers soon realize they are in great danger when they discover his terrible secret.

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 4 (PGR4) YL 4.0~5.0
Title: The Time Machine
Author: Wells, H. G.
Genre: SF
YL: 4.5
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 21,527
Rating:

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Summary: The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds that people have become weak, child-like creatures. They dance and sing and wear flowers. They seem happy, but why are they so frightened of the dark? And who or what has taken his time machine? Will the Time Traveller ever be able to return to the present?

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 2 (PGR2) YL 2.4~2.6
Title: The Mysterious Island
Author: Verne, Jules
Genre: AD
YL: 2.4-2.6
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 6600
Rating: ****

Summary: There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific but only two men and the boy arrive on the island. Mysterious things start happening. Are they the only people on the island? Where is the other man and his dog?

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 5 (PGR5) YL 5.0~6.0
Title: Round the World in Eighty Days
Author: Verne, Jules
Genre: AD
YL: 5.0~6.0
Headwords: 2300
Total Word Count: 34,000
Rating: *****

Summary: The year is 1872 and Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet with his friends that he can travel around the world in eighty days. A crazy and colorful race across Europe, Africa, Asia, and America follows. There are many dangers along the way - and a British detective who is trying to slow down Fogg so that he can arrest him!

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 2 (PGR2) YL 2.4~2.6
Title: Round the World in Eighty Days
Author: Verne, Jules
Genre: AD
YL: 2.4-2.6
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 8400
Rating: ****



Summary: Can Phileas Fogg go round the world in eighty days? He doesn’t know that somebody wants to stop him. Then Fogg will lose his bet – twenty thousand pounds!

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Series: Penguin Readers Level 1 (PGR1) YL 1.0~1.4
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Author: Verne, Jules
Genre: SF
YL: 1.2-1.4
Headwords: 300
Total Word Count: 4800
Rating: *****



Summary: This is the story of Captian Nemo and his famous submarine, the Nautilus. One day, Nemo finds three men in the cold sea. For 20,000 leagues the men live together on the Nautilus. They find a town on the sea floor, beautiful coasts and lots of gold. But they are not happy. Can they escape from Nemo’s submarine and live?
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