Title: Another World
Series: Penguin Active Reading Level 2 (PAR2)
Author: O'Reilly, Elaine
Genre: SF
YL:
Headwords: 600
Total Word Count: 5,054
Rating:


Summary: For BZXY741, a student, life in Eden City seems perfect. But one day he meets Eve, a girl who shows him that there is another world ... An intriguing science fiction story.

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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 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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Series: Oxford Bookworms Library Starters (OBW0) YL 0.8~1.2
Title: New York Cafe
Author: Dean, Michael
Genre: SF
YL: 1.0~1.2
Headwords: 250
Total Word Count: 1500
Rating: ***

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Summary: It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Cafe: 'I want to help people and make them happy!' But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Cafe.

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