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Ebenezer Scrooge was an old man, morose and cruel that didn’t like Christmas and whose obsession with financial success left him bitter and alone in his old

age. But on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge got the greatest lesson he could ever have imagined: he was

visited by his dead ex-partner Jacob Marley who warned him that he would be visited by three spirits.

So Scrooge is taken on a journey through his life which will open his heart to something more powerful than

money.

Charles Dickens

Express Publishing

Level 2

Marta Silva 9ºB18th March 2009

by Antoinette Moses

Cambridge University Press

Level 2

Apollo’s Gold is a story about a British stubborn girl named Liz, living in Athens. She teaches and learns archaeology and she is learning how to speak Greek and writing a book. She needs a holiday and her friend Stavros (an archaeologist) said he had a house in the peaceful island of Sifnos and there she can relax. When she arrived, she saw a very strange yacht and a few days later a man that she knew dies. She wants to know more about that strange yacht …

Apollo’s Gold

Beatriz Grilo Nº3 9ºB – March 2009

Around The Around The World In 80 World In 80 DaysDays

Jules VerneJules VerneRaquel Pires Nº 3 9thARaquel Pires Nº 3 9thA

12th March 200912th March 2009Retold by Jenny DooleyRetold by Jenny Dooley

Level 2Level 2

Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman, unmarried, and member of the Reform Club. The story starts when he’s in the club and he gets involved in an argument over an article about the robbery of the Bank of England. Fogg thought that the bank robber could be anywhere. Then, he showed another article which said it was possible to travel around the world in only 80 days. He got angry with the laughs and he made a bet. Immediately, he started his journey with his valet Passepartout: they were persecuted by a detective, they saved a young woman called Aouda from a terrible death and lived many adventures…

Black Beauty Anna Sewell

Level 2, Penguin

I like this book and I recommend it because it is a beautiful story. Read this book and enjoy it!!!

Catarina Albuquerque, No.9 , 7thA - March

Johnny EnglishJohnny EnglishThis book is based in a Franco-British film of 2003The Editor:Penguin ReadersThe Level:2 Elementary (600 words)

The story is about an English clumsy spy who tries to stop a dangerous thief named Pascal Sauvage from stealing the jewels of the British crown and becoming the King of England.The Story takes places mainly in London, but there are some scenes in France. The main character is Johnny English who is an English secret agent. His boss is called Pegasus and his partner is named Bough. During the story he meets a beautiful girl called Lorna Campbell with whom he ends up.

Carina Santos; Nº4; 9B; 18-03-2009

Author: T. Hood and others

Editor: Penguin

Level 2

My book has 6 stories and I chose “THE GHOST DETECTIVE”.

The story talks about a man who goes to London and makes a friend.

Before Christmas his friend invites him to go to his house.

What will happen?

Find out how the story ends.

João Gonçalves, No.14 – 7thB March 2009

Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift

Longman ClassicsStage 2

“Gulliver’s Travels” is like a diary of Gulliver. He will write a book along his travels. He likes to travel to the seas very much and he makes trips to lands unknown lands.

In the first story he stopped in Lilliput, where people were very small , measuring 15 cm. He helped the inhabitants and the cities that were in war to become friends. In the second journey, he stopped in a land of giants with 60 m where he felt very little. In his last trip, he stopped in a land of Houyhnhnms, an intelligent race of horses and Yahoos, a species similar to humans. Fernando Cascão

No.11

9thB

14th April 2009

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Kidnapped

Gonçalo Henriques

9th A NO.9 Thursday, 12th March 2009

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

English Level: Stage 2

Editor: LONGMAN

The book is based on a day-to-day investigation of the kidnapping or abduction of Leopold, who is the son of an important family, Cain, who live in New York.

Is Leo alive?

Robinson CrusoeRobinson Crusoe is at sea when there is a great storm. His ship

sinks and his friends die. The sea throws Crusoe onto a beach. He is on a island and in order to survive he builds a home, finds and

makes food, buys a boat and makes new clothes. But one day Robinson finds cannibals and a person who will be his best friend in this adventure. His name is Friday. After that, a big boat which had been taken over by pirates arrives at the island and a fight

begins…

Level 2Level 2

Author:Author: Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe

Editor: Editor: Penguin ReadersPenguin Readers

Tiago Afonso, No. 25, 9th A - 13/04/09Tiago Afonso, No. 25, 9th A - 13/04/09

Arthur Conan DoyleHeinemann

Elementary LevelThe private detective

Sherlock and his friend Dr. Watson have a new mistery to solve: the curse of the Baskervilles.

Is the Hound respomsible for the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, or was it someone else? Who was stalking Sir Henry Baskerville?

So many questions still to be answered… Do you think you can solve

this mistery?!

Joana Ferreira 7th A No. 17 – March 2009

The last of the MohicansBritish and French troops do battle in colonial

America, with aid from various native American war parties. The British troops enlist the help of local colonial militia men, who are reluctant to

leave their homes undefended. A budding romance between a British officer's daughter and

an independent man who was reared as a Mohawk complicates things for the British officer, as the adopted Mohawk pursues his own agenda

despite the wrath of different people on both sides of the conflict.

Author: James Fennimore Cooper

English Level: 2

Publisher:Penguin Readers

Rafael Pereira 9A No.19 – March 2009

Two years ago Julia died in mysterious circumstances. Now

Helen is terrified that her life is in danger. Can the brilliant detective,

Sherlock Holmes, solve Julia’s murder and save Helen?

João Fevereiro, No. 14, 9th A – March 2009

Level 2Level 2

Retold by Virgina Evans – Jenny Dooley

Huckleberry Finn Mark

Twain

Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that’s for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississipi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there’s 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim...

Oxford Bookworms 2

Bruna Silva, No.4 9th A - March 2009

Title: The Three Musketeers Author: Alexandre Dumas

Editor/Publisher: Penguin Readers English Level: 2

D’Artagnan wants to be a musketeer. He wants to fight for his king and his country. But the Queen has a problem with the Cardinal, so d’Artagnan and his new friends (Athos, Porthos and Aramis)have to help her. The Cardinal is a very dangerous man. Who will win? Who will lose? And who will die?

Carolina Louro No.6 9thA 12/03/2009