The Crown / James, Montague Rhodes

  Stage / Nivel 1

"You aren't from Seaburgh', the old man said. 'Go back to your hotel. Don't think about the crown again." Paxton is on holiday in Seaburgh, a small English town near the sea. He likes old things and old stories... but he doesn't always listen. He takes a famous old crown from the ground. Suddenly, there is a shadow behind him, and Paxton is very afraid.

📕 Classics

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección General, 428/J27.

The Street Lawyer / Grisham, John

 Stage / Nivel 4

Michael is a successful lawyer with Drake and Sweeney when a homeless man attacks him. As Michael tries to discover who the man was, he uncovers a dangerous secret about Drake and Sweeney.

💫 Contemporary

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección General 428/G869.

The Secret Garden / Hodgson Burnett, Frances

 Stage / Nivel 2

Mary Lennox goes to live with her uncle in a big, old house in the country. There are many gardens round the house. One day Mary finds a garden that has high walls and no doors. What is the secret of the garden?

📕 Classics

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección General, 428/H691.

The Boy Who Could Fly / Hill, David A.

Stage / Nivel 5

No one knows where Michael comes from or who his parents are. One day he starts to grow wings and his life changes forever. Michael moves from hospitals to research clinics to life in isolation on a remote island.

Will he ever manage to have a normal life?

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/H645b.

How I Met Myself / Hill, David A.

Stage / Nivel 3

One icy winter's evening in Budapest, a man runs straight into John Taylor as he walks home through the narrow streets. John falls over into the snow and looks up at the man's face. 'I felt very afraid. Because what I saw was me. My face looking down at me. My mouth saying sorry." Who is the man, and how will John's life change?.

👻 Ghost Story

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/H645.

Sons and Lovers / Lawrence, D. H

Stage / Nivel 5

Mrs Morel’s marriage is not a happy one. She is antagonistic to her husband and gives all her love to her sons. The Morels’ younger son is torn between a passionate love for his mother and his lovers. 

💖 Romance

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/L419son.

Return to Earth / Binder, Susan

Stage / Nivel 2

As they walk through a park in the distant future, Harl and Ellen talk about their work and their lives. But they will never have a life together because their work as scientists is more important to them than their love. Harl plans to leave Earth, on a long and dangerous journey through space. Ellen plans to stay on Earth, to change the way the human mind works.

When Harl returns to Earth, Ellen will be long dead… and the world will be a very different place.

✨ Fantasy & Horror

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/C556r.

The Enemy / Bagley, Desmond

Stage / Nivel 6

On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her… and throws acid into her face.

Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway?

And who is the enemy?

😬 Thriller & Adventure

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/B146.

Sally’s Phone / Lindop, Christine

Starter / Principiante

Sally is always running – and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops.

But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone… and it changes her life.

💬 Human Interest

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/L747.

Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp / Dean, Judith

Stage / Nivel 1

In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee.

With the jinnee’s help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan’s daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur?

✨ Fantasy & Horror

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 892/A316.

The Big Fire / Sampedro, Rick

It is a lovely day in the jungle. The grass is green and the sky is blue. The animals are all happy together. 

But, what is that?

The sky is orange and there is smoke. Oh, no! There is a terrible fire. Can the little birds stop the fire? And who can help them?

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 428.64/S192.

Love Story / Segal, Erich

Stage / Nivel 3

This is a love story you won't forget. Oliver Barrett meets Jenny Cavilleri. He plays sports, she plays music. He's rich, and she's poor. They argue, and they fight, and they fall in love.

So they get married, and make a home together. They work hard, they enjoy life, they make plans for the future. Then they learn that they don't have much time left.

Their story has made people laugh, and cry, all over the world

💬 Human Interest

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 813/S454lo.

The Witches of Pendle / Akinyemi, Rowena

Stage / Nivel 1

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it . . . and a few weeks later you are dead.

Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family.

🎭 True Stories 

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/A315w.

The Beast / Walker, Carolyn

Stage / Nivel 3

People love and need animals. They keep them in their homes and on their farms. They enjoy going to zoos, and watching animals on films and on TV. Little children love to play with toy animals.

But people are a great danger to animals too. They take their land, and cut down the trees where animals have their homes. They pollute the rivers and seas, and kill big animals for their skins or for medicine. Now there are about 7,000 species of animals in danger. What can we do to protect the animals of the world- from us?

😨 Horror

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 813/W177.

The Age of Innocence / Wharton, Edith

Stage / Nivel 5

Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s como Countess Ellen Olenska, sorrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society.

Newland Archer is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow especially a young man who is soon to be married.

📕 Classics

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 813/W553.

The Wizard of Oz / Baum, L. Frank

Stage / Nivel 1

Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.

But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz...

✨ Fantasy & Horror

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 813/B347w.

Animals in danger / Hopkins, Andy

Stage / Nivel 1

People love and need animals. They keep them in their homes and on their farms. They enjoy going to zoos, and watching animals on films and on TV. Little children love to play with toy animals.

But people are a great danger to animals too. They take their land, and cut down the trees where animals have their homes. They pollute the rivers and seas, and kill big animals for their skins or for medicine. Now there are about 7,000 species of animals in danger. What can we do to protect the animals of the world- from us?

📑 Factfiles

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 591/H793.

A Ghost in Love: and Other Plays / Dean, Michael

Stage / Nivel 1

Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears.

The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

🎭 Playscripts

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Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 812/D281.

Black Beauty / Sewell, Anna

Stage / Nivel 4

When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky – his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse.

But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell.

💬 Human Interest

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/S516.

Anne of Green Gables / Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Stage / Nivel 2

Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freckles, and who talks and talks and talks.

They didn’t want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada.

But it is not so quiet after Anne comes to live there…

💬 Human Interest

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

Este libro hace parte del Sistema de Bibliotecas, puede ser consultado en la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral.

Colección Cerrada (Solicítelo al personal de Biblioteca), 823/M787.