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

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

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

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

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

Colección General 428/G869.

A Special Kind of Neighborhood /National Geographic Digital Media

 Stage / Nivel 2

Most cities have local areas called "neighborhoods." The Mission District is one of San Francisco's oldest neighborhoods. Many people think it's very special because it's so multi-cultural. What makes the Mission District so multi-cultural? Why does that make it special?

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

Colección General, 428/W276.

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

💿 Audio available /CD disponible

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

Colección General, 428/H691.

Night Without End / Maclean, Alistair

Stage / Nivel 6

On the Polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner are lucky – they are rescued by three scientists from a nearby weather station.

But why did the airliner crash in the first place? Who smashed the radio to pieces? And why does the dead pilot have a bullet hole in his back? The rescue quickly turns into a nightmare: a race through the endless Arctic night, a race against time, cold, hunger – and a killer with a gun.

😬 Thriller & Adventure

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/N293.

Saladin / Prentice, Nina

Stage / Nivel 2

‘Well, Yusuf, are you sure that you want to be a soldier?’

‘I’ll do my best, Uncle.’ When Yusuf went to Aleppo to learn to fight under General Shirkuh, no one knew what this young man would do with his life.

But years later, Yusuf became the great and chivalrous general, Saladin – the man who helped to bring Muslims together to win back the holy city of Jerusalem from the Franks. This is his story…

📝 Dominoes

💿 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/P927.

Help! / Prowse, Philip

Stage / Nivel 1

Frank Wormold is a writer. He doesn't have much money and his wife is unhappy. To help him finish one of his stories he starts to use a computer. But the computer gives him more help than he wants. Then he really needs 'help'!

😂 Comedy

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/P968.

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

💿 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/H645.

The Girl on the Train / Hawkins, Paula

Every day the same

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

Until today

And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

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/H393g.

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

💿 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/L419son.

The African Queen / Forester, Cecil Scott

Stage / Nivel 4

The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. No one would expect a missionary's sister and a rough, uneducated mechanic to take a boat like that down a dangerous river through the forests of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnutt do just that.

Why do they do it? The First World War has just begun, and Rose has a wild and crazy plan. She and Charlie set off down the river and come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers - except the danger of falling in love...

💬 Human Interest

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/F717a. 

Blackbeard / Escott, John

Starter / Principiante

The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate on the sea is Edward Teach, or ‘Blackbeard’.

‘The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!’ Blackbeard thinks. ‘But can he kill me – the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No!’

This is his story…

📝 Dominoes

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/E74b.

A Pretty Face / Escott, John

Starter / Principiante

Zoe Baker works in a bookstore. She also likes acting, and she has a part in the play Romeo and Juliet. Mike Morrison writes about the play for the newspaper. What does he write about Zoe? Is Zoe a good actress… or is she just ‘a pretty face’?

What does Zoe think when she reads the newspaper? What does she do?

📝 Dominoes

💿 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/E74.

Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son / Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Stage / Nivel 1

Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school.

But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes?

Because someone has kidnapped the Duke’s son…

🔪 Crime & Mystery

💿 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/D754d.

Hard Times / Dickens, Charles

Stage / Nivel 3

Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Sissy Jupe – a circus child – is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work.

In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.

📝 Dominoes

💿 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/D548h.

Great Expectations / Dickens, Charles

Stage / Nivel 5

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death’s head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip.

Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: ‘Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!’

📕 Classics

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

Colección de Literatura, 823/D548gre.

On the Edge / Cross, Gillian

Stage / Nivel 3

When Tug wakes up, he is not in his own bedroom at home. The door is locked and there are bars across the window. Loud music hammers through the house and through his head. Then a woman comes in and says that she is his mother, but Tug knows that she is not his mother…

Outside, Jinny stares through the trees at the lonely house on the hill. She hears strange noises, but she turns away. After all, it’s none of her business…

😬 Thriller & Adventure

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/C951.

The Secret Agent / Conrad, Joseph

Stage / Nivel 3

Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal life with his wife, Winnie, and has a shop in London, which, at night, becomes a meeting place for anarchists. One day Verloc is told to plant a bomb – but the plan goes terribly wrong…

Does Verloc really love Winnie, or is she just part of his cover? Can Winnie ever forgive him? Who is Verloc really working for?

📝 Dominoes

💿 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/C754se.

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

💿 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/C556r.