Penguin Readers is a series of simplified stories which introduces you step-by-step to the literature that has made Penguin Books world famous. This series offers you classics, best-sellers, film-titles and original stories. Each hook has extensive exercises, a detailed introduction and clear information about the syllabus. They are published at six levels from Beginner (300 words) to Advanced (3000 words).
I'm not a thief. I’m an innocent man,' shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous - very dangerous.
When Cal Dexter rents one of the Blue Lake Cabins, he finds $3000 - underthe floor! He doesn't know it, but it is the money from a bank robbery. A dead man's money. 'Do I take it to the police?' he thinks. But three more people want the money, and two of them are dangerous. Can Cal stop them?
Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me, thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. When he helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.
At the start of this play, the court room is full for today's trial. Two young men, Simon Clark and Dan Smith, stand up. The clerk asks, 'Are you guilty of the murder of Mary Jones?' 'Not guilty!' they reply. But perhaps they are guilty. The police found the murder weapon in their stolen car, and there was blood on Simon's face. If the court finds them guilty, they will go to prison for a very long time. Can the lawyers find out the truth, by asking the right questions? Everyone in court wants to know who murdered Mary Jones, especially her mother, and her boyfriend, Jim. You can help to find the answer, too
