Victoria Heward - The Secret of the Stones. (level 1)Victoria Heward
Max and Laura’s summer holiday in the village of Stonecross is full of excitement and danger: a symbol, an old book of secrets, a mysterious housekeeper and thieves who don’tMax and Laura’s summer holiday in the village of Stonecross is full of excitement and danger: a symbol, an old book of secrets, a mysterious housekeeper and thieves who don’t steal anything. What does it all mean? Under the shadow of Stonehenge the two children and their Uncle Stephen discover a dark plot to reveal its ancient secrets. Will the plot succeed or will the secret of the stones remain a mystery forever?
It's fun to get ready for Halloween and it's even more fun to have a spooky Halloween Party!But what happens to a group of young teenagers when their Halloween party becomes a living nightmare? Find out what horror is all about in this spine-tingling story!
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organization in Conan Doyle's "The Five Orange Pips"; in Charles Dickens' "Hunted Down" a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in "The Stir Outside the Caf? Royal" by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fianc?'s killer; and in G.K.Chesterton's "The Oracle of the Dog" Father Brown solves a difficult murder case.
Follow Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes solving the problem of the goose and hat in "The Blue Carbuncle"; finding a missing fianc? in " A Case of Identity"; and discovering the identity of a mysterious person in "The Yellow Face".
Lemuel Gulliver tells the story of his fantastic adventures on the island of Lilliput where the people are tiny, and their self-importance laughable; in Brobdingnag where the people are giants and Gulliver is made to feel his own insignificance; in Laputa, the land of futile science; and finally in the land of Houyhnhnms, where horses are endowed with reason while human beings are not.
