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The Secrets of Dumbledore

 

 

In The Secrets of Dumbledore, dangerous times may favor dangerous men,

but the tenacity and the pluck of Dumbledore, Newt, and the gang they

assemble to take on the most lethal wizard in over a century holds out

the promise that in the end, light and love may yet prevail, however challenging the odds.

This authoritative and accessible guide to the British monarchy spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day House of Windsor.

The seven short stories in this book come from different volumes in the Oxford Bookworms Library. There are five stories at Stage 1 and two stories at Stage 2. All have been specially chosen for Reading Circles. The stories are all very different. There are stories set in Turkey, in Finland, in New York, and in England. There are modern stories, about sisters and their boyfriends, and about secret agents and drug companies. There are stories about life in the last century, stories about city life and country life. Different times and different places, but we see that people’s hopes and dreams do not change. Love and hate, laughter and sadness can all be found in these stories.

Berlin Express - Level 4

Hiro, a 20-year-old Japanese student, sits next to an old man on a train to Berlin. By mistake they exchange phones and read each other's text messages. Hiro believes that the man's messages show that he is going to Berlin to kill someone. Hiro's first day in the city is a race against time as he tries to warn people of an assassination plot. But is the plot real or does it exist only in Hiro's imagination?