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This is Nickys first visit to New York. He is going to stay with his aunt, but she is not at the airport. Then some older boys on motorbikes play a dangerous game with him. Not long after he arrives, ...

Its 1798. Sam Tinker and his daughter Jenny live in London. One day a thief puts a watch in Sams hand. Take this, he says, and runs away. Two policemen see the watch and take Sam away. What can Jenny ...

Classic British English David Copperfields happy life suddenly changes when his mother marries again. Her new husband is cruel to him and sends him away to school. When Davids mother dies, he is sent...

THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE.An elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who,...

Quando o terrível pirata Bill Bones morre, o jovem Jim Hawkins fica com o mapa perdido da Ilha do Tesouro. Jim e seus amigos vão em busca do tesouro perdido, mas não percebem que sua tripulação é de p...

Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich.She loves `matchmaking` - arranging marriages between her friends and neighbours in the village of Highbury. However, she often creates more heartache th...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Original British English Farm work isnt Joes idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a disagreement about GM genetically-modified crop t...

Bassanio wants to get married, but he has no money and a lot of debts. He asks his friend Antonio for a loan, but Antonio is waiting for his ships to return. Until then, he has nothing to lend. To hel...

Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl, is back in a new adventure. This time he, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Commodore Norrington are all looking for a chest that belongs to the terrible Capt...

His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagins gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ...

Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian w...

When a notice appears in the local newspaper, the villagers are curious. Is it a joke, or is there really going to be a murder at Little Paddocks At the announced time, the lights go out. Gunshots are...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language,...

British English Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll Who is the evil little man And why does he seem to have power over the doctor After a terrible murder, everyone is looking...

A young boy, Pete Morgan, is on holiday in the Caribbean with his parents. They are staying on their boat called the Summer Sun. It is the only boat near Blue Sea Island. Or is it One day, Pete has a ...

Classic British English Raskolnikoff, a young student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and, poor and lonely, he develops a plan t...

Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jeans life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his l...

During one hot summer on Long Island, Jay Gatsby throws an amazing party every weekend. He is an extremely wealthy man, although no one knows where he or his money have come from. But Gatsby has a pur...

Mark Twain is one America´s most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twain´s stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read ab...

Contemporary British English Aldous Huxleys Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific method...

A family of wolves take a little boy into their home in the jungle. The child learns and plays with the other cubs. But can he really live in the jungle Will the other wolves want him to stay And will...

Born in a workhouse, the little orphan Oliver Twist survives with little food or love. He runs away to London and finds a place to stay with Fagin and his ‘family´. But Oliver soon realizes that Fagin...

When Mary Lennox´s parents die in India, she moves to England to live in her uncle´s enormous manor. Mary is sad and lonely but one day she finds an old key to a secret garden that no one goes into an...

"Aos nove anos, Oliver era uma criança pequena, pálida e magra, mas tinha um espírito forte." Nascido em uma workhouse [abrigo onde pessoas que não conseguiam se sustentar podiam viver e trabalhar], o...

Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learners own language ability.Every Pengu...

British English It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide. Life is dangerous but they hope for the best - until the...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...