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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie’s stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman’s Hollywood home, they both go after him. Natalie drives fast. ‘Be careful,’ Nathan tells her. ‘You have a movie to finish!’

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John Escott, Bill Bowler, Sue Parminter

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Dominoes

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?

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John Escott

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Dominoes 2E

One cold winter morning, a famous movie star and her teenage daughter are driving along a country road...A blue van is waiting for them. Tom is in the van, but he's not a kidnapper - he's an artist. He usually draws pictures for adventure stories. Now he's in a real life adventure.

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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no. The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back. Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's ho...

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John Escott

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Dominoes 2E

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?

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John Escott

Series -

Oxford Bookworms Library

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him. Natalie drives fast. 'Be careful,' Nathan tells her. 'You have a movi...

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John Escott

Series -

Oxford Bookworms Library

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him....

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John Escott, Jennifer Bassett, Tricia Hedge

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Oxford Bookworms Library

Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens – and one night she learns what is behind the locked doo...

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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange abo...

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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

‘Give me the money,’ says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle – and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny’s motel – on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?

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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no. The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back. Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's hotel . . . so what could go wrong?

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John Escott

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Oxford Bookworms Library

Written for Learners of English by John EscottWhat does the name Agatha Christie mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery a whodunnit. Im reading an Agatha Christie, people say. Im not sure who the murderer is I think its . . . But they are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderers name before the end of the book.But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure? W...