Jack London

Pauline Francis

This title tells the story of White Fang, part-dog and part-wolf, as he fights for survival in the harsh landscapes of northwest Canada.

White Fang

A powerful historical novel that brings to life an unforgettable story of love, hope and royal duty, from a hugely talented new author. Synopsis The life of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Day Queen, is all too often remembered as just a line in a history book, but this stunning debut novel reveals the full fascinating and tragic story - a tale of treachery, power struggles, and religious turmoil in the Tudor court. Intricately woven and passionately written, The Raven Queen is also a sensitive story of love against all odds that will enchant readers.

Raven Queen

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in 1886, was not Robert Louis Stevenson's first novel, but it was one that helped to make him famous in his lifetime. The spine-chilling story shows the struggle between good and evil that Dr Jekyll faced and how, in the end, his own good nature was overpowered by the evil in himself.

Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Plymouth, 1586. Ripped from her Native American family and shipped to England as an exhibit for Sir Walter Raleigh, Nadie is thrust into a British Tudor life. Her only protector is Tom, a young blacksmith who makes Nadie's heart burn with love. When Nadie is forced back to her exotic homeland, to help the English colonize her people, Tom stays by her side. But the New World holds untold dangers.

A world away

After the death of her father, Henry VIII, a young Elizabeth journeys to London to live with her father's widow, Katherine Parr, and her new husband, Thomas Seymour. Surrounded by malicious whisperings of her late mother's witchcraft, Elizabeth is desperate to escape suspicion and discover the truth about her mother.

Traitor's Kiss

Gaston Leroux

The Fast Track Classics series enables students to experience the pleasure of reading well-known classic novels. These shortened classic novels cater for every taste whether it is the delightful story of Little Women, the gripping adventure of Kidnapped, the compelling and poignant Phantom of the Opera, or the dark and mysterious drama of Jane Eyre. Each book is a manageable size, with short chapters and helpful illustrations. The introduction gives a synopsis of the plot and a short biography of the author. Carefully designed with lexical structures and vocabulary to match the ability of the student, Fast Track Classics still convey the essence of these powerful stories and lose none of their characterisation.

The Phantom of the Opera

Various authors, retold by Pauline Francis

Includes 10 classic stories retold by the author - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Black Beauty, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Call of the Wild, Oliver Twist and Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

Fast Track Classic Collection Gift Box

William Makepeace Thackeray

Pearson Education, Inc.

Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find success? Will she marry and be happy? Or will life be unkind to her?

Vanity Fair

The Iliad is one of the greatest works of literature ever written; it has inspired readers and listeners for millennia. The story tells of a few days' fighting in the ten year long war between the Trojans led by King Priam, And The Greeks led by King Agamemnon. Heroes from both sides fight one another – how they fight, and how they die, Is what is important to them. Essential Classics is a wonderful new series that offers a quick way into a range of exciting stories. Fast-moving and accessible, each story is a shortened, dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel, which loses none of the strength and flavour of the original.

The Iliad

When she is taken away from her home and brought to England as a slave, Native American Nadie meets and falls in love with a blacksmith named Tom, who comes with her to the new world when she is sent there to help the colonists.

A World Away

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

This retelling of the classic Jules Verne tale tells the story of Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, who make a terrifying journey into an extinct volcano--and right into the center of the Earth.

Jonathan Swift

The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.

Gulliver's Travels

John Wyndham

This title is part of a series that presents retold, shortened versions of classic novels that are suitable for children working at Key Stages Two and Three. The stories are retold so as to lose none of the strength and character of the originals.

The Day of the Triffids

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.

Oliver Twist

Edgar Rice Burroughs

'Tarzan' tells the story of a baby - orphaned in the African jungle - who was brought up by apes, not knowing that his parents are Lord and Lady Greystoke of England.

Tarzan

Fast Track Class

Set in Victorian England, Far from the Madding Crowd tells the story of the farmer Bathsheba Everdene, her life and her relationships. It discusses the themes of love, honor and betrayal.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Henry James

'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James, was published in 1898 and is his best-known horror story. It tells the tale of a governess and two young children, Miles and Flora, who are under her care. When the governess senses an intense evil within the house, she becomes obsessed that 'ghosts' are trying to harm the children.

Turn of the Screw

Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes tale investigates a fearsome animal and a family curse, retold for younger readers Written by in 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of his most frightening books. It tells the story of the curse of the Baskerville family—a family haunted by a terrifying hound on Dartmoor. The beast is thought to be responsible for killing many members of the Baskerville family. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson arrive to investigate. This retelling has been shortened and illustrated for younger readers.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Robert Louis Stevenson

'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' shows the struggle between good and evil that Dr Jekyll faced and how, in the end, his own good nature was overpowered by the evil in himself.

Pauline Francis

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