Research Guides: Queen's School of English: Express Reads

Express Reads and other Leveled Readers

The following titles can be found on the 1st floor of the Education Library -- Children and Youth Collection -- Express Reads.

Notting Hill by Richard Curtis ; retold by Andy Hopkins
Call Number: PE1126.N43 H66 2008
ISBN: 9781405881999
Publication Date: 2008
Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London. Their lives are different in every way, but they are both looking for someone special. Can a future together be more than a dream? Notting Hill is a wonderful -- and very funny -- love story.
The phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux
Call Number: Express Reads PE1126.N43 D44 2008
ISBN: 9781405865159
Publication Date: 2008
There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Call Number: Express Reads PE1126.N43 P34 1999
ISBN: 9780582427204
Publication Date: 2000
The year is 1872 and Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London . Then he makes a bet with his friends that he can travel around the world in eighty days. A crazy and colourful race across Europe, Africa, Asia, and America follows. There are many dangers along the way, and a British detective who is trying to slow down Fogg so that he can arrest him!
Falling leaves by Adeline Yen Mah ; retold by Sue Harmes.
Call Number: Express Reads PE 1126 .N43 H37 2001
ISBN: 9780582438408
Publication Date: 2001
This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and trouble. At the same time, she suffered terrible unkindness from the members of her own family. Falling Leaves is a story of pain and fear, but also of hope as Adeline fights for her independence.
Becoming Jane by Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood ; retold by Paola Trimarco.
Call Number: Express Reads PE1126.N43 T75 2008
ISBN: 9781405867672
Publication Date: 2008
Jane, a 20-year-old writer falls in love with Tom Lefroy who studies law. Jane's romance inspired her to write Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Read the story of Jane Austen and how she became one of the greatest writers of English literature.

"The ORCA Series for Reluctant Readers has three series which are leveled: Orca Currents (books for reluctant middle-school readers), Orca Soundings (books for reluctant teen readers) and Orca Sports (high-interest sports stories for readers ten and older). These are all high-interest books with controlled vocabulary that appeal to students striving to read.

Reading levels for all three reluctant-reader series (Orca Currents / Orca Soundings / Orca Sports) range between grades 2.0 and 4.5, although the age of the targeted readers varies." (Orcabooks.com)

ORCA READERS

Orca Currents are short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for middle-school students reading below grade level. Individual teachers' guides and resource guides are available on the Orca website. Library Holdings Series (Orca Currents)
Orca Soundings With contemporary themes and exciting stories, these books for reluctant teen readers will make teens want to read. Library Holdings Series (Orca Soundings)
Orca Sports Perfect for reluctant readers ages 10 and up, these titles offer exciting, easy-to-read adventures in team sports such as hockey, baseball, football and soccer; and solo sports such as climbing, scuba diving, running, sailing, and even race-car driving. Library Holdings Series (Orca Sports)

Pearson English Readers

Pearson English Readers (formerly Penguin Leveled Readers), maintain the reading coding and we will inter file all new purchases of the Pearson books with the older Penguin books (Call number: PE1126.N43) We have moved the leveled readers to the first floor across from the book shelves for easy access.

If you have a suggestion for a purchase send me an email and I will try to get it for you. You can browse the leveled readers offerings by clicking on the link above.