Many times it is possible to find a book adapted for students of different levels. So, if you have an illusion, to read a particular book, look in the catalogs of publishers for students. Many times publishers have that same book for different levels.
When you are going to read a book in another language:
When you are going to read a book in another language:
1. Choose correctly a book of our level.
2. Have a pencil, notebook and dictionary at hand.
3. Write down all the words we do not know in order to look for them in the dictionary.
4. Carry out a second reading aloud recording us.
5. At the end, listen to the audio to recognize those mistakes of speaking we make.
These are the 20 books recommended books to read this summer in English for A2 level.
2. Have a pencil, notebook and dictionary at hand.
3. Write down all the words we do not know in order to look for them in the dictionary.
4. Carry out a second reading aloud recording us.
5. At the end, listen to the audio to recognize those mistakes of speaking we make.
These are the 20 books recommended books to read this summer in English for A2 level.
1. The Canterville Ghost: There has been a ghost
in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville’s family have had
enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American
family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house and the ghost – because of
course Americans don’t believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great
plans to frighten the life out of the Otis family. But Americans don’t frighten
easily – especially not two noisy little boys – and the poor ghost has a few surprises
waiting for him.
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2. A close shave: When Wallace the inventor meets Wendolene in her wool shop, he
falls in love with her at once. But why does her dog, Preston, hate Wallace’s
dog, Gromit? Then, after Wallace’s new sheep-shaving and pullover-making
machine falls into the wrong hands, things start to go very wrong. Can
Gromit save Wallace from the danger of a ‘close shave’?
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3. Eight great american tales: What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to
find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves look better in the eyes
of those that we love? How can a friend save someone who is sure that they are
going to die? What happens when someone’s clever plans all go wrong? These
sweetly surprising short stories – about both good times and bad – are
sometimes sad, and sometimes funny. But all of them are sure to make you think.
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4. Little lord Fauntleroy: Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in
a little house in New York. They don’t have much money, but mother and son are
good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him.
His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone
in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very
surprising news about Cedric’s grandfather…
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5. Sherlock Holmes Short Stories: Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He
sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He
listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he
knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best
stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street –
visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help
them.
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6. A ghost in love and the other plays:
Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn’t.
He’s a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his
friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But
strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying.
First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl
called Ellen appears . . . The first of these three original plays is set
in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In
each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living
people.
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7. Woman of Mystery: What does the name ‘Agatha Christie’ mean? To many people, it means a
book about a murder mystery – a ‘whodunnit’. ‘I’m reading an Agatha Christie,’
people say. ‘I’m not sure who the murderer is – I think it’s . . .’ But they
are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer’s 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? Was
there a mystery in her life, too?
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8. Remember Miranda: Cathy Wilson
is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is
going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the
children’s father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the
farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn’t meet Miranda, the
children’s mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and
Cathy cannot learn anything about her. Everybody remembers Miranda, but nobody
wants to talk about her . . .
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9. Grace Darling: All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on
to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship,
broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to the dark wet rock,
slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help – only the
wind. How could they save the people on the rock? Was their wooden boat
stronger than the iron ship? Were a man and his daughter stronger than the
great waves that broke the ship in two? The Forfarshire was wrecked off the north-east coast of England in 1838. This is
the true story of Grace Darling – a girl who became a famous heroine on that
stormy night.
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10. Anne of the green gables: Anne
arrives: “We asked for a boy. Were there no
boys at the orphanage?” When Matthew and Marilla decide to adopt a child
to help them at their farm, Green Gables, they specifically ask for a boy. But
when Matthew goes to Bright River Station to collect the child, he gets a
shock. What do Matthew and Marilla decide to do? Do they keep the child? This child is
certainly very different.
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11. Five Canterbury Tales: The year is 1386 and the first flowers of spring are here. A number of
pilgrims are going to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket, and
they all tell stories on the way. Who should be the stronger in a marriage
– the husband or the wife? And what happens when two men fall in love with the
same woman? In these five stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales we
find different answers to these questions from the Knight, the Wife of Bath,
the Clerk of Oxford, the Merchant, and the Franklin.
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12. Ned Kelly: A true story: When he was a boy, he was poor and hungry. When he was a
young man, he was still poor and still hungry. He learnt how to steal horses,
he learnt how to fight, he learnt how to live – outside the law. Australia in
the 1870s was a hard, wild place. Rich people had land, poor people didn’t. So
the rich got richer, and the poor stayed poor. Some say Ned Kelly was a
bad man. Some say he was a good man but the law was bad. This is the true story
of Australia’s most famous outlaw.
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13. Call of the wild: A companion piece of White Fang, The Call of the Wild is the story of
Buck, who starts life as a domestic dog loyal to the ways of man, who is
suddenly stolen sold to gold prospectors and a world that is entirely foreign
to him. In this view – and hard – life, Buck’s natural wild dog’s instincts are
awakened to the call of the wild.
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14. Dead Cold: Detective Flick Laine goes to Pine Crest, a ski resort in Colorado
USA, to investigate the murder of Janine, a 23-year-old student of journalism.
What was the big story Janine was working on before her death?
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15. One-Way Ticket, short stories: Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked
travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and
everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very
friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly
had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about
adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on
trains – and all of them happen here.
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16. Henry VIII and his six wives: There were six of them – three Katherines, two Annes, and a
Jane. One of them was the King’s wife for twenty-four years, another for only a
year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a
dangerous, uncertain life. After the King’s death in 1547, his sixth wife
finds a box of old letters – one from each of the first five wives. They are
sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be
the wife of Henry VIII of England.
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17. Daisy Miller: On the surface, Daisy Miller unfolds a simple story of a young American girl’s willful yet
innocent flirtation with a young Italian, and its unfortunate consequences. But
throughout the narrative, James contrasts American customs and values with
European manners and morals in a tale rich in psychological and social insight.
A vivid portrayal of Americans abroad and a telling encounter between the
values of the Old and New World, Daisy
Miller is an ideal introduction to the work
of one of America’s greatest writers of fiction.
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18. Black Beauty: The much-loved children’s story of a horse, Black Beauty. Black
Beauty begins his life at a loving home. But when his owners have to sell him,
his fortune changes. As Black Beauty moves from home to home and job to job, he
often suffers bad treatment and living conditions. But Black Beauty still
dreams of the happy life he had as a young foal.
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19. Love among the Haystacks: It is hay-making time on the Wookey farm. Two brothers are
building the haystack, but thinking about other things – about young women, and
love. There are angry words, and then a fight between the brothers. But the
work goes on, visitors come and go, and the long hot summer day slowly turns to
evening. Then the sun goes down, covering the world with a carpet of darkness.
From the hedges around the hayfield comes the rich, sweet smell of wild
flowers, and the hay will make a fine, soft bed . . .
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20. The mistery of Allegra: Allegra is an unusual name. It means ‘happy’ in Italian, but the little
girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years old, but she
tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is going to die soon. How does she
know? And who is the other Allegra? The girl in a long white nightdress,
who has golden hair and big blue eyes. The girl who comes only at night, and
whose hands and face are cold, so cold . . .
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