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For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that moment Elspeth witnessed a murder. Only Miss Marple will believe her story. After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses and no body.

Collins has adapted Agatha Christie's famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner.

One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole and arrives in Wonderland. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches, and the Queen wants to cut off everybody's head!

You're about to receive your A-level results and then a future of university and journalism awaits. But the day they're due to arrive your old girlfriend turns up unexpectedly - with a baby. Your baby. You agree to look after it, just for an hour or two. Then she doesn't come back - and your life...

Why aren't the students at Mangrove High School allowed to study maths or use computers? Who are the strange Wardens who watch over them all the time? And is someone listening in on their thoughts, when they are sent to The Room? Finn and Ellie both know that something isn't right in their world....

Emma Woodhouse, beautiful, clever and rich, has no wish to marry, but she enjoys making matches for those around her. It was Emma who found the perfect husband for her governess Miss Taylor. So when her dear friend Mr Knightley tells her that she should let people choose their own husbands and wi...

Jamal needs some extra money. He wants to get a job in the computer shop. Developed for teenagers and young adults who are learning to read, or who are learning English as a second language, these short stories follow Jamal as he settles into his new life in the UK and prepares for his future.