The document provides summaries of several books at an intermediate English level. It summarizes the plots of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about a boy and runaway slave traveling on a river, Love Story about a romance between two students from different backgrounds, and Frankenstein about a scientist who creates a monster. It also briefly outlines Romeo and Juliet about two feuding families in Verona, The Horse Whisperer about an injured teenager and her horse, and The Time Machine about time travel.

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2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn, a boy who is against the injustice of the world, escapes his difficult life dominated by a selfish father. He goes into a boat on the Mississippi River with Jim, a slave on the run but whose goal is to avoid being sold. Together, the two great friends begin a journey of great adventure . Mark Twain Penguin Readers 3 Pre-Intermediate Ana Catarina, No.1 , 9 th A , 12/03/09

3. Love Story Erich Segal Oxford Bookworms Stage 3 Love Story is a romance between Oliver Barrett and Jennifer Cavilleri. He’s clever, rich, good with girls and plays hockey at Harvard University. She’s poor, beautiful, plays music, she's from Radcliff University and thinks big Harvard sportsmen are stupid. They meet, argue, fight and fall in love. Oliver loves Jennifer but his father is against their love, so he refuses money from him. They get married, work hard to support a home, enjoy life and make plans for the future, but then they find out that they don't have much time left. Inês Afonso No.15 9 th B 14th April 2009

4. Frankenstein The story talks about a man, called Frankenstein. Dr Frankenstein creates a monster and he asks Frankenstein to create a woman for him, but Frankenstein doesn’t do that… What will the monster do? Mary Shelley Level 3 Express Publishing Valériya Zaruba – No.27 – 7thB – March 2009

5. Romeo and Juliet The story has the city of Verona as a background. Two powerful families are mortal enemies: the Montecchio family and the Capulets. They live in constant conflicts which disturb the order and the peace of the city. Such events cause the anger of the Prince who determines severe punishments to the ones involved in the conflicts: they would be punished with death. Romeo, a young Montecchio, is enchanted by a young and beautiful woman that he discovers to be Juliet Capulet. They fall in love and something really terrible happens. William Shakespeare Penguin Readers Level 3 Carla Tavares, No.5 9th A March 2009

6. The Horse Whisperer Penguin Readers NICHOLAS EVANS Level: 3 – Pre-Intermediate In one cold winter morning, Grace and Judith, two teenagers go on a horse back ride and they have an accident. Grace and Pilgrim, her horse, get badly hurt and they want to sacrifice him, but Grace’s mom, a famous fashion editor, doesn’t accept so she drives Pilgrim and her daughter to a horse specialist hoping that he can get better. Meanwhile Grace’s mother falls in love with the specialist Will Grace’s much-loving horse survive? Tasha Almeida 9th A NO.22

7. “ Time in the tower” The book that I read is interesting. It is useful for those who want to learn more about the culture of London. Catarina Aleixo Level 3 Mariana Soares No. 20 7th A March 2009

8. The Return of Sherlock Holmes The six Napoleons Mara Cuevas No.16 9thA 12/3/2009 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Longman Dectective Holmes arrived to the office when I got a new case. I thought about givng it to inspector Lestrade because it was an easy one and Dectective Holmes doesn’t like that kind of cases. For my surprise he wanted to solve the little case. At the same time Mr Lestrarde showed up and offered to help us. A man apears dead with a broken bust of Napoleon by his side. Who killed him? Why? Can detective Holmes find out who did it and solve this fantastic case? Level 3

9. The Time Machine Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley Express Publishing Level 3 Inês Garcez, No. 14, 7th A March 2009

10. The Young King… Title : The Young King Author : Oscar Wilde Editor/Publisher : Penguin Readers English Level : 3 Pre-Intermediate Summary : It was the night before the coronation, and the young king was sitting alone in his beautiful bedroom. Soon he fell asleep and as he slept he dreamed a dream, and then another, and still another one. These dreams filled him with terror, so the next morning when it came time to put on his robe of gold, the crown and the sceptre, he ... Read to find out more! Ruben, No. 20 9th A – March 2009