Macmillan Red Readers Intermediate Level

Bristol Murder is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Philip Prowse. Peter, a lorry driver, gives a lift to a 16-year-old hitch-hiker called John, who has run away from home after a violent row with his uncle. The…

Emma is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Jane Austen. One of Austen’s finest works, Emma is the story of a wealthy girl whose favourite hobby is matchmaking. With Emma so busy trying to be a matchmaker amongst her…

The Enchanted April is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Elizabeth von Arnim. A delightful and romantic story set in 1922. Unhappy in rain-soaked London, four very different women answer an advertisement to rent a…

Meet Me in Istanbul is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Richard Chisholm. An adventure thriller set in Turkey. Tom Smith flies to Istanbul to join his fiancée for a holiday, but Angela fails to meet him that…

The Norwood Builder and Other Stories is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Another classic collection of short intriguing stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr…

Oliver Twist is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Charles Dickens. This is a classic story and one of Dickens’s most famous novels about the trials of a poor young orphan boy called Oliver Twist. Explaining how he…

The Queen of Death is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by John Milne. This is a detective story about a missing archaeologist and his knowledge of the secret tomb of Queen Axarte. Chief detective Salahadin is on the…

The Red and the Black is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Stendhal. The story is about a young man, Juilen Sorel, who is torn apart by the two sides to his personality, the ‘red’ and the ‘black’. Having love…

Ring of Thieves is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Richard Prescott. A mystery story with many twists and turns set between the English Midlands and Amsterdam. A boy suffers amnesia after being attacked and robbed…

Sense and Sensibility is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Jane Austen. After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must move to a small cottage.…

The Sign of Four is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is on another classic detective adventure which this time sees him trying to help Mary Morstan find the truth about her…

The Space Invader is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Geoffrey Matthews. In this story, set sometime in the future, Varon, an intergalactic pirate, manages to steal one of the most valuable items in the universe.…

The Speckled Band and Other Stories is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book consists of three short stories as Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson, investigate the cases of…

The Woman Who Disappeared is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Philip Prowse. A beautiful blonde woman hires Lenny Samuel to find her missing sister. Before long Lenny has to deal with gunmen, dead bodies, weary…

Wuthering Heights is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Emily Brontë. One of the best loved tales in English Literature, Wuthering Heights is set in the harsh Yorkshire Moors and tells the passionate and violent…