Wa Ying College 2007 HKCEE English Language Recommended Texts For ...
Wa Ying College
2007 HKCEE English Language
Recommended texts for the School-based Assessment Component (A)
I.
Print Fiction
1. Dracula*
by Bram Stoker (Macmillan Readers Intermediate Level)
2. A Pair of Ghostly Hands and Other Stories* (Oxford Bookworm Stage 3)
3. Striker*
by Peter & Karen Viney (Penguin Readers Level 3)
4. The Speckled Band and Other Stories*
by A. Conan Doyle (Macmillan Readers
Intermediate Level)
5. The Spiderwick Chronicles: Book 1, The Field Guide** by Tony DiTerlizzi (Illustrator) &
Holly Black (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers)
6. A Christmas Carol* by Charles Dickens (Oxford Bookworm Stage 3)
7. Gladiator** by Peter Gram (Penguin Readers Level 4)
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four**
by George Orwell (Penguin Readers Level 4)
9. The Royal Park Murder** by Alanna Knight (Contemporary Books Thumbprint Mysteries)
10. Martin’s Mice**
by Dick King-Smith (Dell Publishing)
11. The Witches**
by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator) (Puffin Books)
12. Daddy-Long-Legs***
by Jean Webster (Puffin Books)
II. Print Non-Fiction
1. The Ring of Bright Water* by Gavin Maxwell (Penguin Readers Level 3)
2. Stories of Courage* by Clare Swain (Penguin Readers Level 3)
3. Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind*
by Margaret Davidson
(Scholastic Paperbacks)
4. Princess Diana*
by Cherry Gilchrist (Penguin Readers Level 3)
5. Women in Business**
by David Evans (Penguin Readers Level 4)
6. Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius* by Elizabeth MacLeod (Kids Can Press)
7. Free at Last: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.*
by Angela Bull (Penguin D K
Readers Level 4)
8. Boys: Tales of Childhood** by Roald Dahl (Puffin Books)
*indicates relative level of difficulty, with * being the least difficult while *** being the most difficult
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