Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: King's Ransom audio CD pack (Oxford Bookworms ELT) - Softcover

McBain, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0194793400 ISBN 13: 9780194793407

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.

'Calling all cars, calling all cars. Here's the story on the Smoke Rise kidnapping. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. His name is Jeffry Reynolds, son of Charles Reynolds, chauffeur to Douglas King.' The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it's not too much to pay for a little boy's life... is it?

CEFR B2
Word count 24,330

About this title

Synopsis:

'Calling all cars, calling all cars. Here's the story on the Smoke Rise kidnapping. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. His name is Jeffry Reynolds, son of Charles Reynolds, chauffeur to Douglas King.' The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it's not too much to pay for a little boy's life ...is it?

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0194793400
• ISBN 13: 9780194793407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 99