ESL Resources: Books

"I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully . . . It was a footprint--the footprint of a man!" In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend--or an enemy?

Lizzy Elliot has a good life, or so she thinks: a successful career, a loving fiance, and a caring (if overbearing) mother. Then a letter arrives from her beloved Aunt Bea which threatens to turn her whole world upside down. To everyone's surprise, Lizzy decides to give up everything and embark on a new adventure - and is forced to make big decisions about the life she wants for herself.

Sally is fighting desperately to stop big businesses from taking over her hairdressing salon and the little town of Richmond. Things get even more complicated when a handsome stranger called Danny Dark walks into her life. Can Sally save her town...and protect her heart?

Charles "Chuck" Kingston is studying business so he can take over his father's company. But his father doesn't know that Chuck's real love is free running. When things start to go wrong, Chuck learns he can't run from his problems forever.

Fleur Duval is the prettiest and most popular girl in school, and she gets anything-and any guy-she wants. But when she breaks the heart of poor Bobby Harris, his friends Ash and Dwayne decide that it's payback time. But is it Ash's turn to have his heart broken?

Ash risks everything to open up a café with his friend Chris. But things don't go as planned, and Ash finds out that giving everything isn't always enough...

Cameron's friend Hilary seems to have the perfect life -- she's beautiful, she's rich, and she's smart. But one day, Hilary does something that makes Cameron wonder if she knows her friend at all...

'The first killing went well. Perfectly, in fact. Though I always knew it would. I had planned it well. Arrangements, organisation - these are things I'm good at. Now I've discovered I'm good at killing too.' The police are in a race against time to catch the murderer before he kills again. And again ...

Rarotonga, in the beautiful Pacific Cook Islands, is the setting for a daring robbery. When master-thief Wolfgang Peters arrives on the island, Inspector Janet Hunter of the New Zealand Police is waiting for him. Will Peters manage to escape justice once again, or will Hunter and the Rarotongan police catch him?

Jack Garcia is not the best student, but he's very good with computers. So good, in fact, that he's able to hack into the Brenton College computer system. He soon finds out he can change his grades without anyone knowing. But will he? And what will happen

As captain of the college taekwondo team, Dwayne always wants to be the best. But when he loses to Minho Kim, the new boy from Korea, Dwayne has to learn what it really means to be a fighter.