Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2).
Each reader includes:
A CD with a reading of the adapted story
Helpful notes on characters
Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot
A glossary of the more difficult words
Hercule Poirot is travelling from France to England by plane. During the journey a passenger is murdered.
Someone on the flight is guilty of the crime but who could have a motive for killing an elderly lady? And how is it possible that no one saw it happen?
Critical Praise
As a teacher using the Amazing People ELT Readers in an Extensive Reading Project, Im as happy as my students are: motivating topics/real people, interesting facts and a great alternative to Graded Reader fiction. Having said that, the same class is also reading books from the Agatha Christie series, and enjoying them very much. Their Reading Diaries are full of questions, speculation about who-dunnit and comments about unputdownability. The buzz in the classroom when were swopping books is tangible.
Hania Bociek, Zürich, Switzerland