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In 2353, Tom Corbett, a cadet at the Space Academy, shows off his ship, the Polaris, with his fellow cadets Roger and Astro, at a great exhibition on Venus. One night, two men dig a tunnel under the exhibition and steal the plans for a key that opens the safes of every ship. Now space pirates, they help the dangerous outlaw Bull Coxine to escape. To stop them, Tom disguises himself as a prisoner and goes aboard their ship. So begins a chase across the solar system. Fast and clear, this science fiction novel for young readers is easy to read in the language you are learning.

In 2430, Earth, Venus and Mars are linked by travel and messages. One May evening, the leaders of all three worlds are assassinated almost at the same moment. Jac Hallen, a young New York reporter, and his friend the scientist Brende receive a warning from Venus: “Beware of Tarrano!” Tarrano, once a minor officer, wants to rule all three worlds. He also wants Elza, the scientist's daughter, whom Jac secretly loves. An adventure of love and battle, in a future full of inventions: moving pavements, flying cars, news screens. Fast-paced from start to finish, the novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

In the near future, huge airliners link Plymouth and New York in thirty hours. Sir John Custance, head of the British air police, has just become engaged to Connie Shepherd, an actress all London adores. But pirates with silent engines are plundering planes over the Atlantic, and they kidnap Connie. Unrecognisable in disguise, Sir John follows their trail all the way to Cornwall. Written in 1919, this adventure novel already imagined a sky full of airliners. Told by Sir John himself, at a fast pace, the novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

This collection brings together thirteen stories by the Irish-American writer Donn Byrne. In the title story, a former Broadway dancer is tried in New York for a murder committed ten years earlier. The policeman who brought her back from the South Seas tells the court how a shipwreck changed her. The other stories travel from Ireland to the Andes, from the streets of New York to the biblical times of Delilah and the Queen of Sheba: each story opens a different world. Lively and moving, they can be read one by one, at your own pace, in the language you are learning.

In Kentucky in 1925, sixteen-year-old Ellen Gaddy works on the family farm. Her father, a stern man, pins all his hopes on her younger sister, who studies the piano. Ellen falls for a young farmhand, who takes advantage of her and then disappears. Pregnant, she hides her secret and leaves the farm. We follow her for a dozen years, through the Great Depression, to the rhythm of the seasons, the animals and folk songs: a sensitive and unvarnished portrait of country life. Written in a simple, direct style, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.