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.

On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceberg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night. In the beautiful first-class rooms rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting new life is waiting for them in America. But for many of the people in this small city on the sea, this is their last night alive...

CEFR level: A1/A2
Word count: 5,600

Tim Vicary

Tim Vicary is an experienced teacher and writer, and has written several stories for the Oxford Bookworms Library.

Most of the stories are in the Thriller & Adventure series, including White Death (at stage 1), and Skyjack! (at Stage 3). Others are in the True Stories series, such as The Coldest Place on Earth (stage 1), which tells the story of Scott and Amundsen's race to the South Pole. Another of his titles in the True Stories series is The Elephant Man (also at Stage 1), which is about a sad, lonely man who is rescued by a doctor.

Tim Vicary has two children, and keeps dogs, cats, and horses. He lives and works in York, in the north of England, and has published two long novels, The Blood upon the Rose and Cat and Mouse.