Garnet Oracle Readers 1: Watcher, The (A1)

Description: Sometimes people come to these halls. They are not the god’s people. They look for gold, only gold … Nobody can take the god’s gold, or look at the gold face of the god … and live. We are his Watchers.

Jim and Stella are on holiday on the island of Crete. They go into the caves with their Greek friend, Nikos. The Watchers are waiting there …

Level 1 400 headwords

Story word count: 2,726 words


The Garnet Oracle Readers currently comprising 16 titles across four stages from beginner to pre-intermediate
The series is carefully graded, lexically and structurally,
to encourage children and young adults to read for pleasure and at speed.
Ther stories are all, first and foremost, just that - stories,
from ELT authors well known for their ability to craft original and engaging narratives to entertain and educate.

Each reader contains
striking and contemporary full-colour illustrations and photos,
resource pages of well-scaffolded exercises,
and an easy-to-use glossary.

Titles in Levels 1 and 2 are 32 pages each, while titles in Levels 3 and 4 are 40 pages each.
Each reader is available with or without an audio CD.