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'What distinguishes this series from others is the zest and freshness of the text.' David R. Hill, ELT Journal

Jojo's Story 'This is one of the most important books of all time. It belongs in every English, reading, and literature class in the world – indefinitely.' Carl Slaughter, ESL Book Review

'Something for everyone ... this series is well worth investing in.' IATEFL Issues

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Two Lives 'Till now, I thought it was romantic and hypnotic, like many others that I have read in Spanish, I just loved it and I hope the other ones to be like this.' Tamesi, El Salvador

Tales of the Supernatural 'It has many exciting stories that can make me afraid and think... I can't put it down until I finished it.' Monica, Indonesia

Jojo's Story 'It deals with such a horrific but real subject; wars. While the war is observed through a young boy, all the sufferings from it speaks loud to all adults.' Sook-Ja Hansen, Korea

High Life, Low Life 'At first, I thought that this book simply described the relation between the rich and the poor. But, after reading, I feel the greatest love of mother and think my mother. Mother is great!' John K, Korea

Different Worlds 'Because I get to feel inocent love without special aim by reading this book. And the love between normal man and unnormal woman is realistically hard to come true. While reading the book, I worry about deaf woman because of being abandoned from the man. but happy ending stop me from my worry.' Susan, Korea

Two Lives 'I was very touched and moved. Usually I like happy-ending story like this. Puppy love is hard to reach a marriage owing to complicated reasons. After long times, the people who love each other ardently meet again. That's so wonderful. Though times passed a lot, there're still have time to enjoy a better life together. It gives me romantic and thoughtful truth on lives.' Sunny, Korea

Next Door to Love 'Even though I have never read English novels before, I read it funny, 'Next Door To Love'. There was many things such as the love, the truth and the friendship, which is similer to Korea.' Kyoung Im An, Korea

Murder Maker 'This is on the perfect crime. A women named Carla, lost her husband to another younger women and meet the three women in same situation and become a murder who killed the three women's husband perfectly. I read it at a breath, because it was very thrilling and made strongly. I wish Carla can find her new life.' Jang Yun Suk, Korea

The Man from Nowhere 'This book gave me deep impression for family. I simply introduce the story. One day, Bardis and son were going home from holiday in Bombay. He was flying north along the coast. And then, his fly was drop down in the desert. There was nothing. So he tried to find help. He left there and he was found. But he was very weak. So he was deeply slept, coma. A few days later, he awake and described his family's sitution. After, his wife and son was safely found. The boy is very smart, I think.' Jinoo Oh, Korea

Different Worlds 'I am impressed favorably this book and I still remenber "Fish always live in the water, Fish don't know things, the water makes things look different.' Logan Ko, Korea

Three Tomorrows 'This story gave me imagine what will happen in the near and far our future, So I was excited.' Tina, Korea

Help! 'This book story was interesting. I was excited throughout reading. Everyone might have had this kind of dream' James, Korea

Just Like a Movie 'First, I read this book for extensive reading but the book helped me to speaking and listening, especially the story was also instructive' Robin, Korea

A Puzzle for Logan 'This book is exciting for me. While I read the book, I concentrate on how to develop. And also I rememmbered it when I visited in Edinburgh.' Kim Hwang Lyong, Korea

Different Worlds 'This book is one of the best books. I read the book impressively. The story is about Sam and Jim who felt in love together. I absolutely like the book because it is a story which describs a beautiful love. My learning English is not easy. This book gave me a lot of help. The book taught me how to read. I've become more interested in reading in English than before and so I can read it faster than before. I love it.' Linda, Korea