Roberta, Peter and Phyllis live happily in London with their parents. Then one day, their father goes away and they have to go and live in the country near a railway line. Where is their father and why did he go away? Can they help him to come home?
Level 4 English'She was one of the Doones who had killed my father. But her voice touched my heart and I could not hate her.' In 1673 young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again, and fall in love. But the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. Then John is ordered to go to London. The government wants him to help stop a rebellion against the King. They also want him to help destroy the Doones. But can John save Lorna?