It’s the summer holidays and Lizzie can’t wait to go to the beach in Blackpool with her friends. Instead, she has to spend her summer in the countryside with a strange woman she doesn’t know and a mysterious boy. It’s the summer holidays and Lizzie is excited about going to the beach with her friends. But her parents have other plans for her and she has to spend the summer in the countryside with a woman she doesn’t even know. Lizzie is very angry and sad but then she meets a strange boy called Jack. Who is this mysterious boy and how does he change Lizzie? Syllabus Vocabulary areas Family – Friendship – Emotions – Mystery Verbs Positive and Negative Imperative Forms – Present Simple and Present Continuous (also for future reference) – Past Simple and Past Continuous – Present Perfect Simple – Future with going to and will – Can, Could, have to, need, would like – Want someone to do something – Common phrasal verbs – Passive Forms – Present and Past Simple In this Reader you will find: A section focusing on Blackpool | Asection focusing on Strange Stories | A glossary of difficult words | Comprehension activities | An exit test Tags Friendship | Family | Emotions | Mystery