The Book Next Door

Charlie’s in Australia, studying English, but English is so hard. He just wants to have fun, not to study all day! Then he sees a notice: INSTANT ENGLISH! VOLUNTEER NEEDED.

Instant English? It all sounds so easy.

Soon Charlie is part of an experiment—but experiments can go wrong…

Light-hearted intermediate EAL fiction with plenty of opportunities for discussion! There are book club questions at the end of each chapter, making it perfect for a reading group.

This book club reader is available in photocopiable pdf format on Payhip, and also as a library paperback.

Download sample chapters from the Payhip page.

An earlier version of the text-only e-book (with a different cover) is still available on Amazon etc, and is also available on Overdrive, if you'd like to borrow it from your local library.

Here are some end-of-book Book Club questions:

The English Chip Book Club Questions

His name is Josh – or is that Ben? When you make fake passports and ID cards for a living, you need a few different names, right?

Ben doesn’t like people much, and he certainly doesn’t believe in kindness. Then he has an accident, gets a blood transfusion – and things begin to change.

Ben starts to feel kind, but that creates big problems in his life…

This intermediate level reader has Book Club questions at the end of each chapter, with plenty to discuss! Perfect for a discussion group or library EAL Book Club. It is available in photocopiable pdf format on the Payhip page, and also as a library paperback.

Download sample chapters from the Payhip page...

An earlier text-only version of the story is still available (with a different cover) as an e-book on Amazon etc.

Some additional questions for discussion at the end of the book:

Blood Kind Book Club Questions

Twenty-year old Ellen Clacy and her brother travelled from England to the Australian goldfields at the start of the ‘gold rush’ in 1852, when thousands of people from around the world were arriving at the gold ‘diggings’, hoping to make their fortunes.

This is a (relatively!) short, Easy-Read adaptation of Ellen Clacy’s best-selling book about her Australian adventures.

It has Book Club questions after each chapter, making it perfect for a discussion group or reading club at upper intermediate level (EAL 4). This book club version of the book is available in photocopiable pdf format or  as a library paperback.

Download sample pages from the Payhip page...

An earlier text-only e-book version (with a different cover) is available on Amazon etc, and is now available on Overdrive, if you'd like to borrow it from your local library.