GCSE English Set Texts

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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

The endearing character of Bruno, is just a nine-year-old boy, who knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to all of the appalling cruelties which are being afflicted on the people of Europe. By his Country. And all ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 228
  • MBE Code : 110
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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Set in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 270
  • MBE Code : 460
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The Crucible

The Crucible

Arthur Miller has created a classic storyline of a building hysteria, which extracts a frightening parallel between the Salem Witch-Hunt of 1692 and the American anti-communist purges, which were led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s.Described to be ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 144
  • MBE Code : 175
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time

Christopher is a 15-year-old boy who lives in Swindon, just him and his father. He has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of Autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but he finds it hard to understand other people. However, ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 288
  • MBE Code : 122
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time - The Play, Critical Scripts

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time – The Play, Critical Scripts

This schools' edition of Mark Haddon's multi-award-winning novel adapted for the stage of the National Theatre by Simon Stephens is perfect for Key Stages 3 and 4. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 160
  • MBE Code : 247
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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 177
  • MBE Code : 151
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The Handmaids Tale

The Handmaids Tale

Offred, Fred Waterford being her assigned name, where Offred means “Of Fred”, due to herself only having one function… To breed. She is a Handmaid, living the Republican of Gilead, which is a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly...
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  • Number Of Pages : 324
  • MBE Code : 232
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The History Boys

The History Boys

The History Boys is based around an unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form students who are in pursuit of only three topics in mind, sex, sport and a place at either Oxford or Cambridge University. And, also following their several teachers, one...
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  • Number Of Pages : 144
  • MBE Code : 166
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles

The Hound Of The Baskervilles

The Hound Of The Baskervilles concludes the storyline of Sir Charles Baskerville who is found dead along the wild Devon Moor with only the footprints of a giant dog present that's nearby, where ultimately everyone blames the phantom hound that has ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 240
  • MBE Code : 187
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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Revolving around the sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her own district. In the Annual Hunger Games. Which concludes with a fight to the death on live television. But this isn’t ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 436
  • MBE Code : 123
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The Picture Of Dorian Gray

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Imagine what it is like to be so beautiful that you can charm anyone and get anyway with anything? Well, Dorian Gray discovers that the power of his good looks affects everyone in this way, whether they be female or male, it happens to anyone who ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 272
  • MBE Code : 229
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The Prince Of Mist

The Prince Of Mist

The year is 1943 and as the war sweeps across Europe. Max Carver's father moves his family away from the city to an old wooden house on the coast. But as soon as they arrive, strange things begin to happen… Max discovers a garden filled with eerie ...
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  • Number Of Pages : 240
  • MBE Code : 206
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The Sign Of Four

The Sign Of Four

This Scholastic classic edition of The Sign Of Four features Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous detective. Perfect for teaching students, broadening their capabilities and certainly enjoyable for Sherlock enthusiasts alike. When Sherlock Holmes is...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 166
  • MBE Code : 296
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The Sign Of Four

The Sign Of Four – Annotation Edition

This annotation edition featuring Conan Doyle’s famous detective is perfect for students and Sherlock enthusiasts alike. Scholastic Annotation Editions come with extra-wide margins and double-spaced lines, they are perfect for your annotations. ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 256
  • MBE Code : 577
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Dr Jekyll Annotation

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde – Annotation Edition

This annotation edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's account of man's capacity for evil is as powerful today as it was on first publication in 1886. Scholastic Annotation Editions come with extra-wide margins and double-spaced lines, they are perfect ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 156
  • MBE Code : 531
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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

A classic tale of good versus evil - acted out through one man. Two conflicting characters, ultimately from one complete conscious/unconscious mind. You can enthrall your class with a classic. Our set texts come with fitted jackets and you can order ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 272
  • MBE Code : 104
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The Woman In Black

The Woman In Black

Author Kipps is a junior solicitor, who is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of the Eel Marsh House.This house stands towards the end of a causeway, that is wreathed in multitudes of fog and mystery… But it is...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 200
  • MBE Code : 118
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To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

Lawyer Atticus Finch gives his advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel, where a black man was charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 320
  • MBE Code : 124
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Trash

Trash

Raphael lives on a dumpsite, eking out a living sifting through rubbish. One unlucky-lucky day, he makes an extraordinary and deadly discovery. Now he and his two friends, Gardo and Rat, are wanted by the corrupt forces that run the city and will ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 224
  • MBE Code : 149
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Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins is the son of the innkeepers of the Admiral Benbow near Devon and becomes fascinated by a mysterious lodger, the old seaman Billy Bones. It soon becomes apparent to Jim that Billy Bones is in hiding from a man with one wooden leg and he ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 288
  • MBE Code : 140
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Wonder

Wonder

Selling over 5 million copies worldwide, Wonder is an admired children's novel published by the well-known author R. J. Palacio. So, why not experience this read with your school, with the enjoyment of next day delivery, here at MBE Books. Auggie,...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 314
  • MBE Code : 112
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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

The heartbreaking story of Wuthering Heights includes the tumultuous and passionate relationship between the gypsy foundling characters, Heathcliff and the wealthy, Catherine Earnshaw. However, despite her love for Heathcliff, Catherine marries the ...
  • Book Cover : Paperback
  • Number Of Pages : 400
  • MBE Code : 207
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