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Works by John Escott

Dead Man's Island [Oxford Bookworms] (1991) 189 copies, 82 reviews
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery [Oxford Bookworms] (1991) — Author — 173 copies, 62 reviews
Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood [Oxford Bookworms] (1997) 149 copies, 75 reviews
Treasure Island [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] (1991) — Author — 119 copies, 7 reviews
The Missing Coins (PENG) (1992) 89 copies, 34 reviews
Robin Hood [Oxford Bookworms] (1991) 87 copies, 3 reviews
Little Women [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] (2000) — Adapted by — 86 copies, 8 reviews
New York [Oxford Bookworms] (1996) 85 copies, 2 reviews
Girl on a Motorcyle [Oxford Bookworms] (1999) 84 copies, 2 reviews
American Crime Stories [Oxford Bookworms] (1997) 78 copies, 1 review
One Thousand Dollars and Other Plays [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] (2001) — Author — 76 copies, 58 reviews
Heidi (Penguin Readers) (2000) — Retold by — 76 copies, 27 reviews
The Railway Children [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] (1993) — Author — 71 copies, 21 reviews
Matilda (1999) — Retold by — 68 copies, 9 reviews
Black Beauty (Oxford Bookworms Library) (1995) 65 copies, 3 reviews
The Scarlet Letter (Oxford Bookworms Library) (2002) — Author — 61 copies, 5 reviews
Lucky Break (Penguin Readers, Easystarts) (1990) 54 copies, 2 reviews
Star Reporter [Oxford Bookworms] (2000) 52 copies, 4 reviews
England [Oxford Bookworms] (2001) 52 copies, 3 reviews
Newspaper Boy (Macmillan Reader) (1979) 50 copies, 11 reviews
The Crown of Violet [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] (1997) — Author — 48 copies, 11 reviews
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (adapted ∙ Penguin Readers Level 3) (2000) — Retold by — 46 copies, 2 reviews
Picture Puzzle (2003) 44 copies, 20 reviews
L Is for Lawless (Macmillan Readers) (2005) 43 copies, 1 review
The Big Bag Mistake (2002) 43 copies, 3 reviews
William Tell and Other Stories [Dominoes] (2002) 38 copies, 1 review
London [Oxford Bookworms] (1996) 38 copies, 2 reviews
The Climb (Longman Originals) (1992) 38 copies, 4 reviews
Great Crimes [Oxford Bookworms] (1999) 35 copies, 1 review
Kidnapped (Adapted ∙ Penguin Readers) (2000) — Adapter — 34 copies, 3 reviews
Kidnap! [Dominoes] (2005) 33 copies, 4 reviews
The Wild West [Dominoes] (2002) 28 copies
B is for Burglar: Intermediate (Macmillan Readers) (2002) — Adapter — 27 copies
The Big Bag Mistake (2008) 25 copies
Johnny English (2003) — Author — 24 copies, 9 reviews
The Little Red Hen (2003) 24 copies, 1 review
Sherlock Holmes - Two Plays [Oxford Bookworms] (1999) — Author — 24 copies
A Is for Alibi: Intermediate (Macmillan Readers) (2005) — Adapter — 22 copies
The Big Story (Dominoes) (2006) 20 copies
A Pretty Face [Dominoes] (2002) 17 copies, 1 review
Shake Hand's Forever Pack [Adaption by John Escott] (2009) — Adapter — 17 copies
Blackbeard (Dominoes) (2008) 16 copies
Live and Let Die [Retold by John Escott] (2010) 14 copies, 1 review
Far From The Madding Crowd (adapted ∙ Macmillan readers) (2007) — Adapter — 13 copies, 2 reviews
Ghost House (2001) 11 copies, 1 review
Time for a Robbery (Hotshot Puzzles) (1994) 8 copies, 1 review
A New Lease of Death [retold by John Escott] (2012) — Adapter — 6 copies
The climb (2016) 3 copies
Oscar (Richmond Readers) (1999) 3 copies
The Climb 2 copies
The young reporters (1975) 2 copies
Olympics (Impact) (1999) 2 copies
Postman Pat Annual 1994 (1993) 2 copies
Star for a day (1998) 2 copies
The Silver Sword (1600) 1 copy
The Odyssey 1 copy
Sister Love 1 copy
Forrest Gump (1998) 1 copy
American Crime Sories (2018) 1 copy
The big story (2009) 1 copy
The Climb (2013) 1 copy

Associated Works

Little Women (1868) — some editions — 33,298 copies, 473 reviews
The Day of the Jackal (1971) — some editions — 6,016 copies, 108 reviews
A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) — Editor, some editions — 4,436 copies, 117 reviews
Forrest Gump (1986) — Narrator, some editions — 2,912 copies, 67 reviews
The Breathing Method [Penguin Readers] (1997) — Editor — 159 copies, 5 reviews

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Occupations
children's book author
crime writer
Nationality
UK
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679 reviews
This book's story is very comical. Although I read this book at liblary, I couldn’t stand to be quiet. I burst out laughing in spite of myself. But I will be embarrassed if there is actually a person like him.
An early (1907) example of eco-horror telling the tale of a mysterious natural life form in the South Pacific which has the ability to absorb all life around it including any human beings who come into contact with it.

Hope Hodgson tells a fine tale here set in the sea-going environment that so often inspired him. It should also be regarded as science fiction. There is nothing supernatural at the cause of the distress of the couple who come alongside the narrator's ship.
Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis had kind parents and anything they wanted.
But one day their father goes anywhere and three children and their mather leave from London to the country. Then their new life starts near the railway station!
Children anre brave and rash. Adults cna't act like them. Although children sometimes make people angry, children's actions help many people and make them happy.
I like Bobbie the best of three children because she is wise. I'm also a oldest sister, but I couldn't act show more like her. So I respect her. This is very fun and hot story. I think children are very kind and people around them are also very kind.
But I want to know their later life.
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½
Hester Prynne has a child but the child isn't her husband's.
That's why she must wear the scarlet letter'A',a mark of her sin.
By the way,who is the father of her child?

It was difficult for me to understand the religion.
However,it was also interesting for me that this book expressed humans' minds well.
I'll try to read it again.
½

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Rating
3.9
Reviews
679
ISBNs
385
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