Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio. Ellen Shore`s family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born.

Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. And whenthey are adults, Al still comes first. He begins a rock band and makes records. Soon he is rich and famous - very rich, but he gives nothing to his sister Ellen.

She has a difficult life, with three young kids and very little money. And she learns to hate her rich, famous, unkind brother... CEFR A2/B1Wordcount 6,180