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Taylor, Nancy, 1947-

L.A. confidential / James Ellroy ; abridged and retold by Nancy Taylor. - iv, 107 pages ; 20 cm. - Penguin readers. Level 5 . - Penguin readers. Level 5. .

Penguin Level Five, Upper intermediate, 2300 words. Abridged edition.

El Serrano Motel -- Bloody Christmas -- The nite owl murders -- The nite owl investigation -- Vincennes' connections -- Quick justice -- New job -- Bud White's case -- Return to the nite owl -- Painful truths -- The Pierce Patchett connection -- The real criminal -- All in the family -- The nite owl : case closed -- Absolute justice?. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. ch. 15.

Reading level: 5 [blue].


ESL 112.

ISBN: 0582364736 9780582364738

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Readers for new literates
Police--California--Los Angeles--Fiction
High interest-low vocabulary books

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Readers (Publications)
High interest-low vocabulary books
Adaptations
Mystery fiction
Gangster fiction
Detective and mystery fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3555.L6274 / L18 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 428.6