TY - BOOK AU - Wells,H.G. AU - Maule,David TI - The war of the worlds T2 - Penguin readers. Level 5 SN - 1405806389 AV - PR5774 .W3 2005 U1 - 428.6 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Harlow PB - Pearson KW - Martians KW - Fiction KW - Readers KW - Science fiction N1 - Before the war -- The falling star -- The cylinder opens -- Mars attacks -- Running away -- The death of towns -- In London -- The black smoke -- Escape -- The "Thunder Child" -- Earth under the Martians -- In the ruined house -- The man on Putney Hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage N2 - This story is one of the most famous and frightening science fiction stories ever written. When a strange object falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But then strange creatures climb out and start killing people. Before long, the land is being attacked by huge fighting machines and nobody is safe. From p. 4 of cover ER -