1. Carol’s father dies in an airplane accident.
2. Carol falls into drugs.
3. Carol and her mother went back to England.
4. Carol’s mom gets a job on a private island in Scotland.
5. Carol meets Mr. Ross.

Selecting five events to talk about.

First, Carol’s father dies in an airplane accident. After that Carol falls into drugs. Then, Carol and her mother went back to England. Later Carol’s mom gets a job on a private island in Scotland. Finally Carol meets Mr. Ross.

Writing 5 -line paragraphs to summarize each of the 5 most important events in the story.

1. Carol’s father death:

• Carol’s father was a businessman. One day, he had to went to Australia for a business trip, he stayed there for two weeks. When he had to came back to Hong Kong from Sydney, the plane in that her father was, crashed into the sea just at south of Hong Kong, and everybody that was on that plane died, including Carol’s dad.

1. Carol falls into drugs:

• After Carol’s father dies and when she stop crying, she meet some people that she called “Her new friends”. Her mom didn’t like them. She told Carol that they are bad people. But Carol says that they’re cool and exciting. Carol’s mom was angry, but she didn’t care. One day, Carol learned that her friends took drugs, so she began to take drugs with them.

1.  Carol and her mother went back to England:

• After Carol falls into drugs, she felt unhappy and angry. One day the police came to Carol’s college and arrest some of the students. So Carol had to leave the college. There was bad time. Carol’s mother was unhappy with her, so she decided to move back to England with the hope of find a good college for Carol and a job for Carol’s mom.

1. Carol’s mom gets a job on a private island in Scotland:

• So Carol and her mother moved out to England. They lived for while in a hotel in London. They looked some famous places like Buckingham palace or the Tower of London. They were walking around there and Carol saw into a newspaper that there was an available job as a secretary in a private small island. So Carol’s mom contacted Greta Ross and she get the job as secretary of Mr. Ross.

1. Carol meets Mr. Ross:

• When Carol and her mother arrived to Scotland, Greta Ross introduced Tony, he was the boatman of Mr. Ross. Then, they arrived and meet Mr. & Mrs. Duncan, Tony’s parents. That night, after dinner, Greta Ross told them that Mr. Ross want the see them. So they followed her to Mr. Ross office, then they meet him. He was a young man, about 30 years old. He had a mustache and dark short hair. 

Write a 5-line paragraph predicting what the next chapter will be about taking into account 2 characters (Mr. Ross and  Carol).

In the next chapters, Carol will find there’s a locked room in Mr. Ross’ house. She will  find a key to open the locked door and find Mr. Ross’s secret, so taking that into account, we can also predict that Mr. Ross will tell her his secret and explain what he hides about his past, why he likes extreme privacy, why he lives on an island, how a young man could buy the island and why he lied about himself and about the other people that lives in the island.

About the author: 

John Escott is a writer that has written many books for all ages, especially chrime and mistery thrillers and perhaps he is the most famous crime author of the world. He was born in Somerset, England but now lives in Bournemouth, England.

This drawing represents when John Escott writes books for all ages, but he enjoys specially writing crime and mystery stories.

This drawing represents John Escott writing Aghata Christie, Woman of Mystery for Oxford. Perhaps it was the most famous crime author in the world. 

Favorite Scenes

Write a 5 line clear and cohesive paragraph about your favorite scene.

My favorite scene was when Carol was riding Smoke and she saw someone behind the window of a room that she had never seen before, the reason I liked this scene is because it has an atmosphere of mystery that caught my attention. I felt it was very interesting, curious and a little bit scary that the face from the window, that actually was Mr. Ross was looking directly at Carol.