In a future where people no longer grow old, every new life must be balanced by a death. When Edward Wehling’s wife gives birth to triplets, he faces an impossible problem: only one baby can live unless three people agree to die...

The story follows a boy named Øyvind, who grows up in a poor rural area. As a child, he is cheerful and kind, and people call him “the happy boy.” He works hard and goes to school, where he becomes a good student. Over time, he also develops feelings for a girl named Marit, but their relationship is not easy because of social differences and family expectations. As Øyvind grows older, he faces challenges that test his character...

A one-way rocket trip to Heaven sounds too good to be true. A group of elderly women spends all their savings on a journey that promises they will meet God. But as the day of the launch gets closer, they begin to wonder who is really behind the trip, and whether they can trust him...

After a mysterious dark star pulls Earth away from the Sun, the planet becomes a frozen world of darkness. A boy lives with his parents and sister inside a small shelter called the Nest. They have long believed that they may be the last people alive. Then the boy notices a strange light moving through a nearby building, and soon the family hears something coming closer through the frozen city. Could someone else have survived?

After his spaceship crashes on a lonely planet, Leonard Sale is happy to find fresh air, food, and a working radio. Rescue is on the way, so he only has to wait. But every time he tries to sleep, terrible dreams and strange voices fill his mind. Soon, Sale begins to wonder if the planet itself is trying to reach him. Can he stay awake long enough to survive, or will sleep become his greatest danger?

A kind little girl lives with a cruel stepmother who sends her deep into the forest to visit Baba Yaga, a scary witch with iron teeth. On the way, the girl helps everyone she meets, including a mouse, a dog, a cat, and even a little tree. Soon, her kindness becomes her greatest protection. Can she escape Baba Yaga’s strange hut and find her way home safely?

In a damaged future New York, a British visitor saves a masked young woman from a dangerous attack in the street. She later invites him to meet her, but instead of explaining what happened, she asks for help leaving America and escaping to England. As they travel through a violent, fearful city, he begins to realize that she is hiding something important. She is afraid of gangs, of the world around her, and especially of the wrestlers. What has happened to her, and why does she need to escape?

In New York City, a poor writer moves into a strange boarding house. There he meets Dr. Muñoz, a clever but unusual man who keeps his rooms very cold, even in summer. What secret is Dr. Muñoz trying to hide?.. This is an adapted version of the story, simplified to A2 level.

Explorer Paul Jameson lands on a distant world where he tries to communicate with its intelligent inhabitants, but their language is almost impossible to understand. When his local contact, Throon, becomes dangerously ill, a misunderstanding turns the natives against Paul and threatens the mission. Then Paul discovers that a strange telepathic creature has secretly been watching him...

Martha is a kind, hardworking girl who lives with a cruel stepmother and two selfish stepsisters. One winter day, her stepmother sends her deep into the snowy forest and leaves her there alone. Soon Martha meets Frost, a powerful spirit who tests her with his icy cold. Will Martha’s gentle heart help her survive the winter night?

Norman Hastings suddenly finds himself in a strange room fifty years in the future, with no memory of how he got there. A letter waiting for him explains the impossible truth about a machine that can return a person’s body to youth...

Emil Barton has lived alone on Mars for sixty years, waiting for a rescue rocket that never comes. On his eightieth birthday, a telephone suddenly rings. The voice on the other end belongs to a younger Emil Barton from the past. Long ago, to fight his loneliness, Barton recorded hundreds of messages that would call him in the future. Now those old voices remind him of the hopes he once had and the life he has lost...

What will everyday life look like a thousand years from now? In the year 2889, Francis Bennett runs the world's largest news company, where information is sent across the globe in seconds and people watch the news from home instead of reading it. As he manages his busy business and family life, the future seems full of amazing inventions. But behind the new technology, people still face familiar problems...

On Mars, an expedition is exploring the ruins of a city whose people disappeared thousands of years ago. Archaeologist Martha Dane is fascinated by the books and documents they left behind, but there is one enormous problem: no one can understand a single word of their language. While the others begin to doubt that the mystery can ever be solved, Martha refuses to give up. Then an old Martian magazine offers her a small but promising clue... Could the dead city still contain the key to its language?

William Lantry rises from his grave in the year 2349 and discovers that he may be the last dead man on Earth. Cemeteries have been destroyed, bodies are burned at once, and people no longer believe in ghosts, monsters, or murder. To this clean and peaceful society, Lantry is something that should not exist. Angry at a world that has erased everything connected with death, he enters the city and declares war on the living...