SHERLOCK HOLMES & SPORT OF KINGS

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary andadult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels fromA1-C1 of the CEFR. Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps becauseracehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lotof money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets onthem. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. Onenight he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want thekiller, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what dothey do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course - to ask for the help ofthe great detective, Sherlock Holmes. CEFR A1/A2 Word count 5,925