The Sign of Four

Sherlock Holmes (MacMillan graded readers) #2

by Anne Collins (Adapter)

Having received a cryptic message ten years after her father's sudden disappearance, a young woman asks Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[ran_sophia]

The book is excellently written and to the point. I read it very well.

[Chetan Tyagi]

This is a retelling of one of the Sherlock Holmes classics. It's clearly meant for readers with least expertise but they author has done a very good job of bringing the narrative around nicely.
It covers all of the key points of the storyline and should be very easy for someone to follow is there coming up the curve in the language but would still like to enjoy a classic.
The illustrations don't actually add a lot for me but may be useful for some readers to get visual clues on the story.
Overall, the book serves its purpose well and an easy 4 star.

[nereamarter]

no sabía que sherlock holmes pudiera ser tan aburrido
watson como le vas a pedir matrimonio la tercera vez que la vez, y peor como dice ella que si
mantengo mi pensamiento, la lectura obligada no se disfruta y punto

[Madoka Sakuta]

MALMILAN level3
time 130
7word frined ask try assistant dog childrent empty
Disucussion question
1 When you have a trouble, who are you helped?
A lof of people help me, especially frineds and family.
2 Please make the sign of four, like DELT=Depertment of English Learning Teaching
PHRW= Part time job, Hang out,Reading books,Waching movies
It is my plant in the spring vacation.

[Wilde Sky]

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are approached by a young lady about the disappearance, ten years previously, of her father.

The story is reasonable but the writing style felt too sparse in this very short book (only 51 pages of actual story).

A quick hit of the well-known detective, but not one of the best developed (in terms of writing style) of the stories.