Status
Available
Call number
Description
Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. She soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind that locked door.
Collection
Publication
Oxford University Press (2008), Edition: 3, 56 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member natsuki
One girl and her mother are employed by the man who lived in the island.The man always looks very sad.Maybe he has a secret,but,,,.I enjoyed this book very very much.The last part is very interesting.
LibraryThing member sakim
I was scared when I see the title.
But the story was exciting so I finished reading quickly.
But the story was exciting so I finished reading quickly.
LibraryThing member katttsu
I read this book quickly because I want to read next!!!!!!
I was surprised to read the story's ending.
I was surprised to read the story's ending.
LibraryThing member gata
I was surprised at discovery of the story. Please think about what the title means.
LibraryThing member touchboy
This story is that a girl meets a strange man. The man lives in isolated island, and employs her mother as a live-in secretary. One day,she catchs the man getting out a door which is alway locked. Probably this story surprise and excite everybody. Don't miss it.
LibraryThing member teritama
This story is very exciting.
I was not able to predict the continuance of the story.
As for this story,an active boy reveals the secret of the house of the solitary island.
I didn't like the way of ending story very much,but when the story that I wasn't able to expect was connected,I was impressed.
It
I recommend your reading this book.
I was not able to predict the continuance of the story.
As for this story,an active boy reveals the secret of the house of the solitary island.
I didn't like the way of ending story very much,but when the story that I wasn't able to expect was connected,I was impressed.
It
Show More
is easy to read this story very much.I recommend your reading this book.
Show Less
LibraryThing member Allow
Carol was unhappy girl.A singer who she loved and her father diad.After that,she worked in a island with her mother.Carol encountered many strange things there.
I thought that this story was thrilling because I didn't know what happen in the future.
Carol's enployer had a sad past.So I felt very
I thought that this story was thrilling because I didn't know what happen in the future.
Carol's enployer had a sad past.So I felt very
Show More
unhappy when I finished reading this story. Show Less
LibraryThing member factory
When Carol Sanders was child, her father died in a plane accident. And Jake Rosso who is her favorite singer died in car accident.
After that she lived bad life and her mother worried about her. Carol associated with undesirable people and used drugs.
One day Carol and her mother went to Scotland to
I was surprised to find true of this story. I was sad to find Mr. Ross's secret. I think the reason that Mr.Ross confided his secret to Carol is she had a secret, too.
I think this experience was very strange for Carol.
After that she lived bad life and her mother worried about her. Carol associated with undesirable people and used drugs.
One day Carol and her mother went to Scotland to
Show More
begin new life. Her mother desided to work as a secretary to Mr.Ross. But he has a secret...I was surprised to find true of this story. I was sad to find Mr. Ross's secret. I think the reason that Mr.Ross confided his secret to Carol is she had a secret, too.
I think this experience was very strange for Carol.
Show Less
LibraryThing member kakipii
What's thing did he hide? What is there at the "locked room"?
This story is fun to read with thinking these things.
But,sometimes it will be much better that you tell your secrets to someone.
I think so after reading it.
This story is fun to read with thinking these things.
But,sometimes it will be much better that you tell your secrets to someone.
I think so after reading it.
LibraryThing member oku
Carol and her family were living in Hong Kong.But one day,her father died.So Carol and her mother went to England and start a new life.Then her mother found a new job,that was a secretary in Mr.Ross's island.They went to the island,but it was somethin strange...
First I read the tittle of this
First I read the tittle of this
Show More
book,I thought it is detective story.But it isn't.No one die,but it is very thrilling and interesting.I recommend this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member buru
Carol loves Jake Rosso, a musician who died in a car accident.When she was seventeen, her father died in the plane crush.Then she stopped doing her work at the college and began to go out with new bad friends.Her mother doesn't like her new friends because they do dangerous things.Then Carol and
Her mother be a secretary of the orner of the island in Scotland.Carol and her mother go to there and work as a secretary during summer.But Carol think that there are some secrets in island,and one night,she find the room has secrets...
This book has some interests but I could guess the ending of the story.I thought this story is a mystery when I look this book's cover.
If I know a secret like that she has known,I think I'll get terrible shok.
Show More
her mother move to England from Hong Kong.Her mother get a job there during summer.Her mother be a secretary of the orner of the island in Scotland.Carol and her mother go to there and work as a secretary during summer.But Carol think that there are some secrets in island,and one night,she find the room has secrets...
This book has some interests but I could guess the ending of the story.I thought this story is a mystery when I look this book's cover.
If I know a secret like that she has known,I think I'll get terrible shok.
Show Less
LibraryThing member maru3
Someone has a secret doesn't want other people to know, but one day, main charactor, Carol knew a rich man's secret.
Carol is a university student and her life was changed when her father
's death.
She came to dead man's island witch has a top secret with her mother.
My heart fluttered with
At the end of this book, the island secret was a very shocked to me.
Now, I know the meening of『DEAD MAN'S ISLAND』.
Carol is a university student and her life was changed when her father
's death.
She came to dead man's island witch has a top secret with her mother.
My heart fluttered with
Show More
excitement.At the end of this book, the island secret was a very shocked to me.
Now, I know the meening of『DEAD MAN'S ISLAND』.
Show Less
LibraryThing member 0706
I was surprised the ending of this book.
If I'm in the same situation,I don't have courage to do the action as same as Carol.
This book gave me a thrill.
If I'm in the same situation,I don't have courage to do the action as same as Carol.
This book gave me a thrill.
LibraryThing member riyoy
The story is about a man and a girl who start over their life in each new place. I can know that the failures in the past shouldn't be forgetted, but we shouldn't do nothing but look back them from this story.
LibraryThing member ponzubu-
A hero of this story became worse because of his father's death.So,his mother took him to other country,and Tom became a good boy.However,His mother had to look for the job.Then,his mother discovored the good job.So,two went to a island living his mother's boss,but Tom experienced a strange thing
This story is very interesting.The structure of the story is so ingenious,and I have a lot of fun when I was reading this.And I think that this story is like mystery story.Because you can think about a way of a life,I recommednd this book.
Show More
there.This story is very interesting.The structure of the story is so ingenious,and I have a lot of fun when I was reading this.And I think that this story is like mystery story.Because you can think about a way of a life,I recommednd this book.
Show Less
LibraryThing member yukimaruge
This story is very strange and interesting mystery.
Carol met Mr Ross and she happen to know his secret.
I was excited to read this book,so I read it only about one day.
I like to read Japanese novels but this story is interesting!
My favorite sentence is last one.
Carol met Mr Ross and she happen to know his secret.
I was excited to read this book,so I read it only about one day.
I like to read Japanese novels but this story is interesting!
My favorite sentence is last one.
LibraryThing member KURUMI
Carol Sanders lose persons who is important for her,her father and a musician she love.This bring her sadness and shock.To improve her mind,Carol and her mother move to England.Carol's mother learn to work in a island.The man in a island has a secret room.
The end of this book is surprising for me.I
The end of this book is surprising for me.I
Show More
realize why the man in a island has a secret room. Show Less
LibraryThing member hetaresamurai
Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come.
He stops people from taking photographs of him.
He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked.
Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross.
Carol soon decides that there is
I was very interesting the ending of the story.
The last sentence shows all of this book.
He stops people from taking photographs of him.
He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked.
Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross.
Carol soon decides that there is
Show More
something very strange about Mr Ross...I was very interesting the ending of the story.
The last sentence shows all of this book.
Show Less
LibraryThing member ichinisan
This is mystery story.
Heroine is Carol Sanders.
She lost her father in a plane accident.
She and her mather go to an island to get a job.
Then they meet Mr.Ross.
But,He seems to have a secret.
At last,you will know the meaning of this book's title.
It was interesting.
Heroine is Carol Sanders.
She lost her father in a plane accident.
She and her mather go to an island to get a job.
Then they meet Mr.Ross.
But,He seems to have a secret.
At last,you will know the meaning of this book's title.
It was interesting.
LibraryThing member rinrin326
Carol lost his farther by airplain accident.Calol was very shoked.
She and her mother go to Island.And,they meet mesterious person.
This story is exciting.So,I like this!
She and her mother go to Island.And,they meet mesterious person.
This story is exciting.So,I like this!
LibraryThing member mniaknuacat
One man and his family lives in a small private island in Scotland.
One man is possession of serious secret about him.
One day,Mrs Sanders and her daughter Carol went work at his island.
When a long time passed Carol knew his serious secret...
I finished reading for a short time because I had wanted to
There is thrilling scene,so my heart beat fast.
If you read this book,you will surely enjoy reading.
One man is possession of serious secret about him.
One day,Mrs Sanders and her daughter Carol went work at his island.
When a long time passed Carol knew his serious secret...
I finished reading for a short time because I had wanted to
Show More
know the rest of the story.There is thrilling scene,so my heart beat fast.
If you read this book,you will surely enjoy reading.
Show Less
LibraryThing member kitty0530
This book is sasupense and thiriller. Mr. Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking pictures of him. He is young and rich,but he looks always sad. Where did he get his money from? And there is a room in his house which isalways locked. This book is interesting for
Show More
me, becasue this book's ending was different from I expected. If I was Mr. Ross, I hadn't kept the sercret. Show Less
LibraryThing member Ayu123
Carol Sanders and her mother go to the island to work for Mr.Ross.
Carol soon think that there's something strange about him.
He always look sad.And there is a room in his house which is always locked.
One night she learns the secret of the room.
I was surprised at the ending.
I understood the meaning
Carol soon think that there's something strange about him.
He always look sad.And there is a room in his house which is always locked.
One night she learns the secret of the room.
I was surprised at the ending.
I understood the meaning
Show More
of the title in the last chapter. Show Less
LibraryThing member 5leon
This book is about Carol Sanders and her mother livihg in Hong Kong temporarily. They were happy until one incident happen. Her father died for the incident -plane crash- Then they have been unhappy since plane crash. Especially it worked on her. She loved Jake Rosso's records but she stopped
Show More
listening to his records from the incident. Finally she became delinquent. They elected to go home -England- to forget what's happened and begin a new life. Her mother need to find new job in England. One day she showed her mother a job in the newspaper. The content of a job is working as a secretary on an island in Scotland. Then that is beginning of a second life. Show Less
LibraryThing member numahiko
Carol lost father when she was young.She went to an island with her mother to get a job. They meet Mr.Ross there,and learn a certain secret.
It was interesting but a little difficult for me to understand .
It was interesting but a little difficult for me to understand .
Language
Original language
German
Physical description
7.6 x 4.9 inches
ISBN
019479055X / 9780194790550