Peter Foreman Bücher

During a stay at a bed and breakfast in Italy, Adrian meets Allegra, a five-year-old girl who thinks she is going to die

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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Peter Foreman Allegra is an unusual name. It means ‘happy’ in Italian, but the little girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years old, but she tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is going to die soon. How does she know? And who is the other Allegra? The girl in a long white nightdress, who has golden hair and big blue eyes. The girl who comes only at night, and whose hands and face are cold, so cold . . .