Countdown to Midnight

Why does Joe Carter's scientist father move his satellite dish in the middle of the night? Why does he disappear the next day? Will Joe's mother arrive safely in Australia? Joe and his friends follow Professor Carter to Dead Man's Island. But can they stop the war in space? Will they beat the Countdown to Midnight? A story at Level 4 of a series of children's illustrated ELT readers which are graded at five levels, according to length and complexity of the plot. The stories cover a wide variety of genres and have both British and foreign settings. Dramatized versions are available on cassette.