The War of the Worlds

Grade

Middle 2

Author

H. G. Wells

First published

1898

CEC adaptation of a classic work first published in 1898, adapted into three reading levels.

Strange cylinders fall from the sky onto the English countryside, and Martians climb out with powerful fighting machines. The narrator struggles to survive as towns are destroyed and people flee. It is one of the earliest alien invasion stories and still makes readers question human confidence.