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Boy in the Tower

Level 2 Penguin Readers

Polly Ho-Yen

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Paperback

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
19 October 2021
Series: Penguin Readers
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.

Boy In The Tower, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and

comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

Ade lives in a tower block in London. One day, something bad happens to Ade's mum. After that, she stays in her bedroom all the time and sleeps. Then buildings start falling down in the night, and there are strange plants on the street. What will happen to Ade and his friend Gaia?

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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 4mm
Weight:   64g
ISBN:   9780241520666
ISBN 10:   0241520665
Series:   Penguin Readers
Pages:   64
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 17 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Young adult ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  English as a second language ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Polly used to be a primary school teacher in London and while she was teaching there she used to get up very early in the morning to write stories. The first of those stories is now a book called Boy in the Tower. She's still writing stories and though she doesn't teach now, she still visit schools . only now they're all over the country. She lives in Bristol with her husband Dan who designs the covers of her books.

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