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.
Bud, Not Buddy, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
Bud Caldwell is an 11-year old boy who goes to live in a horrible foster home. After Bud escapes, he decides to find his father. Bud's adventures take him across the United States of America during the Great Depression, a time when many people were very poor. Will Bud find a home and a family?
By:
Christopher Paul Curtis Imprint: Penguin US Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 6mm
Weight: 77g ISBN:9780241589021 ISBN 10: 0241589029 Series:Penguin Readers Pages: 80 Publication Date:16 March 2023 Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Young adult
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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English as a second language
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Preschool (0-5)
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan, where BUD, NOT BUDDY is set. He supported himself through college by working on the assembly line at a car plant. He is now a full-time writer. He is married with two children.