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.
Lion, 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.
Five-year-old Saroo gets on the wrong train in India and is taken thousands of miles to the city of Kolkata. After months of living on the streets, he is adopted by a family in Australia.
Many years later, Saroo decides to try and find his Indian family.
By:
Saroo Brierley Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 7mm
Weight: 80g ISBN:9780241553343 ISBN 10: 0241553342 Series:Penguin Readers Pages: 80 Publication Date:15 September 2022 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
Saroo Brierley is an India-born Australian businessman. He grew up with an adopted family in Tasmania, Australia.