UnArranged Marriage

Level 5 Penguin Reader

Bali Rai

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PENGUIN GROUP USA
12 March 2024

Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes; Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's&YA); Languages & ESL; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language

Series: Pengion 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.

(Un)arranged Marriage, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

Manny lives in England with his strict Punjabi parents who are very traditional and want him to have an arranged marriage. There's just one problem- Manny definitely doesn't want an arranged marriage. With the help of his best friend, Ade, Manny makes a plan...

By: Bali Rai
Imprint: PENGUIN GROUP USA
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 90g
ISBN: 9780241636862
ISBN 10: 0241636868
Series: Pengion Readers
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 12 March 2024
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience: ELT/ESL , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Young adult , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bali Rai's first novel for young adults, (un)arranged marriage, created a huge amount of interest and won many awards, including the Angus Book Award and the Leicester Book of the Year. It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase first novel award. Rani and Sukh and The Whisper were both shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Bali is also the author of the hugely popular Soccer Squad series for younger readers. Bali was born in Leicester where he still lives, writing full-time and visiting schools to talk about his books. You can visit him at www.balirai.co.uk