| ISBN | 9780241430880 |
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| Edition | 1st |
| Publication Date | 2020 |
| Product Type | Book with audio download |
Penguin Readers – Level 2: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
€9.65
Age: 12+
CEFR: A1+
Wordcount: 3,000-5,000
Headwords: 700
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is the story of a boy in Missouri in the 1840s. Tom Sawyer’s parents are dead and he lives with his aunt in a small village next to the long Mississippi river. One night, Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn see Injun Joe kill Dr Robinson. “We can’t say anything about it. Or we will die,” says Tom.
But then the wrong man goes to prison…
Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, written for learners of English as a foreign language. The series is aligned to the Common European Framework and includes language activities that help develop key skills.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses willand going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.
