Penguin Readers – Level 4: Bud, Not Buddy

8.45

ISBN

9780241589021

Author

Series

Publisher

Language

CEFR Level

,

Level

Edition

1st

Publication Date

2023

Product Type

Book with audio download

Age: 12+
CEFR: A2+
Wordcount: 11,000 – 14,000
Headwords: 1,200

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? (Content warning: includes content that may be distressing.)

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.

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