| ISBN | 9780241542569 |
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| Edition | 1st |
| Publication Date | 2022 |
| Product Type | Book with audio download |
Penguin Readers – Level 4: Pig-Heart Boy
€8.45
Age: 12+
CEFR: A2+
Wordcount: 11,000 – 14,000
Headwords: 1,200
Cameron Kelsey is 13 years old. He is not well and needs a new heart. Doctors want to give him a pig’s heart. Cameron cannot decide if he wants the pig’s heart, and some groups are very angry about doctors using animals in this way.
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.
Pig-Heart Boy, 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.
