ISBN |
9780241430927 (paperback) |
Name |
Dowsett, Elizabeth author. |
Title |
Going solo / Roald Dahl ; retold by Elizabeth Dowsett. |
Edition |
Penguin Readers edition. |
Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2020. |
©1986 |
Description |
80 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Summary |
Roald Dahl flew planes in the Second World War (1939-1945) when Germany, Italy and Japan fought against Britain, France, Poland, other European countries, the USSR and the United States of America. Going Solo is Dahl's time with the RAF (Royal Air Force). He writes "I did not need to leave out anything here because every moment was, to me, totally interesting." Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. Level 4 Readers, are 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. |
Target audience note |
13+ years. |
Subjects |
Dahl, Roald -- Juvenile literature |
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
Readers (Adult) |
Genre |
Readers (Publications) |
Easy to read (blue : advanced) |
Other Names |
Adaptation of (work): Dahl, Roald. Going solo. |
Series |
Penguin readers. Level 4 |
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