| ISBN |
9780241430880 (paperback) |
| Name |
Dowsett, Elizabeth author. |
| Title |
The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; retold by Elizabeth Dowsett ; illustrated by Peter Cottrill. |
| Edition |
Penguin Readers edition. |
| Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Summary |
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 graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. Level 2 Readers, are A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. |
| Target audience note |
13+ years. |
| Subjects |
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910. -- Adventures of Tom Sawyer -- Adaptations |
| Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction |
| Boys -- Missouri -- Juvenile fiction |
| Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Young adult fiction |
| Readers (Adult) |
| Mississippi River Valley -- Juvenile fiction |
| Missouri -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Readers (Publications) |
| Easy to read (green : intermediate) |
| Other Names |
Cottrill, Peter illustrator. |
| Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adaptation of (work): |
| Series |
Penguin readers Level 2. |
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