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    Penguin Readers - 7: White Teeth - ELT Graded Reader: Abridged Edition
    The Children Act
    Wuthering Heights
    The Night Manager
    Amazing Composers
    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
    • Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

      Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
      4.2
    • Amazing Composers

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

      Amazing Composers
      3.7
    • The Night Manager

      • 443 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      In the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. Jonathan Pine is ready to stand up and be counted in the fight against this ultimate heart of darkness. His mission takes him from the cliffs of west Cornwall, via northern Quebec and the Caribbean, to the jungles of post-Noriega Panama. His quarry is the worst man in the world.

      The Night Manager
      4.1
    • Wuthering Heights

      • 246 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The classic story, set in Yorkshire, England, of the love between Catherine and Heathcliff and of his revenge after her brother treats him in a degrading manner.

      Wuthering Heights
      3.8
    • A brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. For religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life. Time is running out. She visits the boy in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. But it is Fiona who must ultimately decide whether he lives or dies and her judgement will have momentous consequences for them both.

      The Children Act
      3.7
    • Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. White Teeth is the story of three very different families who live close together in London in the 1980s and 1990s. The Bowdens are part-Jamaican; the Iqbals are from Bangladesh; and the Chalfens are white. The story looks at how people's pasts affect their lives now, and the lives and futures of their children.

      Penguin Readers - 7: White Teeth - ELT Graded Reader: Abridged Edition