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. 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...
