Penguin Readers Level 5: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda (ELT Graded Reader)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Penguin Readers Level 5: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda (ELT Graded Reader)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Becky Albertalli
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780241493182
ClassificationsDewey:428.64
Audience
ELT / TEFL
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 6 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language. 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. Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. Simon is a young gay boy who is at High School in America. He meets Blue on the school's Tumblr, and they begin talking to each other. Simon knows that he is falling in love, but then another boy sees the emails and Simon has to come out.

Author Biography

Becky Albertalli is the bestselling author of the acclaimed novels Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda (released in 2018 as the smash hit film, Love, Simon), Leah on the Offbeat, and The Upside of Unrequited. She is a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children and teens. Becky now lives with her family in Atlanta, where she spends her days writing fiction for young adults.