The children of the new forest

Author(s)

• Marryat, Frederick
• Akinyemi, Rowena

Bibliographic Information

The children of the new forest

Captain Marryat ; retold by Rowena Akinyemi

（Oxford bookworms library / series editor, Jennifer Bassett, Human interest ; stage 2）

Oxford University Press, c2008

• : [book]
• : [book with audio CD]
• : audio CD

Note

"First published in Oxford Bookworms 1996", "This simplified edition Oxford University Press 2008" -- T.p verso

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: audio CD ISBN 9780194789776

Description

England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them?

Volume

: [book with audio CD] ISBN 9780194790161

Description

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them? CEFR A2/B1 Word count 6,605

Volume

: [book] ISBN 9780194790543

Description

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA87832866
• ISBN:
  • 9780194790543
  • 9780194790161
  • 9780194789776
• LCCN: 2009290948
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 56 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1119
  • DC22 : 428.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Readers (Adult)
  • LCSH : English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers
  • LCSH : Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc
  • LCSH : Orphans -- Great Britain -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Readers (Elementary)
  • PRECIS : English language -- Readers
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46708072