Penguin Readers Level 2: Boy In The Tower (ELT Graded Reader)
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Summary
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。
Boy In The Tower， a Level 2 Reader， is 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。
Ade lives in a tower block in London。 One day， something bad happens to Ade's mum。 After that， she stays in her bedroom all the time and sleeps。 Then buildings start falling down in the night， and there are strange plants on the street。 What will happen to Ade and his friend Gaia？
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。
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。
Boy In The Tower， a Level 2 Reader， is 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。
Ade lives in a tower block in London。 One day， something bad happens to Ade's mum。 After that， she stays in her bedroom all the time and sleeps。 Then buildings start falling down in the night， and there are strange plants on the street。 What will happen to Ade and his friend Gaia？
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。
Reviews
Carly Loveday
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This was on my daughters list of recommended books to read from her teacher。 Thought I’d read it first so we could talk about it together。 Was such a brilliant book， a real page turner。 Now I just need to persuade my daughter to read it！
Antonetta
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A veritable page turner。 I couldn't stop reading， I was hooked at every moment。 This book was written beautifully， somehow writing from the perspective of a child in a way that doesn't put off the adult reader。 The only bad thing I have to say is that the ending was kind of a cop out， but I don't mind。 The characters are easy to fall in love with， which is a must in my opinion。 The story is so imaginative， really different from anything else I've read。 I didn't find it to be overly predictable， A veritable page turner。 I couldn't stop reading， I was hooked at every moment。 This book was written beautifully， somehow writing from the perspective of a child in a way that doesn't put off the adult reader。 The only bad thing I have to say is that the ending was kind of a cop out， but I don't mind。 The characters are easy to fall in love with， which is a must in my opinion。 The story is so imaginative， really different from anything else I've read。 I didn't find it to be overly predictable， and the twists in the story always had me genuinely intrigued about what would happen next。 I wholeheartedly and unreservedly give this book 5 stars！ 。。。more
spongebob
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9/10 ， it was a cute little inspiring book ， one that was much better than I expected ！ It was also an easy read with small chapters ， which also made it harder to put down。 This book has great characters but not only that ， it also spreads awareness to agrophobia and is written really well to include that。
Alinmis
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It’s nice tho
abs ✞
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the day someone loves me the way ade loves gaia i will be complete
EdenB15
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Such a emotional book but defo worth the read。 I read it in one day。 People of any age would enjoy but it is mostly aimed at middle grade readers
Ice
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good
elspeth
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seeing the life through the eyes of a young boy ade and all he has to go through， with his mother refusing to leave the house and sleeping almost all the time so he doesn’t get to see her the vast majority of the time。 the characters were explored amazingly and i felt i could connect with them so well。 i finished this book in the space of 2 days because i just couldn’t put it down i was always wondering what would happen next。 and i loved the plot and the suspense it left after each page。 i defi seeing the life through the eyes of a young boy ade and all he has to go through， with his mother refusing to leave the house and sleeping almost all the time so he doesn’t get to see her the vast majority of the time。 the characters were explored amazingly and i felt i could connect with them so well。 i finished this book in the space of 2 days because i just couldn’t put it down i was always wondering what would happen next。 and i loved the plot and the suspense it left after each page。 i definitely recommend this book as a thriller with a mix of adventure。 。。。more
SilverSyndbad
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خاااااااااااااااااااااابخوندمش و خیالم راحت شدراستش تا همین اواخرش هی فکر می‌کردم از «هیولاها»ی این نویسنده بیشتر از «برج» خوشم میاد ولی وقتی برج تموم شد دیدم دوتاشون واقعاً خوبن و دوستشون دارم، شاید حتی تقریباً یک اندازه。 خب هیولاها شخصیت‌هاش اندکی بیشتر بود و روابط بین‌فردی بیشتر و متنوع‌تری داشت اما این انگار همه‌چیز تو خودش بود؛ توی همون برج، برج بلند ساکت در معرض خطر که به لطایف‌الحیلِ اوبی تا آخرین لحظه ازشون محافظت کردتوی ذهن و شخصیت ادی و دُری و اوبی؛ با اینکه درمورد دوتاشون خیییییییلی خاااااااااااااااااااااابخوندمش و خیالم راحت شدراستش تا همین اواخرش هی فکر می‌کردم از «هیولاها»ی این نویسنده بیشتر از «برج» خوشم میاد ولی وقتی برج تموم شد دیدم دوتاشون واقعاً خوبن و دوستشون دارم، شاید حتی تقریباً یک اندازه。 خب هیولاها شخصیت‌هاش اندکی بیشتر بود و روابط بین‌فردی بیشتر و متنوع‌تری داشت اما این انگار همه‌چیز تو خودش بود؛ توی همون برج، برج بلند ساکت در معرض خطر که به لطایف‌الحیلِ اوبی تا آخرین لحظه ازشون محافظت کردتوی ذهن و شخصیت ادی و دُری و اوبی؛ با اینکه درمورد دوتاشون خیییییییلی کم صحبت شده اما خیلی راحت میشه باهاشون همراه و هم‌سفره شد؛ مثل ادی。 و صد البته گایا، که غایب بود اما خیلی بود اما نه‌چندان تو شخصیت مادر، نمی‌تونم بگم ضعیف بود اما شاید خوب بود پرداخت کمی بهتری داشته باشهپیجن هم بامزه بودکلاً هم از جریان کند و کم‌حادثه‌ی داستان خیلی خوشم اومد و هم از اون هیجانی که یک‌هو صفحات آخر ریخته شد توی روایتباید در کمین بشینم که از این نویسنده چه کتابای دیگه‌ای هست یا میاد 。。。more
Alistair Miller
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I am working with a Year 6 class at school at the moment and they were reading this book。 This is a lovely story about how London gets overrun by plants。。。。 but a few people manage to survive。 It details the relationships beautifully and I genuinely cared about the characters。
Sevin
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این کتاب میتونست کتاب بهتر و قشنگ تری باشه بخش قبلا واقعا یه بخش خوب و قشنگی بود و تا حدی میشد ازش لذت بدی اما وقتی توی برج گیر افتادن و روز ها و روزها داستان تو یک برج میگذشت و هیچ جذابیت خاصی نداشت خیلی اعصاب خورد کن بودرفتار های مادر ادی خیلی مضخرف بودن و تعجب آور ابن بود که ادی کامل با مادرش مدارا میکرد و خیلی سعی نمیکرد انتظار داشتم این قضیه بیرون نرفتم از خونه ی مادرش یه جورایی مثل یه راز باشه و آخر داستان برملا بشه ولی همچین اتفاقی نیوفتاد شاید هم توی ترجمه نیوفتاد به هر حال نمیشه گفت کتا این کتاب میتونست کتاب بهتر و قشنگ تری باشه بخش قبلا واقعا یه بخش خوب و قشنگی بود و تا حدی میشد ازش لذت بدی اما وقتی توی برج گیر افتادن و روز ها و روزها داستان تو یک برج میگذشت و هیچ جذابیت خاصی نداشت خیلی اعصاب خورد کن بودرفتار های مادر ادی خیلی مضخرف بودن و تعجب آور ابن بود که ادی کامل با مادرش مدارا میکرد و خیلی سعی نمیکرد انتظار داشتم این قضیه بیرون نرفتم از خونه ی مادرش یه جورایی مثل یه راز باشه و آخر داستان برملا بشه ولی همچین اتفاقی نیوفتاد شاید هم توی ترجمه نیوفتاد به هر حال نمیشه گفت کتاب خیلی عالییی هست ولی برای اولین نوشته خیلی خوبه 。。。more
Laura
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Wendy Bamber
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Living inside the mind of Ade as you read his story， I really felt his determined optimism to keep going wain as the situation for he and his mother became more desperate。 He is alone in the last standing building in London， save for his mother who has not left her bedroom in weeks or indeed the flat for much longer。 His life was difficult already， but now he can’t leave like everyone else。 Luckily a couple of older people in the flats downstairs are left behind as well and so the grim situation Living inside the mind of Ade as you read his story， I really felt his determined optimism to keep going wain as the situation for he and his mother became more desperate。 He is alone in the last standing building in London， save for his mother who has not left her bedroom in weeks or indeed the flat for much longer。 His life was difficult already， but now he can’t leave like everyone else。 Luckily a couple of older people in the flats downstairs are left behind as well and so the grim situation lightens， and becomes a team survival challenge。This felt a little slow to me and a bit desperate to be completely enjoyable for children in year 5-8 but still a lovely story。 。。。more
Imogen
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Very interesting！ It made me cry too 😁
Andrew MacDonald
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We read this book as a class and I think that it it definitely deserves more attention。 The way it has you feeling for the characters and wanting to help them is remarkable！ This book is a great book for people who like "apocalypse" style stories and I would definitely recommend this to anyone from the age of 10-14。 We read this book as a class and I think that it it definitely deserves more attention。 The way it has you feeling for the characters and wanting to help them is remarkable！ This book is a great book for people who like "apocalypse" style stories and I would definitely recommend this to anyone from the age of 10-14。 。。。more
Cheryl Houghton
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My daughter wanted me to read this book after her teacher read it to her class in school and they were all completely gripped。 I read it in a day， it was a gripping and easy read and she was delighted that we could then discuss it。 It provoked some interesting chats！ Lots in here that kids can connect with in regard to friendship， loyalty， helping one another out etc。 It had echoes of the current pandemic for me too， a mysterious and seemingly invisible enemy （at first） taking people at random， My daughter wanted me to read this book after her teacher read it to her class in school and they were all completely gripped。 I read it in a day， it was a gripping and easy read and she was delighted that we could then discuss it。 It provoked some interesting chats！ Lots in here that kids can connect with in regard to friendship， loyalty， helping one another out etc。 It had echoes of the current pandemic for me too， a mysterious and seemingly invisible enemy （at first） taking people at random， forcing schools to shut etc。 I really enjoyed it overall although I would have liked more details about the ‘enemy’ as I was left with a lot of questions at the end。 Perhaps that’s not a bad thing though！ 。。。more
Richard Shepherd
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I wanted to read this book， as the rest of my family had read it。 I found it to be a very charming book which highlighted the strength of friendship and love。
Pink Dieva
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I like that Ade and Gaia like each other probably and they live on the same floor （17th） and across each other。。。it's a nice book and also Michael is Ade's friend and Ade's real name is Adeola， sounds girlish but doesn't mean that Ade is a girl， Ade I a boy。 That's it thank me later。 I like that Ade and Gaia like each other probably and they live on the same floor （17th） and across each other。。。it's a nice book and also Michael is Ade's friend and Ade's real name is Adeola， sounds girlish but doesn't mean that Ade is a girl， Ade I a boy。 That's it thank me later。 。。。more
Shannon
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I love this book so much。 I can't count the amount of times I read it now。 Such a great book to go back to again and again！ I love this book so much。 I can't count the amount of times I read it now。 Such a great book to go back to again and again！ 。。。more
Anna
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Elly enjoyable to read， loved it
Sophie
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This book was so well-structured and had such a unique plot that was on the edge of strange and I could not put it down！
Chris
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Quite a dark and foreboding tale of a troubled lad with a troubled home life。 His mother has some mental health issues brought on by some incidents （nothing is delved into too explicitly so it's child-friendly just pretty deep！） And this is all exacerbated by the invasion of plants from space。 I'd put this in the survivial genre， it mostly tells the tale of how he and other survive in a world （or city） with no-one and nothing left in it。 A lot of the early part of the book is told from the persp Quite a dark and foreboding tale of a troubled lad with a troubled home life。 His mother has some mental health issues brought on by some incidents （nothing is delved into too explicitly so it's child-friendly just pretty deep！） And this is all exacerbated by the invasion of plants from space。 I'd put this in the survivial genre， it mostly tells the tale of how he and other survive in a world （or city） with no-one and nothing left in it。 A lot of the early part of the book is told from the perspective of a lonely boy with a lot on his plate so it is a bit grim and dark。 It's also quite slow moving with a lot of the first part of the novel based around his friend Gaia which I thought was a waste of time personally and they kept referring back to her and it became a bit tiresome （read very tiresome）。 Things get moving in the second half and it takes on the feeling of an action thriller but then it ends just as it's getting good！I did also find the prose a bit clunky on this one。 Not sure if it's mean to reflect the abbreviated thoughts of a troubled child but at times it didn't really flow and was awkward to read。 The natrrative style was pretty humourless and bleak。 I'd give this a solid 3 out of 5， a bit above average but maybe more suited to a teenager reading it alone to themselves rather than readfing aloud to 2 boys aged 8 and 10 - they did enjoy it though 。。。more
Anna
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Good book
Anna Davidson
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A quirky sci-fi read with beautiful relationships developed。 A book that had me feeling curious throughout。
Jx PinkLady Reviews ♡ bookwormthoughts
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A buddy read with my daughter。 A dystopian story with lots to chat about together。 It definitely kept us engaged and hooked in。
Gladys
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This book was good for the year 8 me， it introduced me to adventure， or any non-romantic novels and I quite enjoyed it。 That being said， I wouldn’t reread。 But it is quite enjoyable 👌🏾👏🏾
Hannah Rachel
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I loved this story about Ade， his Mum and the blutchers。 A story about the kindness of strangers when things go wrong & the importance of true friendships to keep you going。 Thank goodness for Obi & Dory！
Sarah dalgarno
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Very good would read again and I hope for a sequel but not an other pandemic。
Oliver
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I read this in 2019 so I don’t have a date but i loved reading this book full of emotions
Hannah
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