Penguin Readers Level 4: Pig-Heart Boy (ELT Graded Reader)
Penguin Readers Level 4: Pig-Heart Boy (ELT Graded Reader)

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2022-06-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0241542561

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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. Pig-Heart Boy, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. Cameron Kelsey is 13 years old. He is not well and needs a new heart. Doctors want to give him a pig's heart. Cameron cannot decide if he wants the pig's heart, and some groups are very angry about doctors using animals in this way. 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.

How to Be an Alien
How to Be an Alien

Author: George Mikes

Publisher: Longman

Published: 2006-07

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781405827386

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'Penguin Readers' are simplified texts designed in association with Longman to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure.

Love Hurts
Love Hurts

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1448196965

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Malorie Blackman brings together the best teen writers of today in a stunningly romantic collection about love against the odds. Featuring short stories and extracts - both brand-new and old favourites - about modern star-crossed lovers from stars such as Gayle Forman, Markus Zusak, Patrick Ness and Andrew Smith, and with a new story from Malorie Blackman herself, Love Hurts looks at every kind of relationship, from first kiss to final heartbreak.

Noughts and Crosses Sequence
Noughts and Crosses Sequence

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Random House Children's Publishers UK

Published: 2012-08

Total Pages: 2048

ISBN-13: 9780552567480

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Sephy and Callum were never supposed to be together in their worlds of violence, fear, hatred and separation. For Sephy is a Cross, and Callum is a nough - and noughts and Crosses must never fall in love. It's as simple as black and white . . . But they have defied the rules. A passionate love is growing, and a powerful rebellion is beginning to stir. For generations to come, nothing will ever be the same again. Groundbreaking and explosive, Malorie Blackman's original dystopian masterpieces are collected together here for the first time.

We're Going to Find the Monster
We're Going to Find the Monster

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 0241401313

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A rip-roaring picture book adventure from superstar pairing Malorie Blackman and Dapo Adeola. Over the shimmering ocean, up the huge, high mountain, through the deep, dark forest . . . WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE MONSTER! Join two intrepid adventurers as their imaginations transform their house into a wild wonderland - and their big brother becomes a mighty monster. A joy to read-aloud with its cumulative refrain, and full of funny, relatable characters, this is a contemporary celebration of creativity, fantasy and family. Written by bestselling author of Noughts & Crosses, Malorie Blackman, this story was originally published as Marty Monster. This new version has been stunningly brought to life by the award-winning illustrator of Look Up!, Dapo Adeola.

Cloud Busting
Cloud Busting

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-10-31

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1448100801

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Davey is the new boy in class and Sam can't stand him. He thinks Davey is a Grade A moron. But when the two are thrown together Sam discovers that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more fun. Until the day something terrible happens... A funny and sad story, told completely in verse.

Knife Edge
Knife Edge

Author: Simon Mayo

Publisher: Black Swan

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781784164744

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Dangerous Reality
Dangerous Reality

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1446453545

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So your mum's this brilliant scientist. She's just invented the most awesome Artificial Intelligence system. Its virtual world is the perfect place to forget about real life. Which is exactly what you want. But then a bug corrupts the system. It's violent and unpredictable. This is no ordinary glitch - someone's trying to sabotage it. You need to figure out who, and why. And fast! What if your life was about to be game over? Dangerous Reality is a nail-biting thriller from the author of the bestselling Noughts and Crosses sequence.

Pig-Heart Boy
Pig-Heart Boy

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Collins Educational

Published: 2000-01-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780003302165

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Accept a transplant of a pig's heart, or die? That's what Cameron has to decide ... The story: Cameron is offered the chance to have a highly experimental and controversial operation which might save his life. But replacing his heart with one from a pig brings not only medical risk, it places Cameron at the eye of a storm of controversy. Medical ethics, the role of the press and the right to privacy are all brought into vivid focus in this gripping read. Themes: medical ethics; disability; the experience of growing up; animal rights; the individual and society; the media; death. Multicultural Suitable for KS 3/4 (P7-S4)

Trust Me
Trust Me

Author: Malorie Blackman

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0552568473

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When Heather and her boyfriend Andrew go on holiday together to Europe they escape from the disapproval of their families, but a chance meeting with a stranger leads to a nightmare they could never have imagined.