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  • Published: 2 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241588895
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64

Penguin Readers Level 2: The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela (ELT Graded Reader)




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 and language practise activities, 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. The eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book.

The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela, 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.

Nelson Mandela wanted freedom for black people from apartheid in South Africa. He fought hard for freedom and equality and became the first black president of South Africa.

  • Published: 2 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241588895
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64

About the author

E. L. Norry

E. L. Norry has been writing short stories for fifteen years and has been placed in various competitions (Rhys Davis Award, West Sussex Writers), and published in literary journals and anthologies (NFFD, Reflex Press), as well as shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Award and longlisted for the S1 Leeds Literary Prize.

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