Book description
A series of graded readers covering a wide range of styles and kinds of English, both fiction and non-fiction, with comprehension exercises, questions and crosswords. Level 5 has a vocabulary of 2000 words.
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1 author picked Geordie as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A deceptively simple story with subtle social commentary, I loved how the author offered a coming-of-age story about a rural Scot eventually exposed to a wider world and its temptations.
Self-conscious of his puniness as a child, Geordie develops into a behemoth through strength training, his strength carrying him to the Olympics. I loved how Geordie ultimately parried worldly temptations, guided by his moral strength and sense of what was most important in life.
I was also enamored of the story as it struck close to home in terms of my own sense of childhood powerlessness and what I did…
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