Product Description
Penguin Readers Level 6: The Girl on the Train (ELT Graded Reader)
Author(s): Paula Hawkins
Format: Paperback
This is an ABRIDGED edition.
This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. It is an adapted version of the original story.
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.
And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed.
Our Penguin Readers books include:
Simple text (CEFR-levelled)Pictures to help you understand the storyFun exercises to help you learn and practise EnglishWith the print book, you can get even more help online:
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Listen to the book being read out loudGet lesson plans for teachersFind answers to check your understandingNote: online resources not available with the eBook.
About the Author
PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her first thriller, The Girl on the Train, has been a global phenomenon, selling 23 million copies worldwide. Published in over forty languages, it has been a No.1 bestseller around the world and was a No.1 box office hit film starring Emily Blunt.
Into the Water, her second stand-alone thriller, has also been a global No.1 bestseller, spending twenty weeks in the Sunday Times hardback fiction Top 10 bestseller list, and six weeks at No.1.
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