The Age of Innocence

Newland Archer is going to marry the sweet, pretty May Welland. Everyone thinks that they are perfect together. Then, May’s beautiful cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, shocks everyone by leaving her husband and moving to New York. When Newland meets Ellen, he starts to question his future with May. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations,

Wild Cities

There are cities everywhere on Earth. More and more people live in cities around the world. But more and more animals make their homes in cities, too. In this book you will visit 13 cities. What animals can you see? With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language practise activities, the Penguin Readers series introduces

Pig-Heart Boy

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. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and

Homegoing

Half-sisters Effia and Esi are born into different villages in Ghana. The sisters’ lives follow different paths: Effi marries a wealthy Englishman, while Esi is captured and sold into slavery. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling