The Mosquito Coast (Penguin Readers Level 4)

About this book

Allie Fox hates America and everything about the 20th century so he decides to take his wife and two sons to live a better and simpler life in the Honduran jungle. However when he starts to go mad life for his family becomes much more frightening than ever before. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language the series combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary" "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building comprehension discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.