Penguin Readers Level 2: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (ELT Graded Reader)

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 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.

Tom Sawyer lives with his aunt in a small village next to the long Mississippi river. One night, Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn see Injun Joe kill Dr. Robinson. "We can't say anything about it. Or we will die," says Tom. But then the wrong man goes to prison...