YA. These titles offer a quick way into a range of exciting classic stories. Shortened versions of well-known novels, these books lose nothing in terms of the flavour of the original editions, but they do make the texts more accessible for less-able readers and students for whom English is a second language. Suitable for 12-16 year olds. Oliver Twist tells the story of a poor orphan, Oliver, who survives starvation in the workhouse, life with the evil Fagin, kidnap and robbery before eventually finding happiness.
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YA. These titles offer a quick way into a range of exciting classic stories. Shortened versions of well-known novels, these books lose nothing in terms of the flavour of the original editions, but they do make the texts more accessible for less-able readers and students for whom English is a second language. Suitable for 12-16 year olds. Oliver Twist tells the story of a poor orphan, Oliver, who survives starvation in the workhouse, life with the evil Fagin, kidnap and robbery before eventually finding happiness.