Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle

SKU: 9780241700419
Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle
Teen 13+

Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle

SKU: 9780241700419
Author: Dodie Smith
Ages 13+·Young Adult
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At a glance

💥 Tone
Charming, witty, nostalgic
⚡ Pace
Gentle, steady
🖤 Vibes
Crumbling castle, eccentric family, 1930s England
👑 Themes
Growing up, family, love, poverty
🧠 Mind Game
Light, observant
🔥 Hook
In a decaying English castle, a teenage girl records her eccentric family’s life in her journal.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Daphne du Maurier
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Teens and English learners who love classic, witty coming-of-age stories in a simplified edition
🎯 Recommended Age
13+

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 content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.

I Capture the Castle, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

The poor Mortmain family move to an old castle. Mr Mortmain's daughter Rose wants a rich husband. Her sister, Cassandra, wants to be a writer like her father. But when the Mortmains meet their two rich neighbours, Simon and Neil Cotton, both Rose and Cassandra have their lives changed forever.

Book details

Reading age
13+
Pages
80
Publisher
Penguin UK
Language
English
ISBN
9780241700419

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