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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Harold Fry lives a quiet, ordinary life in England. But when he learns that his old friend Queenie Hennessey is dying, he decides to post her a letter to her home 500 miles away. As he walks to the postbox, Harold begins to think about his past and his family. He decides to keep on walking until he reaches Queenie. (Contains adult content.)

Series overview

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.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

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Book details

Format
Paperback
Page count
96
Age
12+
Lexile
610L
CEFR
B1
Word count
15,000-18,000
Headwords
1600
Exam
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