Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2: The Children Of The New Forest

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn thehouse - with thechildren in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them? CEFR A2/B1 Word count 6,605"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story."  David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.