The books in this series provide lower ability pupils and pupils with special educational needs access to the true texts of classic novels, combining abridged text from the original stories with storyboard layouts and illustrations. Each page is annotated for easy access and "think" boxes encourage pupils to discuss and address key points as they read. This text is the pupil's book for "A Christmas Carol" and contains just the novel, so that students will be able to get a feel for the whole text, and teachers will be able to use the books as they wish without being limited by prescribed activities.
This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Graphic Retellings, Livewire, Livewire Graphic Novels, Livewire Graphics .
There are 64 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2001 by Hodder Education .
Philip Page is an experienced author and illustrator. He is an ex-Deputy Head and teacher of English and History. Marilyn Pettit is Senior Advisor at Sandwell LEA. Phil Page is the co-author of the successful Shakespeare Graphics and Livewire Graphics series for Hodder Murray. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
This book contains the following story:
A Christmas Carol
Dickensian London is brought to life in Charles Dickens' tale of A Christmas Carol, where Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to take stock of his life with the help of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. Will he stay a stingy, sad, lonely old man or will he mend his ways and find happiness and company with his fellow men?