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The Collins School Thesaurus


No. of pages 540

Published: 1988

Great for age 12-18 years

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The Collins School Thesaurus" helps children develop their writing skills and encourages them to explore and enjoy the English language. The thesaurus features 940 word groups each consisting of words and phrases with closely related meanings. It also includes explanations of each key word with different shades of meaning, a sentence using each word to clarify its meaning.

 

 

There are 540 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 1988 by HarperCollins Publishers .