When Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, are banished from their kingdom by the evil Antonio, they are cast adrift to die at sea in a rickety old boat. However, their frail boat carries them to a magical island, where they land and make a new life for themselves. Many years later, a ship is wrecked in a terrible storm and some strange events unfold...The book includes: illustrated character lists; notes on history; on page explanations of difficult words; and new teaching notes.

 

This book features in the following series: Treetops, Treetops Classics .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme is levelled.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare. Nick Warburton was a primary school teacher for ten years before deciding to become a full-time writer. He has written plays for stage, television and radio as well as books for children, including The Battle of Baked Bean Alley; Normal Nesbitt. The Abnormally Average Boy; To Trust a Soldier; Ackford's Monster; Dennis Dipp on Gilbert's Pond; Gladiators Never Blink; You've Been Noodled! and Flora's Fantastic Revenge.