by Melvin Burgess · Pearson Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405881760
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«Billy Elliot» is the level 3 graded reader by Melvin Burgess, published by Pearson Education in paperback (64 pages, in English).
Billy Elliot, an eleven-year-old boy who does not excel at school or in sports, one day discovers ballet and finds an activity he is good at. In his environment, however, dancing is considered something for girls, and his father and brother have other plans for him. The story asks whether Billy will be able to keep dancing or will have to give up what he loves most.
Adaptation of the film screenplay by Lee Hall, published in the Pearson English Graded Readers series; corresponds to the 2nd edition (2008).
Intended for teenage and adult learners of English who follow level 3 graded readers.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
