Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. The Story of Tracy Beaker, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. Ten-year-old Tracy Beaker lives in a children's home. No one wants Tracy because she is very naughty. But one day, a writer, Cam, comes to the children's home and changes Tracy's life. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.

ジャクリーン・ウィルソンが描くのは、強がりな仮面の裏に孤独を隠した少女トレイシーの、震えるような魂の叫びです。彼女の「悪戯」は愛を求める切実な祈りであり、過酷な現実を想像力で塗り替えようとする健気な抵抗に他なりません。読者は彼女の嘘の裏側に潜む剥き出しの傷跡に触れ、言葉を超えた深い共感へと誘われるでしょう。 映像作品が彼女の躍動感や周囲の環境を鮮烈に伝える一方で、原作テキストは映像で捉えきれない繊細な内面のゆらぎという深みを与えています。行間に滲む寂しさと、それでも消えない再生への希望を読み解くことで、両メディアは補完し合い、物語はより多層的な輝きを放つのです。この作品は、誰かに見つけてほしいと願うすべての人への賛歌です。