When Charlie Babbitt's father dies, he thinks he will inherit a lot of money. However, the money goes to someone Charlie doesn't know, someone who lives in a hospital and turns out to be the brother that Charlie never knew he had. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent potboiler, but does not follow the movie word-for-word,
By EnglishTeacher "scubabear" (EnglishSpeakingCountry) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rain Man: Sampler (Penguin Joint Venture Readers) (Paperback)
This novelization of the film "Rainman" (Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise) is a fairly good read, despite some objectionable product plugs between its pages.The novelization does not strictly follow the film's storyline and dialogue, so if you are expecting a script reference work, look elsewhere. The writing is not great writing-- there is imagery and insight, but not to a remarkable degree. There is a little story embellishment compared to the film, but not much. This is, however, a cleanly written and logically coherent potboiler-- far better than, for example, the abominable novelization of "Speed 2: Cruise Control". (There are three novelizations of "Speed 2: Cruise Control", from separate authors. At least one contains major plotpoint errors, spelling mistakes, and boring writing.) This review refers to the ISBN 0-451-16284-6395 edition of "Rainman" by Leonore Fleischer.
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