Oliver Twist
By: by Charles Dickens ; adapted by Les Martin ; illustrated by Jean Zallinger
Contributors: Zallinger, Jean, ill; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Series: Step-up classics
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780679803911; 9780679903918
Subjects: Social life and customs; Criminals; Robbers and outlaws; Orphans; History; Juvenile fiction; Fiction
Description: A simplified retelling of the adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves. With big type, short chapters, plenty of artwork, and a text geared to a high-second-grade reading level, this skillful adaptation conveys the mood and excitement of the original in a format that will appeal to younger readers and older reluctant readers.