This is one of those books that is hard to review, not because I didn’t like it. I really REALLY liked Boy In The Tower – I’m just not quite sure how best to tell you about it. Twelve-year-old Maggie embarks on a dangerous journey into a sinister realm to rescue a schoolmate, andencounters bizarre creatures, moon witches and dark horrors. A compelling fantasy adventure that explores the nature of happiness, friendship and trust.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Something happen to Ade’s mother that made her fear the outside, and when the outside really does become dangerous Ade is left to look after her.

Polly Ho-Yen is a writer based in Bristol. Her debut novel, Boy in the Tower, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Federation of Children's Book Groups Book Award. All three of her middle-gradenovels have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. I thought it was a great book to read. I enjoyed it because it was full of description and very interesting.Second read: can confirm this remains true with a different class - they even broke into spontaneous applause at the end. TOO CUTE😭 Friendship is a big feature throughout the novel, as Ade and Kaia are incredibly close; finding a friend in another outcast. Even when Ade is separated from her, Kaya is always in his thoughts and he clings to fragments of forgotten conversations from the time before. This book is amazing and adventurous, it has lots of high vocabulary and also lots of tension which made the book even better. I recommend this book to all book-lovers or even anyone who wants to read an adventure book, I think this is the right book to choose.