Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.

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.

The Secret Life of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 , a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.

Adrian Mole is a 13-year-old boy. Adrian writes a diary about his school, his family and, of course, love. There’s a new girl in our class … I think I might love her. I am 13
years old, so I’m old enough for love!