Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the

ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that will stimulate

students. John Lennon: Nowhere Boy is based on the 2009 hit British

film about the iconic musician growing up as a rebellious

but gifted teenager in 1950s’ Liverpool. The enduring global success

of the Beatles and the continued interest in Lennon’s life and

music make this an appealing reader for older teenagers.