Books Level 1
Procedures
- Action Engaging/Thrilling plot, suspense. Closed and rewarding endings.
- Chronology Linear, but also sometimes shifts that stimulate suspense.
- Storyline(s) Clear storyline; several storylines are possible, if transparent and if contributing to the tension of the narrative.
- Perspective Preferably constant: first person narrative or third person narrative.
- Meaning Youth experiences. Familiar life experiences. Fantastic worlds. Simple appealing themes for teenagers. Univocal meanings.
Style
- Vocabulary Simple and familiar. Current, contemporary, mainly everyday language.
- Sentence construction Simple and clear.
- Stylistic Concrete and direct, vivid language (many dialogues, direct humour). Evocative language, transparent or conventional imagery.
Characters
- Character Close to the reader’s age and preoccupations. Engagement is important. Definite/predictable, appealing characters.
- Number Few characters. Bigger numbers can be coped with as long as a few main figures offer an orientation for the reader.
- Relations Explicit, non-ambiguous, clearly marked.
Book list Level 1
Author | Title | Year | Book Scan | Translations |
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Keller, Gottfried | Clothes Make The Man | 1874 | Translations | |
Creangă, Ion | Memories of my Boyhood | 1881 | Translations | |
Ispirescu, Petre | Romanian Legends and Folktales | 1882 | Translations | |
Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1902 | ||
Steinbeck, John | The Red Pony | 1933 | ||
Petrescu, Cezar | Fram, the Polar Bear | 1958 | Translations | |
Townsend, Sue | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ | 1982 | ||
Pausewang, Gudrun | The Last Children of Schewenborn | 1983 | Translations | |
Timm, Uwe | The Invention of Curried Sausage | 1993 | Translations | |
Rowling, Joanne K. | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 1997 | ||
Sachar, Louis | Holes | 1998 | ||
Blyton, Enid | The Mystery of the Missing Necklace | 2001 | Translations | |
Horowitz, Anthony | Horowitz Horror | 2009 | Translations |