Helbling Blue Readers 5: Coconut Seller, The+cd (B1)

Description:
Bruno, a poor coconut seller from the favela, meets Clara, a beautiful rich girl from Rio de Janeiro’s wealthy Ipanema area, and they fall in love. But Clara’s father doesn’t approve and stops the relationship.
Then Zeca, a criminal from Bruno’s past, tries to blackmail Bruno into helping him make some easy money. Can Bruno stop Zeca, save Clara and convince Clara’s father that he is right for his daughter?

Level 5 - B1
Human Interest/Love
Recording in American English

Helbling Blue Series
Helbling Fiction
Helbling Readers Blue Series is designed for teenagers and young adults. Readers can choose from sensitively adapted teen-relevant classics and a gripping selection of original fiction.

A series of beautifully illustrated original fiction by top international EFL authors.
Specially commissioned books by awardwinning authors for a choice of compelling teen-relevant stories with a controlled level of language, content and narrative devices in order to ensure the reader enjoys every moment of the read.
Reflection boxes throughout the stories draw links with the students’ own lives.

Reviews::
Today I sat down and read your ‘The Coconut Seller’, at one sitting. Congratulations! It is really very good.
I liked many things; perhaps especially that it is not patronising, in the sense that it does not straightjacket itself within the bounds of some pre-ordained lexical syllabus.
I really liked this aspect, and the use of glossaries on the page.

Eddie Edmundson, ELT Consultant and Writer, Ex British Council Director