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Try these Perfect Partners from Penguin Readers. There is one for each level of Cutting Edge. Study them with your class or read them yourself.

About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
Level 4 Intermediate

When Will Freeman looks for romance he finds a very different kind of relationship. Nick Hornby’s amusing portrayal of Will’s friendship with an unusual twelve-year-old boy is a modern classic. The hilarious film stars Hugh Grant.

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Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
Level 5 Upper-Intermediate
The Joads lose their farm in the Oklahoma dust bowl and decide to head for the golden promise of California. Instead of a land of plenty they meet with hostility, humiliation and brutality.

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A Room with a View
by E.M Forster
Level 6 Advanced
Young Lucy Honeychurch is staying in Florence with her unadventurous cousin, Charlotte. As she gets to know the unusual mix of people in her small hotel, Lucy also discovers the power of her own heart.

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Sir Richard Branson: The Autobiography
By Richard Branson
Level 6 Advanced
Richard Branson’s life is an adventure, from record-breaking balloon flights to courtroom battles with British Airways. This autobiography of the founder of the Virgin empire offers an insight into the private and public world of this larger-than-life entrepreneur.

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