Burgess, Melvin  1954-. <br/><br/>
Billy Elliot / 
Melvin Burgess; based on the motion picture screenplay written by Lee Hall; Retold by Karen Holmes. 
 - Simplified ed. 
 - Harlow, UK :  Pearson Education Ltd,  2008. 
 - 56 p. :   col. ill. ;   20 cm.  + 2 CDs. 
 - Penguin Readers Penguin Readers (Level 3) .
<br/><br/> Includes reading activities and 2 CDs. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Chapter 1: Billy's Story: Family Life -- Chapter 2: Jackie's Story: The Boxing Club -- Chapter 3: Billy's Story: The Miner's Strike -- Chapter 5: Billy's Story: Mrs Wilkinson's Plan -- Chapter 6: Michael's Story: My Best Friend Billy -- Chapter 7: Billy's Story: Dad and Tony's Fight -- Chapter 8: Tony's Story: Trouble with the Police -- Chapter 9: Billy's Story: Discoveries -- Chapter 10: Jackie's Story: The Search for Money -- Chapter 11: Tony's Story: The Meeting -- Chapter 12: Billy's Story: The Audition -- Chapter 13: Jackie's Story:  The Letter -- Chapter 14: Billy's Story: Goodbye to Everington -- Chapter 15: Jackie's Story: Billy Elliot, Dancer -- Activities 
<br/><br/> "Eleven-year-old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sport. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something he can do well. But everybody knows that ballet is for girls, not boys! Will Billy continue to dance? Or have his father and brother got other plans for him?" (Book Cover)<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405881760 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dance--Fiction.<br/>Ballet.<br/>Gender Roles.<br/>Coming of age.<br/>Graded Readers.<br/>High-beginner.<br/>A2 (CEFR).
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Graded Readers.