Book
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
- Published
- 1881
- Genre
- Classics
- Pages
- 240
- Words
- 66538
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62446.The_Prince_and_the_Pauper?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 9.5
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 1090L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–14
- Ambleside year
- Year 5 onwards · ages 10–13
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is. (less)
Collections
Deep Roots Grade · 7
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780140436693
- ISBN-10
- 0140436693
Tags
Adventure-DangerAdventure-Life ChangesClassicsDeep RootsEnglandHistory-EuropePeople-RoyaltyRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Winnetka Graded Book List, 1926