Anthony McGowan, Guest Editor June 2015 chose Animal Farm as one of his favourite short novels...."Orwell’s story of a farmyard revolution is one of the very few parables that works on both levels: his animal characters are so wonderfully drawn we come to love (or hate) them, share in their dreams, aspirations, and feel for their ultimate betrayal. Add to that the wider truths it tells us about power and injustice, and we have one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. All in 144 pages …"
Animal Farm - the history of a revolution, under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Wellington leads to the animals taking over the farm but it all went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power.
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One of a series of fiction titles for schools. In Orwell's classic story the animals, led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, drive out Farmer Jones and set up an Animals' Republic in which all are to be free and equal. But the saviours turn out to be just as greedy, vain and oppressive.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Animal Farm and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Animal Farm features in the following genres: Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Classic Literature, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Science Fiction, Featured Books for 13+ readers
Animal Farm is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
Animal Farm was written by George Orwell and published by Heinemann an imprint of Pearson Education
Animal Farm has 89 pages
Yes it is part of The New Windmill Series series
£14.40