Get acquainted with Shakespeare’s classic tale of greed and revenge, in this light-hearted and amusing retelling. Bassanio is overjoyed when he finally gets to marry Portia. But, his happiness is short-lived when he is forced to defend his dear friend Antonio, who’s in trouble with an old merchant – intent on getting his pound of flesh.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: Fiction from our literary heritage
Curriculum links: English: fiction from the English literary heritage
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- Authors:
- Mayhew, Jon
- Year Published:
- 2017
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780008179472
- Number of Pages:
- 56
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publication Date:
- 03/01/2017
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Series:
- Collins Big Cat
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Collins
- SKU:
- 9780008179472