Alissa - C. J. Moore

About the Book

The Macmillan Graded Readers series is one of the most popular simplified readers for learners of English. The information is carefully controlled, with pictures to help explain some of the difficult words and phrases.

This brilliant book for starter-level students describes a girls desire to leave her work and go to school.

About the Author

C. J. Moore

C J Moore is writer, translator and editor of both adult and children's books. He is the author of the highly successful In Other Words, and the award winning Ishtar and Tammuz, as well as a teen adventure novel Captureland, set in the Caribbean. He published two volumes of poetry with The Celtic Cross Press, and has written a critically acclaimed verse translation of the Fables of La Fontaine. He spends his time between Scotland, Spain and the Swiss Alps.

In 2012 he published King Abba, the first in a series to be called The Seven Songs. The sequel, Behind the Mountain, was published in February 2014. There is more to follow.

CJM tries to keep up three or four European languages and, amongst other convictions, believes devoutly in the power of tai chi.