Anna and the Fighter - Elizabeth Laird

About the Book

The Macmillan Readers series is one of the most popular simplified readers for learners of English. The information is controlled, with pictures explaining some of the difficult vocabulary. This brilliant book has 600 basic words for Beginner-level students and explains Anna’s first trip away from home.

About the Author

Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird (born 1943) is a British writer of children's fiction and travel. She is also known for the large body of folktales which she collected from the regions of Ethiopia. Her books have been translated into at least twenty languages.[1]

Biography

Laird was born in New Zealand in 1943. She was the fourth child of her Scottish father and New Zealand mother. The family settled in Purley, near London in 1945. A fifth child was born in 1947. He suffered severe disabilities and died in 1949. Laird's first children's novel, Red Sky in the Morning (Heinemann, 1988), was inspired in some measure by her brother's life.

Laird has been a judge of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction since its inception in 2010.

Laird has received several awards for her work,[3] and has been shortlisted six times for the Carnegie Medal for British children's literature.