Oliver Twist

by Les Martin (Adapted By), Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is a desperate orphan. A gang of thieves takes him in and teaches him to steal, but then he is caught. What will become of poor Oliver Twist? Kids can find out in this easy-to-read chapter book adaptation of the Dickens classic.

Genres: Classics, Chapter Books, Fiction, Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 1990

About the author

Les Martin has written dozens of books for young readers, including the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM movie storybooks, and many Young Indiana Jones middle-grade novels. He has also adapted many classic works of fiction for young readers, including THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, EDGAR ALLAN POE'S TALES OF TERROR, and THE VAMPIRE. Mr. Martin is a resident of New York City.

Reviews

[Nhung Gau Meo · Rating 4 out of 5]

không hay lắm.

[Jacklyn (ReadingBliss) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was better than expected. I read this to my 9 and 5 year olds- boy and girl- and as we have never had any exposure to this story before, this was a great introduction. I was surprised at how well my five year old picked up on some things and my 9 year old and I really got into it. It has simple language, a few black and white pictures, and tops off at 100 pages. As an early reader, it has slightly larger font and spacing, which makes it an enjoyable, easy, light read aloud. The chapters are well spaced for those who want to dabble and feel like they get to a good stopping point or you could easily read a couple of chapters in one sitting.

Disclaimer: I was surprised to find that they described, but did not get into the nitty gritty, of a man accidentally hanging himself. I don’t even think the children fully picked up on what was being said, but the real surprise was they included a picture of the swinging, hanging man. While, at this point, for my particular children, in this season, my children were not sensitive or scared to this and we read through this part without incident. However, I know children come in an array of personalities and maturities and feel this should be noted before being recommended, as it might not be suited for all audiences at all times. If it matters, it was the bad guy and it was an accident as he ran away from the cops and did bad stuff. As I have never read the original, I can only assume the authors doing the retelling felt this was important to the merit of the original work.

[Cate · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was the most osom book in the world but it's a little too sad and creepy because of a dead man hanging from a rope around his neck and the other end of the rope was tied to a chimney I also like the part where Oliver Twist meets his aunt rose and his brother monks and knows who his mom is and knows who his dad is and that his dad is dead and that his teacher is trying to get Oliver Twist back in his house and .

[Stefani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best juvenile adaptation I'm sure... I mean, what do you expect when you go from ~500 to under 100 pages of large print? But, it's not terrible, and my kids enjoyed listening to it.

If only Oxford Illustrated Classics would come out with more juvenile abridged versions (and keep them in print)....

[Mariya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this book for an English writing assignment back in 6th grade. And I just happened to borrow this from a fellow classmate of mine. I happened to really enjoy this book, no matter how short this one was. I’m actually planning to read the original book by Charles Dickens, and so far I’m really looking forward to it :)

[Weisser · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only gave one star because it is so terribly written. I gave it the one star because I can read it to special education students using my own words and they understand the story. Please, for the sake of literacy, edit these introductory classics better!

[Barbara Garcia-de-Alba · Rating 2 out of 5]

A classic

My 9 year old girl read the book and liked the final outcome and knowing that Oliver finally could settle somewhere. It has cruel and harsh details for a girl her age, but it's a classic.

[Ruthie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so cool because Oliver Twist liked Fagin but then he realized that he was bad.

[ⓝⓐⓣⓗⓐⓝⓐⓔⓛ♦Depression Sucks♦ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was GREAT!!!

[Jkpreussler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the book so much.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

read with my 4th grade daughter, we loved it!

[Krinzel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually I have not read this particular addition but for story I would like to say:
It was really very nice, I think the story after the chapter ESCAPE O LONDON was more interesting!!!

[ســـبأ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's really sad , And so emotional .

[Faloni © · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Tuba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to understand specially for the intermediate level or below ♥️ love this

[Cindy aka "The Book Fairy" · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to such an important classic!

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