Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: The Bride Price

Word count 22,620 Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna''s ''bride price'' - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together - until, finally, something has to break.CEFR B2Word count 22,620

• | Author: Buchi Emecheta
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 10, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780194792189
• | ISBN-10: 0194792188