The Children of the New Forest

Captain Marryat

Oxford Bookworms LibraryLevel 2

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi.

England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody.

The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house – with the children in it.

The four of them escape into the New Forest – but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldiers find them?

Captain Marryat

The Children of the New Forest

THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST

It is 1647 and the four Beverley children – Edward, Humphrey, Alice, and little Edith – are in hiding in the New Forest. The King of England is in prison, and there is fighting everywhere in the country – Cromwell’s men against the King’s men. And if you are a friend of the King, you are in great danger.

The children’s father died while fighting for the King, their mother is dead, Cromwell’s soldiers have burnt their home, and they have no money, no food, nothing. But they have one true friend – old Jacob Armitage. So now, with Jacob to help them, they must learn to live off the land – to hunt for meat in the forest, to plant vegetables, to look after the pigs and chickens.

But Cromwell’s men are everywhere, and the children must learn never to say that their name is Beverley …

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