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Title: Journey to the West
Author: Rosemary Border
ISBN: 978-0-19-455656-7
Genre: Adventure, Classics
Level: Starter
Module:

Getting along with others
Cultures of the world
Rights and responsibilities
Wonderful things


Meet four friends: San Zang, Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy. The four friends go on a long and difficult journey. They go to collect a special book. This special book teaches people how to be good. The book is in India. They have many exciting adventures on the way. Read on to find out about their Journey to the West.

This story was already old when the Chinese writer Wu Cheng'en wrote it down in the sixteenth century. In the early twentieth century Arthur Waley wrote down the story in English. Journey to the West has also been made into films and TV programmes.

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