Ned Kelly, a True Story

by Christine Lindop

When he was a boy, he was poor and hungry. When he was a young man, he was still poor and hungry. He learnt how to steal horses, he learnt how to fight, he learnt how to live - outside the law. Australia in the 1870s was a hard, wild place. Rich people had land, poor people didn't. So the rich got richer, and the poor stayed poor. Some say Ned Kelly was a bad man. Some say he was a good man but the law was bad. This is the true story of Australia's most famous outlaw.

56 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Christine Lindop was born in New Zealand where she began her teaching career. She later taught EFL in France and Spain before settling in Great Britain, and has worked as an editor, proofreader, and writer since 1993.

With Oxford University Press, Christine has worked extensively on the Oxford Bookworms Library and is the Series Editor for Oxford Bookworms Factfiles. Her original titles include Sally's Phone and Red Roses (Starters), Ned Kelly: A True Story (Stage 1), and Australia and New Zealand (Stage 3). She has also adapted Goldfish (Stage 3) and two volumes of World Stories, The Long White Cloud: Stories from New Zealand (Stage 3) and Doors to a Wider Place: Stories from Australia (Stage 4), and edited A Tangled Web for the Oxford Bookworms Collection.

She has worked on many other Oxford readers series as both an editor and a writer.

Reviews

[Denisse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro corto que trata sobre la vida de Ned Kelly, famoso australiano que cometía delitos en los años 1874-1880. Es una historia real de fácil entendimiento para los principiantes del idioma inglés.

[يوسف]

مجموعة من القصص تصدرها جامعة اكسفورد للمبتدئين، الكتاب هذا يتحدث عن قصة نيد كيلي صاحب أحد أشهر القصص في استراليا، وهو رغم أنه خارج عن القانون إلا أنه كان يساعد الفقراء والمساكين وكانت اعتداءات رجال الشرطة التي تحفزه لأعمال لا قانونية سواء كانت الاعتداءات عليه أو على الناس، القصة للمبتدئين وهي من 42 صفحة.

[Źoälfqär Äħmễḑ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was simple,I have enjoyed when I read this book.
But still this question in my mind “is he a legend or just a fool ?”

[Brad Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

Christine Lindop has written a book of fictitious nonsense. Almost nothing in this book is supported by evidence that is readily available online.
It appears she has relied on books written by Kelly fans, which are full of fiction, myths and lies for her research.
The book lauds a very serious criminal who murdered three police officers in cold blood, with one of the police chased for 800 metres into the bush and executed at point-blank range with a 12 gauge shotgun to the chest. The police officer involved pleaded with Ned Kelly to be left alone, and he told Kelly that he had 5 young children and his wife was pregnant. Kelly executed him in a cruel and vicious manner.
To suggest this is a true story reflects on the integrity of the author.
This book should be in the fiction section of the library, as it is not true in any sense.
Not a book to be recommended at all.

[_ophelia_ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was he a fool? A smart man?or just a wild man?
Well i think he was a brave man.a very courageous and brave man who didn't want anyone else to experience the problems that he had.he didn't want to kill people ; it wasn't like an interest for him! He had to kill people.for every change at all the period of times , some people had been killed! I'm literally in love with this book and the fact that it ACTUALLY happened made it more interesting and at the same time painful.

[Yasen · Rating 5 out of 5]

this story tell us about ned kelly is the most famous outlaw ,he was poor all the life also he's a good man ,he was help the poor people and the police officer were hate him when anyone stole their hours or cow ,so he learn how steal hours for help his family and poor people.

[Deb · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of Ned Kelly but I didn't find this book very good.
It's alright for teenage school children, although there are some parts I found to be inaccurate.
The questions at the end of the book were goid.

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is told so well you don't notice it uses only 400 headwords. Still, I was not feeling very receptive to a story of an angry white man with a gun.

[Walaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book written in easy English " stage one " , i really enjoyed while i was reading it ..
i took this book to my school every day , read it when i have free time ,,
a lot of my friend like the cover of the book , and asked me about the story of that man who wear armour ,,
i took my English school teatcher's premission to make a project about ned kelly ..
i felt so sorry for kelly Gang and especially for ned kelly ,,
becouse they all were unlucky in this life !!
the most beautiful thing in this book , it inclouds many pictures and painting ..
it makes you live the story .
and it inclouds Glossary which help you to improve your English ,also inclouds worksheet and activities ,,
i hope enjoyable read for you ,,

[Kiyu Nishiki · Rating 3 out of 5]

（1）
Book title：Ned Kelly
Publisher：OXFORD
Book level：1
2： It took me （80）minutes to read

3〔Seven words〕
・poor
・hungry
・kill
・people
・help
・infamous
・outlaw

4（about passage. like or don't like）
a...He committed murder, but he helped many poor people.
b...I think we mustn't kill people.

5 （Explain about book）
This is true story about Ned Kelly. He was poor and hungry when he was a boy and young man.He learnt how to steal hourses, how to fight, how to live.
He killed many people, but he alsf helped many poor people. People said that he was a good man, but police and lawyer said he was the most famous outlaw.

[Yuuka Matuda · Rating 3 out of 5]

1.christine lindop
oxford1rating
2.4/18 30minutes
4/22 15minutes
3.ned kelly, family, policemen, bank, news paper, prison
4.(a)i like passage that ned tried to go to the bank to steal the money in the bank.
(b)ned planned to go to the bank, get money there, print his letter that was wrote about bad policemen in mr gill's news paper.
i wanted him to succeed the plan and tell people bad policemen.
5.poor people did not be helped by policemen, but he tried to change the bad situation. he was killed, but the situation got better. i think that he was a brave men.

[Yunus Emre · Rating 3 out of 5]

kjjnıkj

[Saki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oxford1
Time= 85 minutes
Seven word summary=prison, trouble, true, gang, policeman, dead, bank

What do you think about rich get richer and poor stay poor??
= I think it’s bad because it’s not fair.

This story was boring. I couldn’t understand this book wants to tell me. I don’t want to recommend it.

[Sally68 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ned was a man who committed several crimes and was therefore wanted by the police. Ned and his family were harassed by the police, because they were poor and so, together with his brothers, he formed the Kelly gang, to fight the police. Ned, he robbed banks and gave most of the money to the poor. He will be caught and imprisoned and then hanged with a rope. Ned has become a legendary.

[Denicemarcell]

I have heard of Ned Kelly but never knew his story. This adult literacy biography gave me the information I was lacking.

[Den]

Эта прекрасная книжка на Ангилском)))))
Рад был почитать>:)