The true story of iconic musician John Lennon, growing up as a rebellious teenager in 1950s Liverpool. Based on the movie by Sam Taylor-Wood. Level 4 (Upper-intermediate): For students with 4+ years of English CEF Stage B1. 2000 headwords (story: up to 15,000 words) Scholastic ELT Secondary Readers are a series of contemporary film and TV adaptations, original teenage fiction, classic literature and biographies. Specifically targeted at teenagers learning English, they are published at five levels following a carefully graded syllabus.