The Alchemist (Collins Readers)

'The Alchemist' is a global phenomenon, selling over 30 million copies worldwide. This classroom edition makes the magical fable available to students in educational hardback format for the first time.

This is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him.