Badger Learning | Library Book Collections for Secondary Schools | Autumn 2023

RELUCTANT READER & LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

FRESH START PHONICS

Intervention programme with proven results for students who are still learning to read

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2023

MOMENTUM

New hi-lo graphic novels for your most reluctant readers

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WOW! FICTION

New progressively levelled series of gripping stories

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WHAT’S INSIDE

Our Library collections are curated using the best of the best in YA publishing, hand-picked from the hundreds of books we read and assess each year, to support secondary school librarians to source new books easily. We even offer content guidance (available on request) so you can be confident in recommending books that are age-appropriate and will appeal to your students’ interests.

Badger Learning also specialises in publishing super-readable hi-lo books for struggling and reluctant readers, and we have a huge range to choose from for children in years 7–11.

Encourage your students to try a new book or genre with our free downloadable posters for the library, including Feminist Revolution, Books for Gamers, BookFlix, BookTok, Stranger Things and No Planet B.

Welcome to your Badger Learning KS3 & KS4 catalogue

Our team have over 30 years of experience working within education and publishing, and we bring this amassed knowledge to bear in creating books and building collections to inspire and encourage reading.

Welcome to September, the start of a new school year and an exciting chapter for your school library. As every book is now back in its rightful place (hopefully!), it’s the perfect time to assess your inventory, identify gaps and update your stock to meet the constantly evolving needs of your students.

At Badger Learning, we understand the impact that reading has on student outcomes and recognise the importance of providing pupils with the right books to foster a love of reading. We also understand that schools face budget constraints, so every addition to your library needs to add something meaningful. Every year we read hundreds of books and choose the best to rejuvenate our collections, so you can be confident that your purchases are always current, relevant, and diverse.

Sarah Rudd Library Collections Specialist

Often neurodiverse pupils will not see themselves in the characters within the books available to them. With that in mind, we have carefully curated a new neurodiversity collection that will help to ensure your library is inclusive and empowering for neurodiverse students and reassures them that their voice matters.

This year, the SATs results showed that over a quarter of all Year 7s had a reading age below 11. This statistic confirms the essential need for hi-lo books that can be used for reading interventions. Our new series, WOW! Fiction meets this need by offering titles with a reading age of 6–7 that are fast-paced, engaging stories with mature subject matter to appeal to secondary school pupils of all ages. They are progressively levelled, building literacy skills in a graduated way, and dyslexia-friendly by design with a specialist font and off-white paper to support comfortable reading.

Graphic novels continue to rise in popularity and have proven to be an effective tool in grabbing readers who have ‘switched off’ from traditional novels. Momentum is our new Graphic Novel series, offering dyslexia-friendly features and short gripping storylines with a specialist font and off-white paper to support readability.

As always, we are committed to supporting you in creating an exceptional school library. If you require any resources that are not within the pages of this catalogue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

ACCELERATED READER™ PACKS

Fresh and enticing fiction and non-fiction titles for your library in easy-to-buy AR levelled collections. Every title has been quizzed by Renaissance Learning and each collection contains MY, MY+ and UY interest levels to provide a wide variety of choice. Free stickers are included with every pack.

Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

ACCELERATED READER™ YEAR GROUP PACKS

Each title in our Accelerated Reader Year Group packs has been read and assessed by our specialist team to make sure the content is suitable for each age group. Our team considers a variety of factors when assessing a book, including the reading level, the subject matter, and the overall tone and style. We also take into account the interests and needs of students in each age group. By carefully selecting books for our packs, we can help ensure that students have access to high-quality books that are both challenging and enjoyable.

ACCELERATED READER:

The Accelerated Reader Mega Collection is the perfect way to boost your library's collection of high-quality, engaging books. Whether you're just starting with AR or looking for a way to quickly update your library, the AR Mega Collection has you covered. This collection includes all of our fiction and non-fiction packs, as well as year group packs.

BEST NEW BOOKS

There are so many fabulous children’s books published every year that it is impossible for librarians and schools to keep up with them all, let alone read and assess them. This is where we come in! As experienced secondary school book buyers, we read every title, page-for-page, take note of any inappropriate content and assess which year group the text fits into best. We also ensure every collection features a wide range of refreshing, absorbing texts with diverse characters and authors that are relevant to today, to guarantee every reader is accommodated.

We have worked tirelessly to bring you these compelling collections filled with our absolute favourite recently-published books. From taut, timely thrillers to books packed with emotional insight and tenderness, these collections genuinely have everything your students could ask for.

Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

THE YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED READS

Featuring the very best of publishing over the last 12 months, this contemporary collection encompasses the freshest trends for secondary schools. A truly amazing hand-picked selection where you will find not only exciting, fast-paced, on-trend narratives but also novels that comment on our current culture and stories we frequently see in the news.

The Year’s Most Anticipated Reads, 10 Books

£70.00 RRP £81.90

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Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

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Poetry and free verse novels offer students slightly different but rewarding reading experiences with their short, sharp narratives and evocative writing styles. They tackle important and empowering themes through beautiful, heartfelt language and captivating imagery, conjuring emotion quickly in a way that the standard novel can take hundreds of pages to do.

Novels in Verse, 10 Books

£80.00 RRP £93.90

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LIBRARY NON-FICTION

This collection will make a great addition to any school library. The books cover important topics such as black history and life as a refugee, as well as fun non-fiction texts that are interesting reads for any student. Essential Library Non-Fiction,

Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

SUPPORTING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

Studies have shown that the after-effects of lockdown have had a hugely negative impact on young people’s mental health, and we need to do all we can to ensure that they have help and advice available. From understanding body positivity to the power of sleep, this collection features an array of essential titles all focusing on improving your students’ mental health. It offers hope, support and real-life examples of mental health struggles that teens will find honest and relatable.

Supporting Your Mental Health,

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£84.00 RRP £98.90

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MINDING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

The mental well-being of young people is still an ongoing concern, particularly as recent research shows one in six 11–16-year-olds are living with a mental illness.*

As the UK emerges from the pandemic, many young people are still struggling with its impact, potentially exacerbated by being the first generation for a long time to be so directly affected by global events. Young people report that ongoing concerns about war, injustice and climate change are adding to their concerns about the future.

This selection of titles will not only raise awareness of mental health conditions but also highlight coping strategies and signpost the reader to where to get help. Each book reminds the reader that they are not alone and that these difficulties can be overcome with the right guidance and support.

Minding Your Mental Health, 10 Books

£68.00 RRP £85.90

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*State of the Nation: Children and Young People's Wellbeing

Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

This thoughtfully curated diverse book collection celebrates neurodivergent characters and features titles written by own voices authors. This exceptional selection provides a platform for neurodiverse individuals to see themselves, and their life experiences, reflected within the pages of a book. Additionally, these books will foster empathy and understanding among neurotypical students, highlighting the importance and need of an inclusive society. Contains authentic representations of autism, ADHD and dyslexia.

Neurodiversity Celebration, 10 Books

£67.00 RRP

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CELEBRATING ETHNIC DIVERSITY

Importantly, the publishing industry is pushing hard to diversify children’s literature so that racial representation in books reflects the reality of our world. This collection showcases the best writing by brilliant authors featuring characters from diverse backgrounds.

Celebrating Ethnic Diversity, 15 Books

£101.00 RRP £119.25

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LGBTQ+

Finally, LGBTQ+ characters are becoming more commonplace, more diverse, and more accessible to readers regardless of their own sexual orientation or gender identity. These books for teens feature gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters, and contain storylines that discuss everything from coming out to how hetero, cis-gendered people can support their LGBTQ+ peers.

LGBTQ+, 10 Books

£72.00 RRP £84.90

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Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

Feminist Revolution

Designed to inspire and empower feminists, this is an absolute must-have collection for your library. Featuring stories steeped in epic world building and whodunnit murder mysteries, as well as fierce tales of fighting the patriarchy and books that smash stereotypes.

Feminist Revolution, 10 Books

£71.00 RRP £88.90

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Because we read every book page-for-page, each of our collections has a free content guidance and recommended age grouping to assist you in placing the titles in your library. This is available upon request.

This collection of books about the climate emergency is a combination of stories — firstly, hopeful stories of how we can encourage environmental change and secondly, devastating tales of what will happen if we don’t. Floods, forest fires and melting ice caps are just a few of the all-too-real issues that are examined.

No Planet B, 10 Books

£69.00 RRP £80.90

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Made Me Buy It

Since its launch in 2018, TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world. #BookTok brings shared bookish excitement to a new audience and has made a significant impact on teen reading habits, with young people recommending titles to each other. Tap into the trend with this contemporary collection containing some of the most referenced BookTok titles highlighted over the last year.

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Streaming services are part of everyday life and we understand how hard it can be to wait for the next episode or season to come online after a good binge-watching session. So, we’ve created this collection of book matches that contain similar themes to some well-loved TV shows, to help keep your students ticking along until release day. Content guidance is advised for this collection as mature themes are included in some of these books. This information is available upon request.

Manga and graphic novels are book formats that every secondary school library needs for their readers, especially as anime series are growing in popularity year on year. The detailed artwork means the RRPs are higher than standard novels, but it’s a price worth paying if it encourages new readers into your library!

EXAM SET TEXTS

We are now offering popular exam titles at a discounted price to help fulfil your English Literature requirements. We have also included abridged texts which can unlock a newfound love and understanding of the great classics for those readers that may struggle or be put off by length and language. These simplified versions remain true to the original with the same themes, characters and key quotes.

If you don’t see what you need here, and would like to purchase other class texts instead, please do contact us for bespoke ordering.

Save 10% off Collins English resources for KS3 and GCSE. Collins resources set students up for success in English Language and English Literature by improving their skills in grammar, vocabulary, reading and more.

Who We Are

24 brilliant texts to enrich your KS3 English curriculum

Weave more representative and inclusive contemporary texts and writers into Key Stage 3 with this new anthology compiled by an expert panel of writers and teachers.

£90.00 RRP £100.00

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Develop Brilliant Reading

24 lessons to assess and improve reading at KS3

Assess reading progress and improve reading skills in Key Stage 3 English with ready-made and photocopiable reading tests to spot problem areas, direct teaching and gain insights into reading patterns.

Through Our Eyes

24 brilliant texts to enrich your GCSE English curriculum

A collection of specialist writers and teachers have put together a brand-new anthology to ensure your contemporary texts for Key Stage 4 are diverse and contain authentic representation.

£90.00 RRP £100.00

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KS3 Writing Recovery Pack Activities to rebuild writing skills and stamina

Close the writing gap with over 100 supportive and structured activities that can be easily slotted into your existing curriculum.

£90.00

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Building Brilliant Vocabulary

24 brilliant texts to enrich your KS3 English curriculum

60 lessons to close the word gap in KS3

Improve KS3 students’ conceptual knowledge and prepare them for GCSE with 60 ready-made vocabulary lessons.

£99.00 RRP £110.00

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Reimagine KS3 English

Builds con dence with Romantic and 19th century texts for GCSE

Develop skills, reading stamina and cultural understanding with nine knowledge-rich projects to invigorate your KS3 English curriculum and create a firm foundation for GCSE.

Crafting Brilliant Sentences

Grammar for GCSE English

Help your students craft impressive narrative, descriptive, and discursive writing to achieve the highest marks at GCSE.

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Reimagine KS3 Shakespeare

Imaginative ways to study Shakespeare in every year of KS3

Help build a challenging and rewarding English curriculum with imaginative ways to reinvigorate the study of Shakespeare at KS3 to lay strong foundations for GCSE.

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RESCUE STRUGGLING READERS AGED 9–13

Read Write Inc. Fresh Start is a catch-up and intervention programme, with proven results, for 9–13 year olds still learning to read. Developed by Ruth Miskin, Read Write Inc. Fresh Start uses a proven phonics-based approach and:

• Engages students with high-interest, age-appropriate reading materials.

• Accelerates students’ progress with finely levelled Modules, supplemented by age-appropriate Anthologies.

• Includes a clear structure to help you fit Fresh Start into your timetable, with step-by-step teacher guidance and detailed lesson plans that integrate all reading activities.

Fresh Start can be delivered flexibly, depending on the number of students who need it in your school, and the number of staff you have available to teach it.

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Teacher Handbook

We get a lot of feedback about the positive impact of Fresh Start on students’ con dence and ability to access lessons.

The handbook offers guidance on how to identify students who would benefit from the programme and how to assess them at each stage. Detailed notes show how to teach the Speed Sounds so that students can begin to read the texts and complete the activities in the Fresh Start Modules.

Advice is also included on how to organise Fresh Start in your class or school as well as full guidance on how to timetable and teach each Module in the programme.

Module Pupil Workbooks

Each of the 34 Module workbooks contain a fiction or non-fiction text, providing practice in the sounds and graphemes taught in the phonics lessons. The texts are carefully matched to the students’ phonic level. Students read and discuss the text several times, developing comprehension and fluency.

Each Module also contains a range of activities which develop students’ ability in spelling, punctuation and writing answers to comprehension questions.

Anthology Reading Books

Seven full-colour Anthologies in a lively magazine-style format provide further phonic practice, at home and at school.

• Include a variety of lively non-fiction, poetry, and fiction texts to engage even the most reluctant readers.

• Encourage pupils to read for pleasure with full colour texts including quizzes, playscripts, and comic strips to enjoy.

• Are fully integrated within the Fresh Start programme and support teachers with effective lesson planning and organisation.

Teacher from Park Academy, a Secondary school in West London

These graded readers are the perfect solution for teaching English as a foreign language or, alternatively, they can be used with struggling readers to improve their literacy skills. Each level corresponds with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to ensure the grammar and vocabulary are carefully controlled.

• Clear progression across eight levels to offer a structured and rewarding reading programme.

• Mixture of classic and contemporary fiction, as well as high-interest non-fiction, to ensure readers are engaged.

• Every book contains a unique code to download your free accompanying eBook and audio recording.

• Each book includes a glossary for key vocabulary, comprehension questions and follow-up activities with further lesson plans, video tutorials and worksheets available for free online.

The story or text (especially at the lower levels) contains clear and attractive illustrations. At Starter level and Level 1, many stories are in the form of graphic novels so that the text is well supported.

Each Penguin Reader begins with a short introduction to the story or text, and some introductory questions to help orientate the students towards the subject matter of the story or text.

Any difficult vocabulary is explained in a picture dictionary (at lower levels), and in a glossary at the back of the book. This new vocabulary is also recycled in the text where possible to increase its exposure.

BEST NEW BOOKS FOR RELUCTANT READERS

Keeping your reluctant reader book selection modern, fresh, relatable and diverse is crucial. Now, it’s easy to revitalise your library offering with this best new collection which features the top hi-lo books published over the last year, making this an absolute must-have. Best New Books for Reluctant Readers

WINDOWS & MIRRORS

This engaging and thought-provoking series is a must-have inclusive collection that offers a powerful opportunity to open conversations, challenge bias and prejudice, foster a sense of community, and build resilience.

These titles can act as ‘mirrors’, reflecting the reader’s own experiences to help them feel heard and understood, as well as ‘windows’, where students are given an insight into lives different from their own. Set in an inner city school, each book looks at the experience of a student who is going through a difficult time. The books navigate the reader through hardships and signpost how to access, or offer, help. Although the books can be hard-hitting, the subjects examined are expertly and sensitively handled. The series is also suitable for dyslexic readers with a specialist font, extra spacing, and off-white paper.

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Each book in the set of 14 titles in the Travellers series contains 2–3 very short and simple stories. Compiling the stories in this way creates the appearance of a ‘real’ book, which will help to make the reader feel less self-conscious about reading something ‘specialised’.

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RUNWAY

This hi-lo series is comprised of 12 books, each containing 2–3 stories. The short length and varied nature of the stories makes them perfect for reluctant readers with a reading age of 6–7. The content itself is appropriate for readers 11+. Each story has illustrations, a vocabulary page at the front and questions at the back to ensure that the text has been understood. Stories vary from familiar settings such as schools and museums to more fantastical locations like haunted houses and space ships.

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EBOOK PDF READERS PACK 12 PDFs

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READERS PACK 12 Books

£67.00 RRP

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Sample pages from Deyda’s Drum

This is an incredibly accessible series for reluctant readers with a low reading age of 6–7. The First Flight collection offers a variety of different text types including ction, non- ction, plays and poetry, so is well placed to cater for many interests and abilities. Stories range from bikers and sur ng to ghosts, monsters, and aliens on Earth, plus non- ction topics that include awesome animals and the biggest lies ever.

FIRST FLIGHT LEVEL 1

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READERS PACK Catch Up® Level 7-8 Accelerated Reader™ Level 2.3–3.7

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Sample pages from Shark’s Fin Island First Flight Level 1

Sample pages from Monster Cards First Flight Level 2

The very successful Full Flight series was developed to help reluctant readers get to grips with reading by providing a wide range of engaging and stimulating ction and non- ction titles. Each book has been written speci cally with reluctant readers in mind, and has been carefully levelled and designed with an accessible, inviting layout.

All series are also available as individual books, PDF download collections and complete packs which include a teacher book and CD.

Awesome Animals Full Flight Non-Fiction

Sample pages from Striking Out Full Flight Girl Power

Sample pages from Dinosaur Rampage Full Flight Thrills and Spills

Highly illustrated and laid out as graphic novels for added appeal, these eight new titles are super-readable and dyslexia-friendly by design. They are our lowest reading level series, and are sure to keep the reading momentum going even with your most reluctant students.

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HI-LO HEROES & ADVENTURE

Ignite and Ignite II are both aimed at the same interest age of 11+. These hi-lo books are appropriate for reading ages as young as 7–8, and include features such as a vocabulary page, comprehension questions, simple sentences and line breaks. With illustrations and topics to cater to a wide range of interests such as pirates, werewolves, ghosts and an intergalactic hamster, these sets provide much needed encouragement for struggling and reluctant readers alike.

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This series contains lively female leads and exciting adventures involving animals, mistaken identities, twisted fairy tales, mysteries, football, aliens, magical powers and deep sea monsters. Each title contains simple sentences with line breaks, engaging illustrations and questions at the end to ensure that the text has been fully comprehended. The Gems series has been designed for a reading age of just 7–8 but a much older interest age of 11+.

Accelerated Reader™ Level 3.0–4.2

Catch Up® Level 10

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Created to help ll the ever-present need for very low-level texts with teenage appeal, Zipwire features 10 short and sharp stories in a super-readable format (including a dyslexia-friendly font) to give struggling older readers the best chance to hone those fundamental skills that will help them to make progress in all areas of their learning.

Accelerated Reader™ Level 2.3–2.9

Catch Up® Level 7

EBOOK PDF READERS PACK 10 PDFs

£56.00

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Sample pages from Terrible Tale of Melody Doom

ALIEN DETECTIVE AGENCY

The Alien Detective Agency series stars protagonists Jack Swift and Wanda Darkstar, a duo who police alien criminals, both on Earth and beyond! These unique and popular books are designed to engage reluctant and struggling readers aged 11+ through simple language, short sentences and comic storylines. Though the same main characters are featured throughout the series, there is no de ned sequence and each book can be read individually.

ENGLISH–UKRAINIAN DUAL LANGUAGE ALIEN DETECTIVE AGENCY

Six new dual language English–Ukrainian digital books especially created to support Ukrainian students to familiarise themselves with the English language. Featuring text on the left-hand side in English and the right-hand side in Ukrainian, along with a helpful dual-language vocabulary list at the front.

These books have been selected for translation because they have a low reading level, short sentences, consistent main characters, light-hearted plotlines and immersive and fun colour illustrations.

Each story is also accompanied by a bonus free MP3 audio book in English to aid a more robust and rounded understanding of the English language, as well as to help build uency.

ENGLISH–UKRAINIAN DUAL LANGUAGE MIXED READERS

A mix of fiction and non-fiction titles selected especially with refugee children in mind, featuring positive stories and non-fiction with a wide appeal that avoids potentially triggering subject matter. These books are expertly levelled and use simple short sentences and controlled language — ideal for language learning. Featuring text on the left-hand side in English and the right-hand side in Ukrainian, along with a helpful dual-language vocabulary list at the front.

£34.00

These six dual language titles are available to download as PDF eBooks for free at badgerlearning.co.uk/dual-language

Roll up, roll up! Boys and girls… take your seats… come and see what the Big Top of Horrors has in store…

Filled with evil clowns, mad magicians and a Ringmaster who may or may not be there to help — who will escape and who will be doomed?

Written with carefully controlled language but gruesome and exciting plots, this six-book series is aimed at teenagers aged 12+ who have a reading age of 6–7. The stories include elements of horror, the supernatural, action and adventure, and reluctant readers are sure to be drawn into the drama that unfolds inside each title.

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Welcome to Horror Hotel… Do you dare to stay the night?

When teenagers find a mysterious hotel in the woods, they have no idea what terrors they may face. When they find it filled with monsters and intelligent technology should they trust the eccentric hotel manager to help them escape from Horror Hotel, or will they be permanently checked-in?

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Do your students dare set foot on Monster Island? Filled with mythical beasts, treacherous terrain and a castaway captain who may have eaten one too many coconuts — who will manage to escape and who will be marooned forever?

Monster Island is a new adventure series for reluctant and struggling readers aged 12+ with a much lower reading age of 6–7. All six titles have been written by Tim Collins, an expert in writing exciting stories for struggling readers, and this series is no exception. All the swashbuckling action is skilfully contained within a mere 300–500 words per book and is spread amongst amazing and imaginative illustrations; a winning combination to make reading an inviting experience rather than a daunting one.

These engaging stories will also make brilliant quick reads for more able readers.

Accelerated Reader™ Level 2.2–2.9

Catch Up® Level 6

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£38.00

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DARK READS

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Dark Reads are very short novels of just 600 words, written specifically to appeal to struggling teenage readers with a very low reading age of 6–7. Each story has the perfect combination of accessible language and interesting, age-appropriate content. Every title has the look and feel of a real book with a contents page, information about the author and illustrator, story facts and dynamic two-tone illustrations. Dark Reads I draws on supernatural classics and famous monsters while Dark Reads II presents a modern and relatable ‘way in’ to the plays of Shakespeare.

EBOOK PDF Catch Up® Level 8 Accelerated Reader™ Level 2.5–3.9

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Sample pages from The Ape

Papercuts is an eerie and haunting series written to appeal to students aged 13+ who nd full-length novels overwhelming. All titles have a reading age of 8–9 and an accessible word count of 5000–6000. Written by respected and accomplished authors, they are packed with horror and elements of the supernatural. But be warned, they’re not for the faint-hearted!

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YA READS

YA Reads I and II have been written by experienced authors to ful l the need for mature yet accessible ction aimed at young adults. These 16 engrossing and thought-provoking titles have themes spanning sexuality, identity, family breakdown, bereavement, relationships, prejudice and dystopia.

With a reading age of 8–9, an interest age of 14+, and a realistic word count of 5000–6000, YA Reads provide your struggling readers with captivating, ageappropriate ction to both inspire a love of reading and broaden horizons.

YA READS I

YA READS II

Between the Lines perfectly combines visual appeal with carefully chosen content that is both compelling and relevant for teenagers and young adults. The stories feature mature and serious themes, touching on abandonment, addiction, grief, love, war and dystopian futures.

With a realistic word count of 5000–6000, imaginative storylines and line spacing to create bite-sized chunks of text, these books are ideal for struggling readers or more able readers who enjoy a quick read.

BETWEEN THE LINES I

BETWEEN THE LINES II

The Two Sides series take important themes faced by many young people in today’s world such as sexual identity, domestic abuse, racism and being a young carer and bring them to life through the words of a young person struggling to come to terms with them. These innovative books are written both from the main character’s point of view and someone else who has made an assumption about the situation coloured by prejudice or ignorance. Appearances can be deceiving. In a judgemental world, can your students see Two Sides?

Accelerated Reader™ Level 2.8–3.8

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6 PDFs

£37.00

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READERS PACK

6 Books

£37.00 RRP £41.94

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Accelerated Reader™ Level 3.3–4.2

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6 PDFs £37.00

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This collection has been speci cally curated to include a diverse range of characters with inclusive storylines, so that your library will allow more readers to see themselves represented, as well as encouraging readers with high representation to consider experiences different to their own.

These fast-paced short reads contain diverse and commonly marginalised characters while they examine topics such as mental health, homelessness and life as a young carer. Not only do they challenge stereotypes and prejudices, but they are also enjoyable and exciting stories that will appeal to young people aged 14+ who aren’t usually keen on picking up a book.

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TEEN READS

Our range of Teen Reads has an established reputation with both teachers and students in secondary schools. Teen Reads are visually appealing and ageappropriate for struggling teenage readers, helping to develop con dence and foster an interest in reading, whilst bridging the gap between more specialised books and full-length novels.

The complete collection of 46 books has characters diverse in gender, sexuality, ethnicity and background to ensure they are relatable to a wide range of readers. Themes vary from horror and the supernatural to sci- , crime, adventure, family breakdown, relationships and moral con icts.

Accessible and appealing in equal measure, and with content to suit many different tastes, Teen Reads are an asset to any school library.

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An aspirational series that follows two footballers, Callum and Jackson, through their rst prestigious international pre-season tournament. It features relatable teen characters from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds and is set in the highly pressurised world of professional football.

Perfect for readers who love an action-driven plot as well as committed football fans, these books have plenty of drama happening both on and off the pitch.

These books are bound to hook in your readers from Years 7 to 11 with gripping biographies of global football stars. From the very beginning of the footballers’ lives, looking at their childhood, family relationships and their experiences growing up, as well as how these talented players got into football, details of their training and of course, the matches. A fantastic way to entice those pupils who have put up barriers to reading everything else.

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WOW! Fiction is a progressively levelled series of short, gripping, and fast-paced stories which will captivate readers. The dyslexia-friendly design incorporates features such as super-readable fonts, clear line spacing, off-white backgrounds and bite sized chunks of text to ensure success and build reading con dence. We offer 5 books at each level, allowing time for students to practise and consolidate their skills before moving on to more challenging texts.

WOW! Fiction follows on from our best-selling WOW! Facts series and each book can be paired with a non- ction counterpart on the same theme such as Exploring Space, Ancient Egypt or Fighter Planes. Some students may want to nd out more about the topic and we’ve ensured that they can access a non- ction book at the same level, providing an opportunity to experience different text types and formats.

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Prepare your students to be amazed and wowed by all the fantastic facts and astounding photographs in these engaging non- ction titles. Each set of ten is levelled by word count and reading age, allowing plenty of practise before progressing to the next set. The whole series has been carefully designed to meet the needs of reluctant readers through the use of short sentences and line spacing, dyslexia-friendly fonts, different text types, questions and more.

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Brainwaves is a great non- ction series which is just right for guided or individual reading. The level of dif culty increases with each set. Great inventions, secret codes, extreme sports… and other fascinating topics Index,

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Good balance of text and illustration, supported by graphs, labelled diagrams and tables

Guided reading support included in the teacher books.

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We know that reluctant readers need a large and varied selection of books at their level to build reading stamina before moving on. Combined with our own publishing, our expert team read, assess and curate AR collections of the best books for reluctant and struggling readers from other leading specialist publishers. While we collate these by reading level, interest level and book points, these hand-picked collections are always exciting and engaging, and the collections include a variety of titles to suit all tastes. We work hard to showcase the best books on the market and ensure they meet our strict content guidelines, taking into consideration the emotional maturity of the intended reader as well as the complexity of text level. Many of these books will appeal as quick reads too.