ABSTRACT
Series intended for use with reluctant, struggling and older developing readers
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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4 Aces Football Graphic Novels Ticktock Publishing |
IT Fiction |
←4 titles→ RA8+ |
Boy-friendly For reluctant readers |
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4U2Read.OK Barrington Stoke |
Fiction |
←9 titles→ (RA below 8) |
←17 titles→ (RA below 8) |
Simplified versions of Barrington Stoke novels for reluctant readers by significant authors |
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Alpha to Omega Heinemann |
Highly structured programme from KS2 to adult. Back-up Readers consolidate programme stages. Currently being revised. |
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Animals in Danger Ticktock Publishing |
Non-fiction |
←4 titles→ (RA 7+) |
For reluctant readers |
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Badger Secondary Reading Boxes Badger Publishing |
Fiction and non-fiction sets |
Breakaway Fiction for Weaker Readers Surefire Winners Novels A Surefire Winners Novels B Fantasy and Sci-fi Group Readers Mysteries Group Readers RA 8-10 |
For weaker readers Approx. 32 books per set |
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Bangers and Mash Longman |
T, S Fiction |
24 titles ←8 Supplementary titles→ RA 5.6-7.11 |
Phonic series Out of print |
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Big Machines Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
6 titles ←RA 6-8→ |
Boy-friendly |
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Billy Kool Rising Stars |
8 titles ←RA 7-8 → |
Multi-genre books, each containing a non-fiction section |
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Blitzit Nelson Thornes |
T Fiction |
Set A- 6 titles Set B - 6 titles RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Boys Rule! Rising Stars |
S Fiction |
20 titles RA 7-8 |
Boy-friendly Short Chapter books with non-fiction section |
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Brainwaves Badger Publishing |
Set 1 Green 18 titles Set 2 Orange 18 titles Set 3 Purple 18 titles Blue Set 6 titles RA 6+ |
High interest, easy-to-read non-fiction |
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Buzzwords Nelson Thornes |
Fiction |
Pack A- 8 titles Pack B- 8 titles ←Pack C- 8 titles→ RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Chill Outs Horwitz Gardner |
Fiction |
←15 Titles→ RA 6.5-8.5 |
For turned-off readers |
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Clever Clogs Ticktock Publishing |
Non-Fiction |
←12 Titles→ RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Colour Crackers Orchard Books |
Fiction |
←16 titles→ RA 7 |
Humorous stories. 16 titles; some tapes available |
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Colour Jets Collins |
Fiction |
←15 titles RA6 + |
For reluctant readers |
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Comix A&C Black |
S Fiction |
20 titles RA7+ |
Graphic fiction; boy-friendly |
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Crunchies Orchard Books |
Fiction |
Crazy Camelot 8 titles Little Horrors 8 titles ←Raps→ 6 titles Scaredy Cats 8 titles RA 7+ |
Suitable for beginner readers and older reluctant readers |
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Crunchies - Colour Crunchies Orchard Books |
Fiction |
Colour Crackers 16 titles First Fairy Tales 8 titles Scout and Ace 4 titles Titchy Witch 8 titles RA 7+ |
Suitable for beginner readers and older reluctant readers |
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Crunchies - Super Crunchies Orchard Books |
Fiction |
Seriously Silly Stories ←12 titles→ RA 7+ |
Suitable for beginner readers and older reluctant readers |
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Danger Zone Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
←4 titles→ RA 5-7 |
True-life adventure stories |
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Dark Flight Badger Publishing |
T.S Fiction |
10 titles RA 6.6-7 |
Boy-friendly |
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Dark Man Ransom |
T, S, IT Non-fiction |
Set 1 6 titles Set 2 6 titles RA 5-8 approx |
Brief stories for teenage reluctant readers |
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Digitexts Longman |
Fiction and non-fiction |
4 titles |
4 titles |
Interactive CD containing differentiated text with access versions |
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Download ReadersRising Stars |
IT |
8 titles RA 6-7 approx |
Magazine-style format. Story interspersed with double pages of non-fiction |
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Extreme Machines Franklin Watts Falconwood Series AMS Educational see Turnaround |
Non-fiction |
←4 titles→ RA 8-10 |
Magazine-style format |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Famous People, Famous Lives Franklin Watts |
Biography |
←11 titles→ RA 6-8 |
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Five Minute Thrillers Hi-Lo Books LDA |
T Fiction |
Set1 - 8 books Set2 - 8 Books RA 9 |
Tapes available for many titles |
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First Flight Badger Publishing |
T,S Each set contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry and a playscript |
Level1-8 titles ←RA 6 approx→ Level 2-12 titles RA 6.6 approx |
Boy-friendly |
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Freestyle Express Raintree |
Non-fiction |
Material Matters 6 titles Turbulent Planet 4 titles Energy Essentials 4 titles Incredible Creatures 8 titles Mean Machines 4 titles Body Talk 6 titles On the Front Line 6 titles A Painful History of Medicine 4 titles Destination Detectives 6 titles all sets RA 8 |
Non-fiction for reluctant readers. Parallel differentiated versions of mainstream Freestyle series |
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Full Flight Badger Publishing |
T.S Varied genres Each set contains 6 fiction titles, 2 non-fiction, 1 poetry and 1 play script |
Full Flight 1 Pack 10 titles Full Flight 2 Pack ←10 Titles→ Full Flight 3 Pack 10 Titles RA 7.5-8 |
Particularly boy-friendly. Very short books |
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Fuzzbuzz OUP |
T. S, IT Fiction, includes a non-fiction strand at Level 2 |
Level 1, 1A, 1B- 18 titles RA 5-6.6 Level 2, 2A, 2B- ←18 titles→ Level 2 fuzzbuzz facts 6 titles RA 6-7.11 Level 3, 3A RA 8-9.6 |
A highly structured special needs scheme |
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Get Real Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
←3 titles→ RA 7-9 |
True-life adventures |
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Gigglers Nelson Thornes |
T, S, IT Fiction |
Level1-8 titles ←Level 2 - 8 titles→ Level 3-8 titles RA 6-7.6 |
Humorous fiction for reluctant readers |
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Girls Rock Rising Stars |
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8 titles RA 7-8 |
Girl-friendly For reluctant readers Short chapter books with a non-fiction section |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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gr8reads Barrington Stoke |
Fiction |
8 titles RA below 8 |
Tapes also available |
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Graffix A&C Black |
Fiction |
←28 titles→ RA 9 |
Graphic novels for reluctant readers, boy-friendly |
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High Impact Heinemann |
T Fiction, non-fiction and drama sets |
SetA fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 6-7 Set B fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 7-8 Set C fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 8-9 Set D fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 9-10 |
Out of print Will be discontinued when current stocks are exhausted For reluctant readers, wide range of titles and genres |
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Highlights Gardner Education |
Fiction |
Set 1 9 titles ←RA7-8→ Set 2 9 titles RA8-9 |
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Hi-Lo Books LDA see Five Minute Thrillersand Ten Minute Thrillers |
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Hodder Reading Project Hodder Murray |
T, S A mixture of fiction, non-fiction and plays |
Level 2-6 titles NC level 2 Level 3-6 titles ←NC level 3→ Level4-6 titles NC level 4 Level 5-6 titles NC level 5 |
An intensive catch-up programme |
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Hotlinks Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill |
T, S, IT Anthologies |
20 titles RA 5-6.6 |
Brief anthologies of fiction and non-fiction |
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I Love Reading Ticktock Publishing |
Non-fiction |
6 titles NC1-2 6 titles Blue Level NC1 |
6 titles produced in 3 versions at different levels of text difficulty; also useful for reluctant readers |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Impact Heinemann |
T Fiction, non-fiction and drama sets |
Set A fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 6-7 Set B fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 7-8 Set C fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 8-9 Set D fiction, non-fiction, plays RA 9-10 |
Out of print For reluctant readers, wide range of titles and genres |
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Inclusive Readers David Fulton |
T, S, BB Fiction, non-fiction and poetry |
Y3- 3 titles Y4- 3 titles |
Y5- 3 titles Y6- 3 titles |
Intended for pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties. 4 levels of photocopiable text, from p scales to NC Level 1, accompany each Big Book. Many aspects of disability represented |
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Inside Story Ticktock Publishing |
Non-fiction |
←6 titles→ RA 8-9 |
Boy-friendly |
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Infosteps Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill |
S, IT Non-fiction |
Set 1 - 20 titles, RA 7-8 ←Set 2-20 titles, RA 8-9→ Set 3 -20 titles, RA 9-10 Set 4-20 titles, RA 10-11 |
Website divided into 4 levels of reading difficulty to match accompanying sets of books |
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Jets Collins |
Fiction |
53 titles in print ←RA 7+→ |
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Jumbo Jets Collins |
Fiction |
8 titles ←RA 7+→ |
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Jumpstart Collins |
T, S A range of fiction and non-fiction and poetry |
Stage 1 Set A, B, C - 18 titles RA 5-6 Stage 2 Set A, B, C - 18 titles ←RA 6-7→ Stage 3 Set A, B, C - 18 titles RA 7-8 |
Early intervention scheme for less confident readers |
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Jumpstart Extra Collins |
T, S Non-fiction |
Stage 1-10 titles RA 5-6 Stage 2-10 titles ←RA 6-7→ Stage 3-10 titles RA 7-8 |
Vocabulary and themes linked to Jumpstart |
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Killer Nature Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
6 titles RA 7-9 |
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Lightning Ginn |
T, IT A range of fiction and non-fiction |
7 titles per year ←Text level from NC Working→ towards level 2 - NC level 5 |
Differentiated texts, 3 levels in each book |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Literacy Land- Genre Range Longman |
IT Non-fiction |
6 Accessversions of standard texts per year |
Access versions simplified for lower attainers |
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Literacy Land - Info Trail Longman Non-fiction |
IT |
6 Accessversions of standard texts per year |
Access versions simplified for lower attainers |
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Literacy Land- Streetwise Longman |
T, IT Fiction |
6 Accessversions of standard texts per year |
Access versions simplified for lower attainers |
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Literacy World Satellites Heinemann |
T, S A range of fiction and non-fiction sets |
Stage 1 NC levels 2c-2a Stage 2 NC level 2a-3c |
Stage 3 NC level 3a-3b Stage4 NC level 3a-4c |
For weaker readers, part of a differentiated scheme; 9 books per year |
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Livewire Chillers Hodder Education |
Fiction |
4 titles - RA 6-7 16 titles - RA 7-8 9 titles - RA 8-9 3 titles - RA 9-10 |
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Livewire Fiction Hodder Education |
Fiction |
6 titles - RA 6-7 6 titles - RA 7-8 8 titles - RA 8-9 5 titles - RA 9-10 |
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Livewire Graphics Hodder Education |
T Fiction |
8 titles |
Highly visual introductions to pre-20th-century literature |
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Livewire Non-Fiction Hodder Education |
Non-fiction |
2 titles - RA 6-7 20 titles - RA 7-8 11 titles - RA 8-9 6 titles - RA 9-10 |
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Livewire Plays Hodder Education |
Plays |
4 titles - RA 6-7 11 titles-RA 7-8 2 titles - RA 8-9 |
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Livewire Real Lives Hodder Education |
Biography |
3 titles - RA 6-7 18 titles - RA 7-8 42 titles - RA 8-9 6 titles - RA 9-10 |
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Livewire Shakespeare Graphics Hodder Education |
T |
8 titles |
Accessible graphic Shakespeare to support lower attainers |
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Longdate Park (Pathways to Literacy) Collins |
T Fiction |
Y3 - 6 titles Y4 - 6 titles |
Y5 - 6 titles Y6 - 6 titles |
For less confident readers, part of the Pathways to Literacy series |
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Mega Machine Drivers Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
6 titles ←RA 5-7→ |
Boy-friendly |
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Navigator Max Rigby see Rigby Navigator Max |
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New Windmill Heinemann |
Fiction |
Some Access titles |
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No Limits Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
4 titles RA 8-10 |
Extreme sports |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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On the Edge Folens |
T, S, IT Fiction |
Start-up Level- 12 titles RA 6-7 Level A-12 titles RA 7-8 Level B-12 titles RA 8-9 Level C-12 titles RA 9-10 |
Reluctant teenage readers |
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Oxford Literacy Web Spiders OUP |
T A range of fiction and non-fiction in each set |
Y3- 9 titles RA 6-7 Y4 - 9 titles RA 7-8 |
Y5 - 9 titles RA 8-9 Y6- 9 titles RA 9-10 |
Particularly boy-friendly, many titles could be used at KS3 |
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Pelican Guided Reading and Writing Longman |
T A range of fiction and non-fiction titles |
- Each b |
4 titles per term, Y1-Y6 ←Each book contains 3 texts at different→ reading levels |
Curriculum-linked, differentiated content |
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Pelican HiLo Readers Longman |
T A range of fiction and non-fiction sets |
Early Level ←18 titles→ RA 6-7 |
For reluctant and struggling readers |
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Level 1-18 titles RA 7-8 Level 2-18 titles RA 8-9 |
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Rainbow Reading Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill |
T, S Fiction with tapes |
White Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 5-6 Red Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 6-7 Orange Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 7-8 ←Yellow Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 8-9→ Green Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 9-10 Blue Series - 20 books and tapes - RA 10-11 Violet Series - 20 book and tapes - RA 11-12 |
Audio-assisted learning NB Tapes now replaced by audio CDs |
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Rapid Heinemann |
←6 stages→ NC1c-3c |
A catch-up programme to be published summer 2006 |
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Rex Jones Badger Publishing |
T.S Fiction |
8 titles ←RA 6.6-7→ |
Boy-friendly |
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Rigby Navigator Max Rigby |
T, IT Fiction 3 books per year |
Brown Band 3 titles-Y3 Grey Band 3 titles-Y4 |
Blue Band 3 titles-Y5 Red Band 3 titles-Y6 |
Curriculum-linked catch-up series for lower ability, parallel to Rigby Navigator NC level 2c-4 |
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Sam’s Football Stories Brilliant Publications |
Fiction |
Set 1 - 6 titles RA 6-7 Set 2 - 6 titles RA 7-8 |
Boy-friendly |
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Skyways Collins |
T, S Fiction |
Level 1-8 titles - RA 6 approx Level 2-8 titles - RA 6.6 Level 3-16 titles-RA 7 ←Level 4-16 titles - RA 7.6→ Level 5-8 titles- RA 8 Level 6-8 titles RA 8.6 Level 7-8 titles - RA 9 |
For less able readers, new edition 1998 |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Shades Evans Publishing |
Fiction |
←15 titles→ |
Short fast-paced novels, for reluctant or disenchanted readers; books have links to websites |
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Soldiers Life In... Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
←7 titles→ RA 7-9 |
Easy reading versions of Armies of the Past series |
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Sparklers Nelson Thornes |
T, S Fiction |
Level 1-8 titles - RA 6 approx ←Level 2-8 titles - RA 6.6→ Level 3-8 titles - RA 7 Level 4-8Titles-RA7.6 |
For reluctant readers, each level includes 1 assessment book |
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Sports Zone Nelson Thornes |
Fiction |
Level 1-6 titles ←Level 2-6 titles→ Level 3-6 titles RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Streetwise Longman see Literacy Land |
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Tales of Horror Ticktock Publishing |
Fiction |
6 titles RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Talking About Football Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
←4 titles→ RA 6-8 |
Boy-friendly |
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Ten Minute Thrillers LDA |
T Fiction |
10 titles RA8 |
For struggling and reluctant readers. Some tapes also available |
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Top Cars Franklin Watts |
←6 titles→ RA 8-10 |
Boy-friendly |
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Trackers OUP |
T, S, IT Fiction and non-fiction sets at each level |
Bear Tracks - 10 titles - RA 5.6 approx Elephant Tracks - 10 titles - RA 5.9 ←Frog Tracks - 10 titles - RA 6→ Giraffe Tracks - 10 titles - RA 6.3 Parrot Tracks - 10 titles - RA 6.6 Tiger Tracks - 10 titles - RA 6.9 Zebra Tracks - 10 titles - RA 7 |
For struggling readers working within NC level 1-2 |
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Trailblazers Ransom |
S, IT |
Set 1 - 3 titles ←Set 2-3 titles→ RA 6-7 |
Approx Each Book has a non-fiction section followed by a story |
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Turnaround AMS Educational |
S Fiction |
Turnaround 1 12 titles Turnaround 2 12 titles Turnaround Plays Pack 1 4 titles Turnaround Plays Pack 2 4 titles RA 7-9 |
For reluctant readers, well-known authors |
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Series Title and Publisher |
Features |
Interest Age 5-7 |
Interest Age 7-9 |
Interest Age 9-11 |
Interest Age 11-14 |
Comment |
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Wellington Square Nelson Thornes |
T, S, IT A range of fiction and non-fiction sets at each level |
Level 1 - 16 fiction, 4 non-fiction titles RA 6-6.6 Level 2-16 fiction, 4 non-fiction, 2 play titles RA 6.6-7 ←Level 3-16 fiction, 4 non-fiction, 3 play titles→ RA 7-7.6 Level 4-16 fiction, 4 non-fiction, 3 play titles RA 7.6-8 Level 5-16 fiction, 4 non-fiction, 3 play titles RA 8-8.6 |
Revised edition For struggling readers; assessment materials available |
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Wellington Square - Think About It Nelson Thornes |
T, S, IT Fiction and non-fiction sets |
Level 1-2 fiction, 2 non-fiction titles RA 6-6.6 Level 2-2 fiction, 2 non-fiction titles RA 6.6-7 ←Level 3-2 fiction, 2 non-fiction titles→ RA 7-7.6 Level 4-2 fiction, 2 non-fiction titles RA 7.6-8 Level 5-2 fiction, 2 non-fiction titles RA 8-8.6 |
For struggling readers, Citizenship themes. Can be used in conjunction with Wellington Square, or stand-alone |
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Wildcats Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill |
T,S Fiction and non-fiction |
Cougar ←12 titles→ RA 6-7 |
Lion 12 titles-RA 7-8 ←Tiger 12 titles-RA 8-9→ Bobcat 12 titles-RA 9-1 |
Leopard 12 titles RA 10-11 Panther 12 titles RA 11-12 |
Anthologies with a wide range of genres |
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Wolf Hill OUP |
T, S, IT Fiction |
Level 1 12 titles -RA 6.6-7 Level 2 6 titles - RA 7-7.6 ←evel 3 6 titles - RA 7.6-8→ Level 4 6 titles - RA 8-8.6 Level 5 6 titles - RA 8.6-9 |
For reluctant readers |
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World War II Stories Franklin Watts |
Non-fiction |
4 titles RA -9 |
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Zone 13 Nelson Thornes |
Fiction |
Level 1-6 titles ←evel 2-6 titles→ Level 3-6 titles RA 8+ |
For reluctant readers |
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Zoom Ginn |
T, S Fiction |
6 sets ←8 titles per set→ RA 5-7 |
Out of print For struggling readers |
