Football Killers

Two teams battle to win the intergalactic football league cup: Earthlings Sector 5 and Planet Shine 21's Crust City. City's opponents always seem to fall ill and even die! Can Captain Dane Sky find their evil secret before it's too late? This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 11 and 14 years, whose current reading age is between 7.5 and 8.5 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by gifted authors writing stories with relatable characters. They incorporate a large font size and text separated into bite-sized chunks, along with carefully considered letter and paragraph spacing that can reduce visual stress. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.