Alone
Published on 2. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
44 pages
978-1-78837-448-4 (ISBN)
Description
Connor wakes up to find that everyone has disappeared. He wanders around town, but can't find a trace of anyone. He seems to be completely alone. But then he discovers a sign that there might be another survivor after all. Someone who can help him work out what has happened.
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.
This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 12 and 15 years, whose current reading age is between 8 and 9 years. These age-appropriate short reads range from 44 to 54 pages and are written by talented 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.
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.
This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 12 and 15 years, whose current reading age is between 8 and 9 years. These age-appropriate short reads range from 44 to 54 pages and are written by talented 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
74 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78837-448-4 (9781788374484)
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Tim Collins is originally from Manchester and now lives near London. He is the author of over 70 books spanning fiction and non-fiction that have been translated into over 40 languages. His fiction series include Wimpy Vampire, Cosmic Colin, Monstrous Maud and Dorkius Maximus. He has won the Lincolnshire Young People's Book Award, Manchester Fiction City and The Kalbacher Klapperschlange. Tim has written over 25 reluctant reader titles for Badger Learning, ranging from individual titles within a series to full series. His most recent titles for Badger Learning include Waxwork from the second series of Papercuts and Alone from the second series of Between the Lines. He has also written the full series of Monster Island - six captivating titles filled with mythical beasts, treacherous terrain and a castaway captain who may have eaten one too many coconuts! - and, more recently, the full series of terrifying Horror Hotel titles.