Fight to the Death!

When Sid, Nick and Rob find a strange glass in the park, they think they might have struck it lucky. When the glass breaks and they find themselves stuck in ancient Rome, it seems their luck has turned against them! Can the boys escape the lions' den to discover the way back home...?

This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 8 and 14 years, whose current reading age is 7.5 to 8.5 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by brilliant authors writing stories with relatable characters. They use a large font size, and the language and sentence structure are intentionally written so that students who are reading behind their chronological age can succeed in reading them. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.