The Sweet Trail Mystery

Something suspicious is happening in the seaside town of Rockpool and it's turning the residents pretty sour. Three children band together to discover the mystery behind burglaries and disappearing sweets and get a lot more than they bargained for! As the trail unravels, Millie, Jade and Sami discover the culprits and find the chief perpetrator was a lot closer to home than they realised. Will Rockpool get is rock back? Or will the Tower chase be the end of the three young detectives?

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.

This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 8 and 13 years, whose current reading age is between 7 and 8 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 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. The vocabulary list of tricky words can aid comprehension before reading the book.