Summer Trouble

Tom is looking forward to his summer holiday with his best mate Jeyram, when his American cousin Ben e-mails him to say that he's coming to visit. Tom's forgetful mother hasn't told him, and he views Ben's visit with horror. This tale of friendship and bullying reaches its climax when an unexpected kung-fu expert saves the day.

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.