Lena and her athletics team are stuck on a desert island after their plane crashed. Someone from their rival team comes to give Lena's team a warning about a scary beast... but is it really the beast that is causing trouble?
Read a story and a play about Lena and her team, practise a poem about a beast in Grandad's house and learn about a famous castaway called Alexander Selkirk.

Stage 9B
Reading age: 9 1/2 - 10 years
Actual age: 9-11

This book is part of a book series called Rapid Upper Levels .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Pearson Education Limited .

Lou Kuenzler is a talented new author of children's fiction. She has previously worked as a drama teacher and theatre director. She writes in a humourous and engaging style.