This is part of a series of fiction for 11-14 year olds with reading ages of 6-9 years. The storybooks are carefully graded into four levels, using the Fry reading scale, and range from 400-3000 words in length. Built-in progression, through story length, language level and conceptual loading, allows reluctant readers to increase their reading skills and stamina gradually. The stories range across the genres of mystery, fantasy, romance, true stories, crime and horror. Each level is supported by a Teacher's Book and three cassettes.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Headwork Reading .

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1996 by Oxford University Press .

Chris Culshaw is an established author in the field of literacy and more recently he co-authored Collins' Citizenship Today: Endorsed by Edexcel. He has taught PSHE and provided careers advice. The series editor, John Foster is Britain's leading author in the field of Citizenship and PSHE. His best-selling series include Your Life, Issues and Viewpoints. He is also a best-selling poet.