High Interest/Low Reading Age
books
(courtesy of Swansea LA)
Name
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Description
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Age Range
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Publisher/Supplier
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Jump
Start
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Early
intervention for children who are falling behind. RA of 5, but IA of 6+
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6+
Years
2-3
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Collins
Educational
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Wellington
Square
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A series of reading
books with an initial RA of below 6. There are 5 levels available. The
CD ROMs are very useful for KS3. Levels 4 & 5 include a secondary
teacher’s handbook.
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KS2
Early KS3
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Nelson Thornes
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Jets (Young Lions)
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39 motivating books for reluctant readers,
written by the UK’s leading children’s authors
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Upper KS2
KS3
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Collinswww.collinseducation.com
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Wolf Hill
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Popular - look like real paperbacks.
Five levels of difficulty for reluctant or struggling readers with a RA of
6.5.
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Year 5+
KS3
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OUP
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Orchard Crunchies
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Suitable for reluctant readers with a RA of above
7
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Year 5+
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Franklin Watts
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Graffix
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Cartoon style, for older reluctant readers
- action packed stories appealing to boys
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KS3
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A&C Black
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Skyways
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Graded scheme of exciting stories - 7
levels
IA 7 – 11 RA 6 - 9
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Year 4+
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Collins
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Sparklers
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High interest chapter books written for Guided
Reading for reluctant readers
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KS1 KS2
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Nelson Thornes
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Gigglers
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Written for Guided Reading for reluctant
readers - chapter books with even funnier storylines than
Sparklers.
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KS1
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Nelson Thornes
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Rising Stars Downloads
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2 series of books for older boys. Extreme sports,
fast cars and popular culture are used as themes to turn reluctant and less
able teenagers back to reading. Each book has a short story of 3 chapters and
non-fiction information pages with a small amount of reading on each page. +
CDROM
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KS2 & KS3
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Heinemann
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Hopscotch Adventures
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16 titles of exciting page-turning
adventures. Text of no more than 400 words
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KS2
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Franklin Watts
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Trackers
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Motivating fiction and non-fiction for struggling
readers at Level 1 of NC. 6 levels plus a starter level. Real
book look. Guided reading booklet free with each pack
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KS2 and Year 7
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Oxford University Press
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Trailblazer
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2 series of 6 titles – RA 6-7; IA 8-14. Fiction
and non-fiction in one book. First half of each title presents information in
and exciting and highly visual form. This provides key vocabulary for
fiction section which makes up second half of book.
|
KS2 & KS3
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Ransoms
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Boffin Boy
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Series of 12 books – RA 6-7 (6 books); 7-8
(6 books). Hero is a 14 year-old interested in Science who uses his
skills to fight evil.
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KS2 & KS3
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Ransoms
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Dark Man
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Gripping books with chapters, for older
struggling readers. 2 sets of 6 books - RA 6-7 years. CDROM of
talking books and activities.
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KS3 & KS4 and young adult
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Ransoms
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Full Flight
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Aliens, sport and adventure for 11-13 year olds
(particularly boys) reading age 7.5 – 8; Level 4 now published for
girls and Full Flight 5 – graphic novels and Choose Your Own
Adventure Stories;
Full Flight Runway – 12 books with RA of 6 and IA
of 9-13, useful for EAL students
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Upper KS2 and KS3
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Badger Books
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Dark Flight
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Hard-edged content for 10 – 14 year-olds.
RA 6.5 - 7
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KS2 & KS3
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Badger Books
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First Flight
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Engrossing books for 7 – 14 year-olds
- ‘real’ paperbacks. Themes include football, ghosts,
roller-coasters, poems
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KS2 & KS3
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Badger Books
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Jo Gentle
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Set of 6 books – RA 6-8 years. Graphic novel
format about streetwise single girl in her 20s with a secret power.
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KS3& KS4 and young adult – particularly girls
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Ransoms
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Siti’s sisters
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Author Helen Orme’s name dominates the cover. 2
series of 6 books - RA of 7-8 – designed to appeal to girls.
|
KS2 &KS3
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Ransoms
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Rapid
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Exciting fiction and non-fiction books with
accompanying resources and computer software
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KS2
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Heinemann
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Fast Lane
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‘Blow-your-socks-off’ fiction for teenagers who
aren’t keen to pick up books. Parental Advisory content. No more than
2,000 words over 64 pages
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KS3 & KS4
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FranklinWatts
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Chain Gang
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Series intended to involve even the most
reluctant reader. It follows the adventures of a gang of friends
brought together by their passion for mountain biking.
|
KS2 & KS3
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Evans
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Sharp Shades
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Popular stories from the ‘Shades’ series that
have been reduced in length and complexity for less able or reluctant readers
|
KS2 & KS3
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Evans
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Barrington Stoke
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Excellent ’real’ paperbacks printed in a
dyslexia-friendly typeface on cream paper which appeal to older (9+) boys.
Written by top children’s authors. Several series:
4U2Read:
IA 8-10 RA below 8
IA 10 – 12 RA below 8
Fiction
IA 8 – 10 RA 8+
IA 10 – 12 RA 8+
IA 12 - 13 RA 8+
IA 13 – 14 RA 8+
IA 14+ RA 8+
FYI - fiction with stacks of facts
IA 8 – 12 RA 8+
GR8Reads – for seriously struggling teenage
readers:
IA 12 – 16 RA below
8
Teenage titles:
IA 12 – 16 RA 8+
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Upper KS2, KS3 & KS4
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Barrington Stoke
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On the Edge
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4 levels of reading with 12 books at each level,
plus teacher’s books and playscripts at each level. Stories built around same
group of characters that teenagers can identify with. Topics includes problem
page letters, Valentine’s Day. Supporting website very popular with
students.
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KS3 & KS4
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Folens
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Zone 13
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Scary stories for struggling readers
|
KS3
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Nelson Thornes
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Sports Zone
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Exciting stories with a sports theme, by David
Orme, author of Zone 13. 3 Levels covering a RA range of 7–9 years
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KS3/ KS4
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Nelson Thornes
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Livewire Chillers
Livewire Real Lives
LivewireInvestigates
Livewire Plays
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Scary stories – 3 levels RA 7-9
Short biographies of famous people, including
footballers, which make extensive use of photographs
Non-fiction texts about intriguing topics
such as UFOs and The Bermuda Triangle
|
KS3
|
Hodder & Stoughton
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Tremors
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More scary stories to start the tremors.
Well-written with appealing illustrations.
|
KS2 & 3
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Wayland
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Danger Zone
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Exciting true-life adventure stories with
carefully constructed text.
|
KS3
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Franklin Watts
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Five-minute Thrillers
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Eerie stories with an unexpected twist ‘in the
tale’. Short sentences and easy vocabulary make them accessible
to struggling readers. 2 sets of 8 books.
|
KS3 & KS4
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LDA
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Non Fiction (see also some series
above e.g. Trackers &
Trailblazers)
Wildcats
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Six levels, covering a RA range of 6 – 11,
Interest Age range 8 – 12. Each level contains fiction and non-fiction
titles such as ‘Extreme Sports’, ‘Maps & Codes’.
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KS2+
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Kingscourt Publishing
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Fusion
(Geography, History & Science)
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3 series with a reading age of 7 years and
content of 9+. Designed to make core concepts easy to understand, with
strong images to engage the reluctant reader.
|
KS2 & KS3
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Heinemann Raintree
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Spirals Plays
|
Nelson Thornes
|
Excellent books currently out of print
.Starpol
|
Series of graded reading books, set in space
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KS2+
|
Ginn
|
Zoom
|
Outstanding series of graded readers, beginning
at a reading age of >6, up to 8+
|
KS2+
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Ginn
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