Steve Sharp is a reading series for older struggling readers. Steve Sharp is an Afro-Caribbean detective trying to do the right thing in the tough world of gangsters and organised crime. These stories are a fresh update of the traditional hard-boiled tough detective fiction of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. The texts are based round recognised high frequency vocabulary and emphasis has been placed on making it possible to phonetically decode the texts wherever possible. The books are black and white and illustrated throughout. The short clipped style of the 500-word stories is perfectly suited for older reluctant readers and struggling readers. The books are also suitable as back up reading for adult literacy programmes.
This great value pack contains 70 titles with Accelerated Reader Levels MY between 0.5 and 5.0. It contains one of each title and is designed for reluctant and struggling readers for secondary pupils. Titles in the pack are taken from a range of popular Ransom series including Boffin Boy, Starstruck, Siti's Sisters,321 Go!, Trailblazers, Feely, Pig, Zone 13, Starchasers, Breakouts, Toxic, Cold Fusion, Neutron Stars and Reading Stars Plus. All the books are age appropriate and cover a wide range of topics of general interest. The pack is primarily fiction but does include some non-fiction titles.
This great value pack contains 12 titles with Accelerated Reader Levels MY between 3.0 and 3.4. It contains one of each title and is designed for reluctant and struggling readers at Secondary level. Titles in the pack are taken from the following Ransom series Neutron Stars, Spook Squad, Trailblazers, Starstruck, Siti's Sisters, 321 Go!, Zone 13 and Reading Stars Plus. All the books are age appropriate and cover a wide range of topics of general interest. The pack includes both fiction and non-fiction.