Description: Catch-Up readers Zak’s adventures begin when his Grandpa gives him a talisman with special powers. From this day on, Zak’s life is never the same again. Starting with the sound ‘ae’, each of the 10 books in the first series introduces one phoneme and its alternative spellings. Shares the same phonic progression as the Rescue Series and can be used in parallel. Progress to Titan’s Gauntlets with more alternative vowel, consonant spellings and common Latin Suffixes and then move to our Talisman 2 Series which introduces further alternative vowel, consonant spellings, and common Latin suffixes. Ten books introducing alternative vowel spellings. Book 1: ‘ae’: ay, ai, a, a-e, ea, ey Book 2: ‘ee’: ee, ea, y, e, ie, e-e, ei Book 3: ‘oe’: ow, oa, oe, o-e, o Book 4: ‘er’: , er, ir, ur,or, ear Book 5: ‘ow”oi’: ow, ou & oi, oy Book 6: ‘oo’: oo, ue, u-e, ew, ou, u Book 7:‘ie’: igh, ie, i-e, i, y Book 8: ‘or’:or, ore, a, aw, awe, au, ar, al, ough Book 9: ‘air’: air, are, ear, ere, eir Book 10: ‘ar’: ar, a, al, au, ear

Series: Catch-up Readers

Publisher: Phonic Books Ltd

Grade: age8-14+

Format: SOFTCOVER

Components: 10 readers

Target: adolescents;

Keywords: Hi-Lo; phonics readers; adolescents;