Teen Reads V

Taz Jessop and her mum move into Avalon Tower – a block of ultra-modern city flats controlled by a central computer. But Taz hates her new life and misses her friends. She finds the tower block sinister and spooky.

Then Taz meets Luke, the mysterious, exciting boy from the top floor, and things start to look up.

For a while.

Taz is in deadly danger – but has she realised this too late?

This creepy tale by Daniel Blythe will have readers on the edge of their seats right up until the cliff-hanger ending! At 14,000 words, this is one of our longer Teen Reads, giving more of the appearance of a YA novel than a quick read – this was as the result of direct feedback from students and teachers.

But like all our Teen Reads, I Spy is appropriate for teenage reluctant readers with a reading age of 8-9. The story appears on off-white paper to reduce visual stress, and the text is broken into easily-digestible chunks that are generously spaced out. The reade

Following the continued success of our Teen Reads series we are extremely excited to announce we are publishing a new series this September!

Featuring ten edgy and engrossing stories at varying lengths designed to engage less able teenage readers, Teen Reads V are accessible reads for those who have a reading age of 8-9 years.

With themes touching on loneliness, mental illness, amnesia, crime, being a young carer and dystopia there really is something to appeal to everyone.

Below is a sneaky peek at the upcoming titles and authors!

• Blank by Ann Evans
• Living the Lie by Ann Evans
• Wasteland by Tim Collins
• Painkiller by Tim Collins
• Fascination by Daniel Blythe
• Death Wheels by Jon Mayhew
• Vanishing Point by Cheryl Lanyon
• The First Martian by Iain McLaughlin
• I Spy by Daniel Blythe
• Silent Nation by Beverly Sanford

We have been asked by teachers and pupils if we could lengthen some of the stories