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|summary=''Collins Read On'' books are not specifically listed as Twelve-year-old Hanh wanted to be a dyslexia friendly line of booksfashion designer. Instead Life in the rural village where she lived with her family was happy, these are what is known as hiif not prosperous, so when the smartly-lo booksdressed man and woman came to the village to offer Hahn a job in Hanoi it was an opportunity not to be missed. Book developed Some money changed hands and Hanh was on the mini-bus to motivate Hanoi. Only, Hanh and engage older readersthe other girls were not going to work in a shop, while still being accessible they were to readers who are reading far below grade levelwork in virtual slavery in an illegal garment factory. I would estimate You know those jeans you really wanted: the reading level ones with intricate embroidery and beading on the legs? The ones with the artfully-placed rips and distressed seams that felt so soft when you touched them? It's quite possible that Hanh and her co-workers made them.}}{{Frontpage|author=Marcus Sedgwick|title=Wrath|rating=4.5|genre=Teens|summary=Meet Fitz, a young Scottish lad full of this book frustration at himself. Lockdown is only just over, and he should be free to do what he wants, to be roughly age eightgo where he wants and with whom he wants, but the subject matter is apt to appeal he cannot stop himself from putting his foot in it when he talks to children much olderhis best friend, or even adultsCassie. Although not designed especially for children with dyslexia like They were half of a desultory school band, but Cassie was also one hundred per cent the enigmatic – saying she could hear a subhuman hum coming from the famous Barrington Stoke range, earth. Is this does have several features to make this book more appropriate to children connected with dyslexia than one of her eco-warrior parents saying the average childrenend of the world is already a done deal? Is it some spooky new kind of music she's bookdreaming of? Is she just bonkers? And can Fitz find out the truth? Well, not when Cassie has gone missing he can't...|isbn=1800900899}}{{Frontpage|author=Lucy Strange and Pam Smy|title=The Mermaid in the Millpond|rating=4. With 5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=There is no mermaid in the exception of millpond. That at least is what Bess is telling herself. Neither will there be a few small picture captionsfriend for her in amongst all the other kids, this who have had their entire childhoods sold to the mill-owners by the London workhouse they used to call home. Bess knows there is printed no time for friendship in black ink with a large standard fonthand-to-mouth, every man for himself kind of existence. The print is double spacedBut despite herself Bess does find a bit of a kindred spirit in the slight little Dot, with short paragraphs and chapters giving despite everything that life has taught her about betrayal and how befriending people only leads to harm, there might be a glimmer of companionship in the tired-out mill workers. But surely that doesn't mean there is any truth in the reader plenty existence of breaksthe mermaid?|isbn=180090049X}}{{Frontpage|author=Keith Gray|title=The Climbers|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Sully is the best tree climber in the village. He has what's known amongst the kids as 'reach'. The paper But what happens when a new kid shows up in town? A new kid, called Nottingham, who clambers up some of the hardest trees with ease? Suddenly Sully is thick enough worried that print his status is being threatened, and pictures from not only that, that his chance to name the final, unnamed big tree in the other side will not show through. This combined with park by being the easy first to read text conquer it, might be snatched from his hands. How can Sully stop Nottingham? And will help it cost him his best friend, or maybe even all of his friends, to build a child's confidence. do so?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007488904</amazonuk>1781129991

{{Frontpage|author=Lisa Thompson|title=The Small Things|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Although Anna has friends at school, she feels like she never really fits in. Her family don't have enough money to let her do after school activities, and so she feels like her life at home is boring in comparison to theirs. When a new girl joins her class, Anna is asked to partner her, but things are complicated because the new girl, Ellie, is unwell and so can't attend school in person. Instead, she joins in with the class by using a robot. Can Anna overcome the challenge of making friends with someone through a robot, and is she even interesting enough to be a good friend to Ellie?|isbn=1781129649}}{{Frontpage|author=Emma Carroll and Kaja Kajfez|title=The Ghost Garden|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Fran, the gardener's daughter at a posh country house, is worried. She's just cracked her garden fork through quite a grim discovery - a large bone, buried under the potatoes. But she's even more worried when she learns that that event coincided with Leo, the older child of the house, breaking his leg while playing cricket on the lawn. She is due to get even more worried when she finds something else that also seems to foretell a surprise. Tasked with shoving Leo around the grounds in his bathchair, she might have reason to be out of her mind with fear, when she learns what he is seeking - a long-forgotten burial chamber. But surely that won't act as a premonition to anything - not here in the sultry, summery days of 1914?|isbn=1781129002}}{{Frontpage|author=Alex Wheatle|title=The Humiliations of Welton Blake|rating=2.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=We meet Welton Blake at the worst of times – only they should be the best of times. He should be getting a text from the most bae-worthy girl in school in regards to a cinema date, but his phone has packed up, he's chundered last night's meal and his breakfast over another girl in class, who's duffed him up in response, and the wanna-bae seems to actually be with someone else anyway. On a bigger scale he's living with his mother and not much income now that the dad has left the picture – yes, things are so bad they're resorting to having cabbage for dinner. I know, right? But surely this is just a blip, a day at school to forget, and everything (like his vomit) will all come out in the wash? This can't be the start of a most nightmarish time for young Welton?|isbn=1781129495}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=178112938X|title=SamSurvival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=It's Spitfire Summerfifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, but the story of that journey remains one of the greatest survival stories of all time. ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a brilliant retelling of what happened.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781129312|title=Sequin and Stitch|author=Ian MacDonald Laura Dockrill and Sara Ogilvie (illustrator)|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Sequin loved her mum to bits, but sometimes she got very cross with her. It wasn't that mum wouldn't go outside their flat - Sequin coped with that - it was because she never pushed to get credit for what she did. Mum is a seamstress and she makes the sort of clothes that you see on red carpets or at important weddings. She's not the designer - they're the people who make a lot of money from the clothes. Mum is the person who actually ''makes'' the garments and Charlie Clough she's really talented, but when people talk about the dress or the suit, they talk about the designer. The seamstress is never mentioned.}}{{Frontpage|author=Tanya Landman|title=Jane Eyre: a Retelling|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=A young woman, fresh from living with horrid relatives who could care less about her, and years in a dreary school, moves into Thornfield Hall with only one intent – to have something like the life she wants – and with only one job, to tutor a young half-French girl, whose father is almost always absent. When he does turn up he seems to be dark, brooding and troubled – but that's nothing compared to the darker, more broody and even more troubling secret in the house. Yes, if you know Jane Eyre then you know the rest – but if you don't, for whatever reason, this is a wonderful book to turn to.|isbn=1781129126}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781128952|title=The Starlight Watchmaker|author=Lauren James|rating=4|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=This is a dyslexia-friendly, science fiction novella for young adults. It tells the tale of Hugo, an unwanted and rather lonely android, who makes a living for himself mending time-travel watches. When one of his clients demands that his broken watch be mended, Hugo realises there is a mystery to be solved and is only too ready to help. An exciting journey of discovery unfolds, which takes Hugo out of his drab attic workroom and into a scary adventure with some amazing new friends, exploring regions of the planet never before known to exist.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781128693|title=Special Delivery|author=Jonathan Meres|rating=4|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=How do you explain to children about dementia? Injuries or illnesses are obvious, but when the problem is the brain which isn't functioning quite as it used to it isn't as easy to grasp. Frank was a normal nine-year-old and like many nine-year-olds what he wanted was a new bike. He'd had his for about seventy-eight years and he didn't want to raise the seat any more. Mum pointed out that it wasn't his birthday or Christmas any time soon and bikes cost a lot of money, which didn't grow on trees. His sister Lottie had a solution: Frank could help her with her paper round. Frank agreed despite thinking that it would take him a thousand years to save up the money for a bike AND he had to get up at six o'clock in the morning.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781128707|title=The Spectacular Revenge of Suzi Sims|author=Vivian French|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Suzi Simms loved running and it was her ambition to win the 100 metres race on sports day at the end of term - and that was next week. We're going to read about what happened in her diary, although there's a warning that we really shouldn't be reading it, particularly as it's about Barbie Meek. To say that the two girls don't get on at all well is a bit of an understatement. Suzi wouldn't actually do anything about it, but Barbie is a troublemaker and she wants to win the 100 metres race too - by fair means or foul.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1949471004|title=Dog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Pamela Brookes|rating=4|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=What do you do when your child has dyslexia and you need books which will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a negative effect on the young dyslexic than a child without that problem. You need to be able to buy books at a reasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, without anything else being thrown into the mix. You need a story which engages the young mind and you need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. Some online support and games wouldn't go amiss, either. Reading - and ''learning'' to read - should be a pleasure. It should be ''fun''.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1781128510|title=One Shot|author=Tanya Landman

|summary='Sam's Spitfire Summer' is billed as a thrilling WW2 adventurePa and I understood each other. In my opinion it is notOur souls were cut from the same cloth. This is not a high octane adventure'' But Pa has since died, leaving Maggie very much alone in her family. Instead it is She was the story only one of a rather ordinary boythree children who looked like him, homesickand none of the others acted like him, terribly frightened and unsure of himself after being evacuated from Londoncertainly, his wife didn't seem to fully understand him. This book describes Maggie might as well be reliving the life of a child during WW2 Cinderella story, stuck with such realism two siblings and mother that I honestly wonder if it might have some basis in factare fully against her. It describes Sam's lonelinessBut at least she can sneak out at night, and fear, being separated shoot some game to stop them from his parents as his father goes away to fight the Germansstarving? Well, and his Mother remains in Londonno, with not where her mother is concerned – the risk very idea of bombing. This book really gives a good glimpse at how Sam feels being evacuated. He misses his home desperately and female shooting things, when they could be preparing for a life of unhappy married drudgery, is frightened by the large animals in the country - such as cowsjust scandalous. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905637438</amazonuk>

This is the fourth and last story about Nicky and Kenny. Try not to cry before you've even read the first page. Things have got tense at home - again - for Nicky and his learning-disabled brother Kenny. Their mum is coming to visit - the mum who abandoned them a long time ago. They haven't seen her for years and the impending visit is stirring up a lot of uncomfortable feelings. And Nicky's girlfriend has ended things. To take their minds off it all, Nicky and Kenny plan a day out, trekking across the moors. But it doesn't go to plan and an accident puts both boys - and their dog, Tina, in terrible danger.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1786697173|title=The Smallest Horse in Mr Tiger, Betsy and the WorldBlue Moon|author=Jeremy Strong and Scoular AndersonSally Gardner

|genre=Confident ReadersDyslexia Friendly|summary=Bella despises the new girl at school, SwanBetsy K Glory lives a rather wonderful life on a peaceful island where nothing horrible ever happens. Swan is always bragging about her rich Her father, her fancy houseAlonso, their Ferrari etcmakes the most wonderful ice cream in every flavour you could imagine... And to make matters worseHer mother, she is rudeMyrtle, bossy and much bigger than Bella. Bella has problems at home too. Her parents have split up and she misses her father; her mother is always working a mermaid and she doesn't seem comes to have any close friends. Things look pretty dismal after an argument with Bellavisit regularly, but every thing changes when Bella's favourite picture breaks and out steps a real live horsealthough she still lives in the sea. A very tiny horseBetsy dreams of two things: firstly, but about the circus owned by a horse all the same, tiger and a talking one at that. Bella whether it would love ever come to keep her island and secondly, about a magical ice cream made from the little horse, Astra, but berries of the horse is desperate to be reunited with her Gongalong bush. One scoop of this ice cream can make wishes come true master, Rufus.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842999958</amazonuk>And then Mr Tiger and his circus arrive. And a journey is planned...

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|genre=TeensDyslexia Friendly|summary=I usually buy Barrington Stoke books for my son Meet Izzy and Asha. Bullied away from the local attempt at a skatepark, they find a huge waste ground in the shadow of a derelict gasometer to read practise on his own, which they duly do, even though they have to drag Izzy's younger brother with them. He loves The following day they all want to return, as does the short but exciting storiesbrother's schoolfriend, despite – and of course because of – there is a huge wolf living in the easy-to-read textsite. With this book though, Can the temptation to turn out children survive living in the lights urban wilderness, alongside such obvious dangers?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Jennings Different|title=A Different Dog|author=Paul Jennings and read this out loud by torch light was simply too much to resistGeoff Kelly|rating=4. It begins as 5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Our hero is a boy's own adventure, whose name we never learn. Three boysWe know what he wants in life – with his mother exceedingly poor, Lucasand even his bed burnt to keep the two of them warm, Irfan he wants the prize offered by a down-a-mountain-and Jack have come -back-up with -and-down-again foot race. Winning the race and the large purse would also give him more status in the perfect plan to start their summer holidays on eyes of those kids that bully him, and it might even give him a high notevoice – for he is almost mute. Their local football club has been closed for yearsWe quickly learn he never talks back to anyone, but whatever the boys have a scheme motivation, and can only speak aloud to get into the stadium one last time himself – and spend , so it turns out, to a dog he rescues from a night camping bad road accident he finds on his way up the hill to the pitchstart line…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Dawson_Grave|title=Grave Matter|author=Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith|rating=4. My son immediately realised 5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Since Eliza died, since the football pitch would be night of the perfect place to camp outcar crash that took her life, Sam is a broken soul. It He is difficult to get intolost without the girl he loves, but once there, it would be like being in feeling as though a wildernesspart of him died that night too. The high walls would block out everything, leaving the boys completely alone in the dark. There But he is only one problemdesperate and he cannot live without Eliza. Places that are very difficult to get into can also He remembers his estranged Aunt Marie and her peculiar healing powers and wonders if she might be very difficult able to get out ofhelp him.However, finding his Aunt Marie leads him to discover the Milk Man, which causes Sam in his grieving state to make a pact with forces he doesn't understand.Things soon turn complicated as supernatural powers start to change Sam's life in more ways than he bargained for.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112227X</amazonuk>