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Great Expectations: A Dyslexia Friendly Retelling
My story is a long one with many strange events and dark turns. But time is short. I will be brief. In this slim volume I concentrate on five people. A dangerous criminal. An honest blacksmith. An abandoned bride. A girl who glittered like a distant ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.9
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Resist
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.9
- Points Value : 4.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Hari And His Electric Feet
With an authentic Indian backdrop, this is a feel-good story of young kids chasing big dreams that shimmers with all of Alexander McCall Smith’s trademark optimism and joy – an outlook on life that makes him one of the world’s best-loved ...
- ATOS Book Level : 4.9
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Angel Of Venice
A moving historical adventure set against the backdrop of the last great sea battle - the Battle of Lepanto - ever fought in the Mediterranean. It is 1571 and Venice's colonies in Cyprus are under threat. The forces of the Holy League sail to meet ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5
- Points Value : 2
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
The Great Clown Conundrum
Roll up! Roll up! A new season is about to begin at the Shortbread family's circus! The big-top is ready and everyone is excited to get started. But as the shows begin chief clown Mr Birdcage is in a bit of a pickle - none of his hilarious props seem...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.0
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Bulletcatcher
They say you can't outrun a bullet - what if you could stop one? When Troy is caught up in a terrorist attack that takes the lives of his parents, he discovers an amazing power - bullets can't harm him. Soon he is recruited into a secret organisation...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.0
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Suitcase S(witch)
When Zahra accidentally swaps suitcases with a witch, it’s the beginning of a whole series of magical mishaps. Her feet take on a dancing life of their own when she puts on a pair of enchanted boots, while her first flying adventure in a charmed ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.0
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Angel Of Grasmere
Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer.
July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.0
- Points Value : 4.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
AdelAIDE
Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya’s stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot.
It quickly becomes clear that ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Good Dog McTavish
The Peachey family is in crisis. No one cooks dinner, no one picks up the dirty washing and the kids are always late for school. All because Mum has resigned from being Mum and taken up yoga instead. She's in the tree pose; everyone else is in the ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
The Deadsoul Project
Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifying changed.
One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
World Burn Down
Carlos's mother works for IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the Amazon from the farmers, loggers and miners who are illegally destroying the precious rainforest. It's a ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
The Elixir
Will the discovery of the Elixir of Life lead to a death sentence for a talented young healer?
Ann Storer has inherited her grandmother’s mysterious gift of healing, which she shares through the special tinctures she dispenses in her family’s ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Dance Of Resistance: The Josephine Baker Story
Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Josephine Baker in this true story, chronicling her journey from an impoverished childhood to beloved actress, dancer and wartime heroine.
Dancer, singer, actress, movie star, civil-rights ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.1
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Journey Back To Freedom
From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story.
Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano’s peaceful childhood was ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.2
- Points Value : 2.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Arctic Star
Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.3
- Points Value : 3
- Book Cover : Paperback
A Beowulf Tale: Monster Slayer
One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp ... Warrior after warrior comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel. Only the great hero Beowulf stands a chance - but even he is not prepared for the horror that lies ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.3
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
White Eagles
The Carnegie-shortlisted author of Code Name Verity returns with another gripping historical adventure, taking readers on a daring flight across war-torn Europe.
Summer 1939. With Europe on the brink of war, eighteen-year-old Kristina Tomiak has ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.4
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Dracula: A Classic Retelling
Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece of horror fiction in which he creates a nightmarish world of vampires, evil-doing and insanity.
A ship steered by a dead man…
A huge black dog springing from its deck…
A girl, sleepwalking towards...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.4
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Firebird
A daring tale of war, revolution and intrigue, from the renowned historical fiction author of Carnegie shortlisted Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein.
Nastia is no traitor. She is a daring pilot, the daughter of revolutionaries, and now, as the ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.5
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Frankenstein (A Retelling)
A thrilling gothic tale of hubris gone badly wrong. A young man’s search for the secret of the spark of life leads him to a horrific experiment in which he creates a gigantic creature from dismembered body parts. Rejected by his creator, the ...
- ATOS Book Level : 5.6
- Points Value : 3.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children
Tutankhamun’s Treasure
On 4 November 1922, a young Egyptian boy working on Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings stumbled across a strange piece of rock. On closer inspection it turned out to be a stone step that would lead Carter to a long-lost ...
- ATOS Book Level : 6.5
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
What It Was Like To Be An Ancient Greek
Around 3,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks created one of the world’s most advanced civilisations. While most worked as farmers and fishermen to feed their families, others studied hard to become brilliant astronomers, navigators, philosophers, ...
- ATOS Book Level : 6.5
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Survival In Space
April 1970: Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It should have been the third manned Apollo mission to land on the moon. But when an explosion on board damaged the spacecraft, it became a perilous and near-impossible ...
- ATOS Book Level : 6.6
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
Everest: Reaching The Roof Of The World
Everest is the world’s highest mountain, towering like an icy giant over the Himalayas. For the millions of people living nearby, it has always been a magical place, known as “Goddess Mother of the World” or the “Peak of Heaven”. To ...
- ATOS Book Level : 6.6
- Points Value : 1.0
- Book Cover : Paperback
