High Interest Series

High Interest Series

Gripped by Good Books!

Two amazing series of pacy, un-put-downable novels: 10 titles for Primary School pupils and 24 for Teenagers. Perfect for the reluctant reader - just as gripping to the avid. All titles are ready-quizzed under the Accelerated Reader Programme, and each has its own Teachers’ Handbook.

Besides the highly-controlled reading level, and the fact that they look just like regular books, all these titles share the following features:

- exciting stories that keep readers hooked, page after page, chapter after chapter.
- topics and characters to which students can immediately relate.
- sufficient illustration to help students visualise the characters and events.
- stories tested and revised: with feedback from all level of readers.
- reliable, accurate control of reading level.
- text designed to eliminate unnecessary hyphens and lengthy white spaces between words.
- absence of difficult words used in isolation (98% from a basic list of common words and phrases).

The Books in the Series

High Interest Series - Primary Novels
High Interest Series - Teenage Novels

Support for Teachers and Parents

A detailed background to the High Interest Series is given in the For Teachers and Parents page.

For each book there is a corresponding Teachers' Handbook. This includes introductory materials, activities for before and after reading, plot synopsis, character analysis and other enjoyable comprehension exercises. Click on the links below for details.

High Interest Series - Primary Handbooks
High Interest Series - Teenage Handbooks

You can also download here the Teacher Assessment Checklist or the Student Self-Assessment worksheet (also printed in many of the Handbooks) for use in the classroom.

Accelerated Reader Programme

Every title in these series has been tested under the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader Programme.