Books in Hodder Reading Project series

The Hodder Reading Project Level 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 2, Level 3, Robinson Crusoe's Diary edited by Sue Hackman. An accessible introduction to the novel Robinson Crusoe with information about its author Daniel Defoe; a short account of Alexander Selkirk, the original 'Robinson Crusoe', whose real-life account of life on a desert island inspired the novel; revealing facts about Defoe's problems of having the manuscript accepted and then, finally, Robinson Crusoe's place in history as the first novel ever written. The introduction is followed by diary extracts from the novel which follow Robinson Crusoe's first few months on the island - coming to terms with being the only survivor, salvaging material from the wreck, his struggles with building his shelter, feeding himself, and surviving a fever.>

The Hodder Reading Project Level 5-6 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 5 to Level 6. It comprises the Teacher's Resource and the 6 Readers. Reader 1, Level 5, Century by Sarah Singleton. Waking at sun-down and falling asleep at sun-rise, sisters Mercy and Charity are trapped in an eternal winter, every day the same as the last. But one night Mercy wakes to find a single snowdrop on her pillow: a sign of spring, light and other life. An encounter with the mysterious Claudius awakens memories of a happier time and leads Mercy to travel through the four circles of time her father has created to protect his daughters - each circle capturing a significant day in the family's past. As she does so, she weakens the reality of the eternal winter day of her present but it's the only way to reveal the truth of her family's secret and unlock an unpredictable yet hopeful future for her and her sister.

The Hodder Reading Project Level 4-5 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 4 to Level 5. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 4, Bad Alice by Jean Ure. With his mum and seriously ill baby sister in America for a life-saving operation, Duffy is left with his gran for the holidays. What is he going to do for six whole weeks? His Tourette's Syndrome means he can hardly string a sentence together let alone go out and meet friends -- and then Alice appears on his gran's garden wall. Bold, brave, bad Alice -- she's loud, foul-mouthed, bruising for a fight and not in the least fazed by Duffy's Tourette's. As their friendship grows, Duffy suspects that her home life might not be quite what it seems -- Alice has entrusted the story she's been writing to him, Malice in Blunderland, and he's disturbed by what he reads. Surely her adoptive dad, Big Norm, the charismatic local hero, can't be the abusive Red Queen of her story? With the help of his gran, Duffy must convince Alice to face her situation in reality even if it means breaking up her whole family.

The Hodder Reading Project Level 4-5 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 4 to Level 5. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 1, Hauntings by Susan Price. An anthology of gentle and accessible ghost stories. The main themes of the stories are the links between the present and a past which can be detected beneath the layers of modern civilisation. Most of the stories are set in the West Midlands and many are rich in atmosphere.