Fusion Reader
A combination of written word with graphic novel/comic-style illustrations
| Author | India Faux |
| Illustrator | Barbara Gyuricza |
| Format | 15x21cm, 32pg, SB |
| Publication Date | 28/08/2025 |
| AR Rating | – |
| Bic/CBMC Code | YQCR/B3M79 |
| ISBN: 978-1-83511-071-3 RRP £6.99 | |
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The Pirate Cats
Description
Nio is the captain of the Jolly Fisher—the best fishing ship in Feliam. Upon hauling up their biggest catch, the cats discover a compass with an engraved map leading to an ‘X’. Captain Nio believes it must lead to treasure, so she and her crew set sail to find it. But danger lurks along the way, and just what is waiting at the ‘X’?
Features
- 1 Story
- 32 Pages
- Direct speech
- Chapters
Gold Band Structure
- No specific phonic structure to these books, as children should be able to work out most reasonably common words without difficulty.
- Vocab choices are appropriate to this young readership and not too complex or demanding
- More scope for complex inference creeping in – e.g. sometimes the reader may need to read between the lines, or may know something the characters do not, or the author may set up unusual twist or surprise ending.
- Stories are slightly longer and more complex than before and bring in knowledge from outside the story in order to understand it.
- As above, though stories are becoming more varied in plot as well as sentence structure, sometimes including some more literary or stylised language where appropriate.