Orphaned as a baby, Oliver Twist grows up in a cruel workhouse. When he is sold to work for an undertaker, Oliver decides to run away and seek his fortune in London. He soon finds himself drawn into the darker world of pickpocketing. With the help of some kind strangers, will Oliver be able to escape to a better life?

Project X Hero Academy is a fully decodable and finely levelled reading series set in a school for superheroes, designed to captivate and motivate all young readers and turn them into reading superheroes. Operation Bubble Wrap is in White Book Band, Oxford Level 10, and supports Letters and Sounds Phase 6. In this story, Hero Academy is under attack. A man posing as an IT technician switches the electricity off at Hero Academy. Without it, the school is unprotected. Will Axel be able to save the day? Each book can be used for independent reading, but also contains inside cover notes that...

* This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. This title is suitable for ages 9-10 (Blue level).

Rapid Phonics is a literacy intervention which can be used with groups or individuals. Developed by Dr Marlynne Grant, Educational Psychologist, following extensive research, Rapid Phonics fiction and non-fiction titles are designed for pupils in Year 1 and above, who are having difficulties with phonics.