Ever since Joe discovered it, ‘The Reactor’ had been a great place for him and his mates to hang around in. That is, until the ‘Keep Out’ signs and the guard dogs appeared. The gang try to find out what’s going on. After Roy gets left behind one night, he comes face to face with the answer… This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 8 and 14 years, whose current reading age is 7.5 to 8.5 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by brilliant authors writing stories with relatable characters. They use a large font size, and the language and sentence structure are intentionally written so that students who are reading behind their chronological age can succeed in reading them. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.