When Shelly reveals that she was abducted by an alien, her teacher laughs. Shelly convinces classmate Dan that Zot is real, but Mr. Tann just gets angry with their ‘story-telling’. How can they persuade him it’s true?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.