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Freestylers: Data Beast, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 7 years, For reluctant readers (children), Fiction, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage)
Freestylers are short thrillers high on suspense and adventure - perfect page turners if you want to finish a story in one sitting.
A short thriller that's high on suspense!
This is a perfect page turner if you want to finish a story in one sitting, especially for reluctant and struggling readers.
Cool, edgy computer hackers, Kiran and Ros are teens on a mission to fight crime and injustice with the help of a shape-shifting data beast they've created.
In Poison!, Kiran and Roz set out to prove that a chemical company is polluting the river near their school and the poisoning the fish that live in it. With the help of the data beast they attempt to bring the murky activities into the light - and the beast goes on a dangerous mission to save the threatened fish.
Reading level for this book:-
ATOS: 2.6
Lexile Measure: 360L
Book Band: 11 Lime
Andrew Fusek Peters
Andrew Fusek Peters is an Anglo-Czech poet, storyteller, didgeridoo player, broadcaster, anthologist and author with an international reputation. He is the UK's tallest poet (6'8''!!) and has worked in thousands of schools, libraries, arts centres and literary festivals, giving lively performances and running workshops with all ages and abilities. 'An experienced and accomplished anthologist', according to the TES, Andrew has published more than 70 books and his poems appear in the Poetry Archive, set up by the Poet Laureate to record the best poets.
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