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“No, Ash, don’t!” cried Beth. But Ash wasn't listening. Hi climbed inside the box, and was gone.

Roll up, roll up! Boys and girls... take your seats… come and see what the Big Top of Horrors has in store… Filled with evil clowns, mad magicians and a Ringmaster who may or may not be there to help - who will escape and who will be doomed? This six-books series is written with carefully controlled language but gruesome and exciting plots. The stories include elements of horror, the supernatural, action and adventure, and reluctant readers are sure to be drawn into the drama that unfolds inside each title.

This hi-lo horror series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged 12+, whose current reading age is between 6 and 7 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by gifted authors. They incorporate a large font size and text separated into bite-sized chunks, along with carefully considered letter and paragraph spacing that can reduce visual stress. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads. The vocabulary list of tricky words can aid comprehension before reading the book.

Alex Woolf is the author of Ship of the Dead from Badger Learning's Dark Reads series and The Box from their Big Top of Horrors series for teenage reluctant readers. He has written more than 100 books, mostly for children and young adults. His fiction includes Chronosphere, a time-warping science fiction trilogy, Aldo Moon and the Ghost at Gravewood Hall, about a teenage Victorian ghost-hunter, and Soul Shadows, a horror story about flesh-eating shadows, which was shortlisted for the 2014 RED Book Award. When he's not busy writing, Alex visits schools around the country offering talks and creative writing workshops.