Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level

There's something different about Mark, the new boy. It's not just that he only speaks through a monkey glove puppet. Soon Daniel finds out that his new friend is in trouble - but can he help him in time?

• Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
• Storycards of the key events on pages 54 and 55 help children to recap what has happened.
• Text type: A mystery story
• Curriculum links: Citizenship: Taking part - developing skills of communication and participation, Moving on
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.