Author(s): David Orme

6-8 Year Old

"Galactic Shopping Mall" is part of the new "Starchasers" series. These classic, fast paced, high action space adventures are perfect for boys aged 8-14 who have a reading age of 8-9. The books follow the antics of the Starchasers - a team of freelance space adventurers who will take on just about any mission that's legal and earns good money. In "Galactic Shopping Mall", the Starchasers are on a perilous mission to Trajan to rescue Ripp Gunn's daughter, Ella. On Trajan, huge galactic shopping malls cater for the richest people in the galaxy, and everyone else is brainwashed into buying things they can't afford.It's a dangerous place full of shopping addicts and the team suspect that Ella is one of them. When they track her down she's spent enough to buy a small planet, but is it really Ella? Can the Starchasers get to the bottom of the clonebot mystery and strike a deal with Ripp Gunn? The exciting plots and entertaining characters ensure Starchasers are classic, simple and rewarding reads for reluctant and struggling readers. Supported by superb black and white illustrations throughout, each story is approximately 2600 words long, with carefully controlled vocabulary and simple sentences that will help carry the reluctant reader from beginning to end.