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Arin and Rakesh are best friends split up by a big move, but writing letters makes the distance between them feel a little shorter.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the welded sounds all, am, an, ang, ing, ank, ink, ong, onk, ung, and unk. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Carlos, Whit, Sara, Arin, Max, Min, Destiny, and Rakesh help the Big Network of Friendship to keep growing and bringing teens together.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing long A (ai, ay, ea, eigh, ey), long E (ee, ea, ey, ei, ie), long I (ie, igh), long O (oa, oe, ow), long U (ew, ue, eu), and whining dipthongs oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, and oo. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Max and Min team up with new friends for a project to show people how art and friendship can change the world.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the r-controlled vowels ar, er, ir, or, and ur. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

The Think Tank has a winner and Min finds she's not alone in celebrating the power of art, writing, and friendship to make the world a better place.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the Magic E (vowel-consonant-e). This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

A new group chat helps Max, Min, and friends come together to share their cultures and ideas.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing sounds of C (/s/ and /k/), sounds of G (/j/ and /g/), and Tricky Y (/i/ and /ee/). This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Carlos and Whit live in very different places, but they both use their photos and words to share the beauty of their homes with the world.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the consonant digraphs ch, ph, kn, wh, wr, ck, sh, th, the consonant trigraphs tch, dge, welded sounds ending with -ng, and bonus letters ff, ll, ss, and zz. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Sara and Destiny seem different at first, but their love of cooking helps them find what else they have in common. Together, they decide to make the world around them a better place.In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the letter blends sc, sn, sw, sl, st, sp, sk, sm, cr, br, gr, pl, bl, gl, cl, fl, tr, dr, fr, and pr. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Max loves to play ball. Min likes reading and art. Can comics help these unlikely penpals become friends?In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing short vowels a, e, i, o, and u. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.