Living on a starship, The Searcher, Todd and his friends knew just how lucky they were. Starship TV showed all the big football matches, and there was 'virtual' football too. But what if you wanted to play real football? When Captain Robins arranges a pitch and some opposition, the Searcher's All-Stars finally have their chance... Living on a starship, The Searcher, Todd and his friends knew just how lucky they were. Starship TV showed all the big football matches, and there was ‘virtual’ football too. But what if you wanted to play real football? When  captain Robins arranges a pitch and some opposition, the Searcher’s All-Stars finally have their chance...

This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged between 8 and 14 years, whose current reading age is 7.5 to 8.5 years. These age-appropriate short reads have 32 pages and are written by brilliant authors writing stories with relatable characters.  They use a large font size, and the language and sentence structure are intentionally written so that students who are reading behind their chronological age can succeed in reading them. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.