Great Brands - Freestyle Express

Freestyle Express for ages 11-14 and a reading level of grade 3, gives essential support to struggling readers on key curriculum topics. These titles use a simplified version of the Freestyle layout, making it easy for less-confident readers to follow.

Each book in this brand not only incorporates a lowered level text that allows struggling readers to access the curriculum basics, but also features a glossary bar at the bottom of each page to help explain difficult words. Other features include:

Colorful photos help attract reader attention
Large text for struggling readers
Minimal text, at an appropriate reading level
Facts presented in bite-size chunks

Complete list of titles:

A PAINFUL HISTORY OF MEDICINE: Bedpans, Blood & Bandages, Pills, Powders & Potions, Pox, Pus & Plague, Scalpels, Stitches & Scars

BODY TALK: Break It Down : The Digestive System, Control Freak : Hormones, the Brain, and the Nervous System, Defend Yourself : The Immune System, In Your Genes : Genetics and Reproduction, Move Your Body : Bones and Muscles, Pump It Up : Respiration and Circulation

DESTINATION DETECTIVES: Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, United Kingdom, Vietnam

GEOLOGY ROCKS!: Crystals, Fossils, Igneous Rock, Metamorphic Rock, Minerals, Sedimentary Rock, Soil

INCREDIBLE CREATURES: Incredible Amphibians, Incredible Arachnids, Incredible Birds, Incredible Fish, Incredible Insects, Incredible Mammals, Incredible Mollusks, Incredible Reptiles

ON THE FRONT LINE: Fighting the Vietnam War, In the Trenches in World War I, Spying and the Cold War, Struggling for Civil Rights, Surviving the Holocaust, Under Fire in World War II

TIME TRAVEL GUIDES: Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Aztec Empire, Inca Empire, Medieval Europe, The Islamic Empires, The Renaissance, West African Kingdoms

TURBULENT PLANET: Crumbling Earth : Erosion & Landslides, Forest Furnace : Wild Fires, Heat Hazard : Droughts, Shaky Ground : Earthquakes, White-Out : Blizzards, Wild Water : Floods