Crafting a Comic

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.