Cath Jones is the author of lots of early and reluctant readers, including a wide range of titles in Ransom's Reading Stars Phonics programme. She also writes junior and middle grade fiction and the occasional poem. Cath trained as a librarian, worked as an editor and then a teacher, before becoming a community gardener where she ran vegetable themed story-time!
Fran and her friends are in a band. Find out if they have what it takes to secure the one big deal that can change their lives. Part of Reading Stars Achieve Phonics - our brand-new programme of 98 fully decodable, age-appropriate phonics readers for KS2/KS3 students who are still on their phonics journey - The Deal is a Phase 5 book. It introduces some new graphemes for reading: ie and ea, and the common exception words oh, their This book uses letters and sounds and common exception words that are found in Phases 2, 3 and 4, plus the following letters and sounds and common exception words from Phase 5: New graphemes for reading: ie, ea Common exception words: oh, their

