This product is intended for teen students who are significantly below grade level in reading ability. It's a challenge to create text for teens that is at the K-1 reading level but yet doesn't seem childish. These sturdy paperback books use photographic images manipulated to look like graphic novels and a minimum of text on each page to create engaging stories. There's no getting around the fact that the text is simpler, but the books don't look like beginning readers in imagery. An accompanying teacher manual includes general ideas for use as well as a synopsis, pre-reading strategies, teaching ideas for specific skills, and extensive list of discussion questions, a worksheet on a specific reading skill, and a comprehension quiz for each book. my teen and preteen children agreed the texts were attractive and engaging.