{"product_id":"marathon-books-tas-mata","title":"Marathon Books (Tas \/ Mata)","description":"\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003eBoth Mata (8-11 year old reading level) and Tas (9-13 year old reading level) series are aimed at Year 3-9s who think they don’t want to read or have trouble reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdventure-based\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeroic acts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiwi \/ Aussie culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e— Very engaging for young minds!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActivities\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIf you optionally add activities with any book, you will get all the six title-specific activities per book for the whole series in the first, initial add.\u003cbr\u003eI.e. If you add the activities with a Tas book, you will get all 72 activities for the whole Tas series.\u003cbr\u003eLikewise with a Mata book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 16-page titles in the Mata series include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCardboard Sled\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMata makes a fast trip down the hill – and through a swamp – to rescue Josh \u0026amp; Tas from the path of a truck.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCliff Cave\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShayla gets stuck on a cliff ledge. Mata has to get through the cave to rescue her.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrazy Trolley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the smoke bomb on Mata’s Uncle Jack’s “crazy trolley” malfunctions, Mata has to take over and guide the trolley to victory.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlat Tyre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen some older boys let their teacher’s tyre down, Mata and Shayla save the day – and get out of doing the dishes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHelicopter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMata uses his remote-control helicopter to get help when Shayla is hurt.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMad Dog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShayla is in a bad mood. She teases her bird, her cat – and then the neighbour’s dog. Mata has to rescue her – again.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOld Dam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMata’s cousins tease him and Shayla by trapping them in an old reservoir. Mata reverses the trick.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRaft Rescue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMata rescues a boy who is being swept down the river into a whirlpool. Water-safety rules emphasised.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRock Crusher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMata warns Shayla to keep off the derelict rock crusher. Of course, she climbs on it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStolen Lunches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchool lunches are going missing, and Mata is blamed. He finds – and rescues – the real culprit.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStuck Lift\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchool lunches are going missing, and Mata is blamed. He finds – and rescues – the real culprit.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuper Sandwich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosh’s Mum unwisely tells the boys they can use “anything in the fridge” to make their lunch.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 24-page titles in the Tas series include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCaves of Doom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh come across a mysterious sideshow.  The reader makes decisions that determine the outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCircus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh sneak into a circus.  They get caught, and have to work for tickets for themselves and their families.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrash\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh call the emergency services and do basic first aid following a car crash.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDigger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a fire behind the school.  Tas sets off the fire alarm and saves his uncle’s digger.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHokey Pokey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh make hokey pokey – a double-double-double batch – to sell at school.  Mum’s not happy.  Nor is the principal.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJunk Mail Run\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas does his brother’s junk mail run.  He and Josh survive grumpy householders, – and problems getting paid.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOutside Dog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas gets Dad to let him adopt the dog he rescued.  The “outside” dog soon becomes an “inside” dog.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRed Wallet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas finds a wallet.  The reader makes decisions for Tas that determine the outcome of the story.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSea Rescue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas alerts the lifeguards when a dog is swept off the rocks.  He goes out and helps with the rescue.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolar Bike\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh are support crew in a solar bike race.  They become the winning riders when Tas’s uncle is injured.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStretch Limo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh spend a week on desperate money-raising schemes to get enough to buy tickets to the big match.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTagger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTas and Josh are on a noho marae.  They help catch a tagger who defaces the marae fence during the night.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE: If you are purchasing or have purchased an Audio Reading Pen from us before. You may request stickers for these books free of charge to work with our Pens.\u003cbr\u003ePlease request this within 5 minutes of placing your order (by reply to the confirmation email). 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