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Phonic Books Dark Waters

Boxed Set (Trade Paperback)
$79.00 US
5-13/16"W x 8-1/4"H | 5 oz | 1 per carton
On sale Aug 26, 2025 | 320 Pages | 9780593967300
Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7

Lex’s Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a cunning plan that he hopes will save the day.

Book 1: Suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)
Book 2: Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -er, -est, -ly, -en, -ish, -y, -able, -ible)
Book 3: Prefixes (un- in- im- ir- il- dis- mis-)
Book 4: Prefixes (re-, pre-)
Book 5: Prefixes (uni-, tri-, quad-)
Book 6: Prefixes (super-)
Book 7: Prefixes (magna-, mini-, micro-)
Book 8: Root words (cap, man, spec, viv)
Book 9: Root words (mem)
Book 10: Root words (ject, tract, struct, labor, fact, form)

Accompanying activities will be available within Phonic Books Dark Waters Activities.
Phonic Books specializes in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.

Sandra Colmenares 20+ years in Education Publishing. Experienced Sr. Editor and translator (English-Spanish) with solid background in leading editorial teams, supervising, managing content development and translations. 10+ years in Editorial Production of Spanish literary children books, Arts and Culture, and periodical publishing. View titles by Phonic Books

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Lex’s Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a cunning plan that he hopes will save the day.

Book 1: Suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)
Book 2: Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -er, -est, -ly, -en, -ish, -y, -able, -ible)
Book 3: Prefixes (un- in- im- ir- il- dis- mis-)
Book 4: Prefixes (re-, pre-)
Book 5: Prefixes (uni-, tri-, quad-)
Book 6: Prefixes (super-)
Book 7: Prefixes (magna-, mini-, micro-)
Book 8: Root words (cap, man, spec, viv)
Book 9: Root words (mem)
Book 10: Root words (ject, tract, struct, labor, fact, form)

Accompanying activities will be available within Phonic Books Dark Waters Activities.

Author

Phonic Books specializes in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.

Sandra Colmenares 20+ years in Education Publishing. Experienced Sr. Editor and translator (English-Spanish) with solid background in leading editorial teams, supervising, managing content development and translations. 10+ years in Editorial Production of Spanish literary children books, Arts and Culture, and periodical publishing. View titles by Phonic Books