Determined to find her brother, Mel travels to Mars in a space pod.She braves all kinds of obstacles, like dust storms, asteroids, and comets. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to alternative consonants, consonant digraphs, and suffixes -ed and -ing.Phonic Books Mel on Mars comprises 12 decodable books for older readers who can read simple CVC words.Book 1: Dom Gets Lost (CVC, CVCC)Book 2: Mel Lands on Mars (CVCC)Book 3: Lost in the Dust (CVCC)Book 4: Hunted at the Dump (CCVC and 'ed')Book 5: Trust Dr. Kim (CCVCC)Book 6: Catch that Torch ('ch' and 'tch')Book 7: Will the Ship Crash? ('sh')Book 8: The Myth of the Earth Planet ('th')Book 9: The Quest for Quock Rocks ('ck' and 'qu')Book 10: The Winged Thing with Fangs ('ng')Book 11: The Whispering Wind ('wh' and 'ing')Book 12: Out of the Rubble ('le')Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities.