Exciting reads for struggling and reluctant readers, combining age-appropriate stories with a manageable length and reading age Short chapters and page-turning plots hold interest Inventive, inclusive and with a range of strands covering sports, real life, horror and crime and adventure, Wired Up offers something for everyone Written by a range of established and up and coming authors who specialise in writing for reluctant readers There is currently a very limited amount of really good publishing available for this readership. Wired Up aims to fill this gap

Maggie Pearson's first novel, Owl Light, was shortlisted for the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award, and Shadow of the Beast was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She has written several books for A & C Black, Is There Anybody There? is her first for the Wired Up series.