Journey to Mars (Atama-ii Series Book 1)

YOU are an astronaut on the first trip to Mars. Can you and your crew survive the dangers of space and complete your mission?

ABOUT THE SERIES: Atama-ii is a series of multiple-path adventure stories written in easy English. It has been shortlisted for the 2015 British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in Learning Resources.

The Atama-ii series is ideal for reluctant readers or for learners of English as a second language. The re-reading aspect of choice-based stories is an excellent way to develop reading comprehension, speed and fluency.

Suitable for individual reading or for use in the English language classroom. Ages 11 and up.

All titles in the series are at about the 300 headword level and include a total of about 2,500 words. Each text page is between 100 and 110 words, and is accompanied by a full-page color illustration to aid comprehension. Each story includes 8 possible endings, and is re-readable many times.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM: The Atama-ii series has been developed by a team of highly experienced authors, editors, and teachers. Marcos Benevides, the series creator and editor, has co-authored several award-winning and critically-acclaimed ELT titles in the past, and is also the series editor of Choose Your Own Adventure (McGraw-Hill Education Asia), a graded reader series adapted under license from the popular 2nd-person adventures.

Other authors in the series include teachers and experienced writers from around the world. Currently available or under development are stories by Andy Boon (Discover the News, Macmillan graded readers), Mark Firth (Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Ramy Habeeb (Kotobarabia), Lesley Ito (We Can! series and Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Ted O'Neill (Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Paul Raine (Word Ninja and Wikicloze online ELT resources), Chris Valvona (Widgets: A task-based course in practical English and Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), and more.

Our illustrator, Alice Carroll, has previously been commissioned by Australian National University, the National Portrait Gallery, and art marketplace Redbubble. She also illustrated the popular ESL card game QuestionQuest (RIC Publications).