This book is part of the innovative Code Reader series for struggling readers ages 8 to 12. Books in this unique series feature pronunciation keys following difficult words throughout the text. For example, the word "coyote" might be followed by: (ky-OH-tee). These pronunciation keys help make the books easier to read than traditional beginning chapter books.

The Forbidden Planet (Science Fiction): A young crew member on a spaceship awakens from a deep sleep and discovers that the ship is orbiting a forbidden planet. A mysterious message tells him to go down to the planet. Is this a trap set by the two crew members who hate him, or does this planet holds answers to mysteries about his past?